As Research Services Coordinator, I’ve found it’s not uncommon to repeatedly receive multiple requests for the same collections. These collections can be likened to the slide at the park, in high use and demand. On the flip side, many collections in our stacks are not utilized to the same extent, despite the unique perspective […]
Vilma Chicas Garcia is the L. Claire Kincannon Intern in the Special Collections Research Center for the Spring 2024 semester. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) at Old Dominion University. I have always felt very lucky to have discovered this profession when I did. It was during the late […]
GMU’s spring semester may be over, but SCRC’s processing team is still hard at work with another batch of new and updated finding aids to share! 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 links […]
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 […]
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) and George Mason University (GMU) Libraries recently hosted an event celebrating the official opening of the Lavinia Scott papers. This collection consists of 33 linear feet of material created and collected by missionary educator and speaker (Clara) Lavinia Scott (1907-1997) spanning circa the 1860s-1998, with particularly rich coverage […]
