New & Updated Finding Aids – August 2025

  How has your SCRC processing team been beating the extended Northern Virginia heatwave? Why preparing another group of new and updated finding aids, of course! As usual, all of the following collections are available for use in the Special Collections Research Center and the finding aids are available on our website (or use the […]

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Not Just the Guy Whose Name Was on the Checks: Remembering Dr. Maurice “Morrie” Scherrens

Back in the 1990s, before the age of direct payroll deposit, George Mason University employees received a printed check at the end of each pay period. In the lower right-hand corner of the check was the signature “Maurice Scherrens”.  While many of us might not have known exactly who Mr. Scherrens was, we knew that […]

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New Finding Aid – Richard M. Sparks GMC photograph collection

  It’s March and your SCRC processing team is back and dedicating this month’s full new finding aids blog post to highlighting another photograph collection documenting the early years of Mason history! We’re excited to announce that this collection is now fully processed and available for use in the Special Collections Research Center and the […]

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New Finding Aid – Vergil Dykstra slide collection

  When you have a new collection that contains over 760 individual photographic slides you have to dedicate a full new findings aids blog to it! The SCRC processing team is very excited that this collection is now available for use in the Special Collections Research Center and the finding aid available on our website […]

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The Mason Experience: Past and Present

This post was compiled by the Mason Experience: Past and Present team, Charlotte Corneliusen and Bob Vay. As part of the University Libraries’ celebration of George Mason University’s 50-Year Anniversary last year, SCRC launched a digital project intended to help users understand a little more about their university by learning about its four campuses, the […]

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