Researcher Profiles: Erica Deschak

This is the second in a new series on researchers who use our collections. Meet Erica Deschak! Here are her thoughts on the research process and the special collections of George Mason University Libraries. Please tell us a little about yourself: My name is Erica Deschak. I turned 21 last week, I’m a junior at […]

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George Mason University’s Earliest Video Footage, Part 2

This post is Part 2 of 2 parts. Part 1 can be read here.     Fairfax, Virginia George Mason College’s New Home in 1964 Once moved from its original location in Bailey’s Crossroads, George Mason College would now operate out of it’s new quarters in Fairfax. The first four buildings were quite spartan in […]

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La Casa Pacifica: Nixon’s Western White House

La Casa Pacifica is a grand San Clemente, CA estate that was owned by Richard and Pat Nixon from 1969 until the mid-1980s. During his presidency, Nixon traveled to San Clemente often and hosted Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, Henry Kissinger, Bebe Rebozo, and many others at the mansion. After his […]

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George Mason University’s Earliest Video Footage, Part 1

This post is Part 1 of 2 parts. Part 2 can be read here. Bailey’s Crossroads, George Mason’s First Campus During the summer of 1957 University of Virginia President Colgate W. Darden announced the University’s temporary leasing of an old elementary school building at Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia.  This building  would house the newly created University […]

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Roy Rosenzweig finding aid now available

Historian Roy A. Rosenzweig is perhaps best remembered for the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) that bears his name. Before the CHNM, Rosenzweig conducted extensive research on Central Park, labor history and oral history. To discover more about Rosenzweig’s innovative research, take a look at the complete finding aid for the Roy Rosenzweig […]

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