Happy Halloween!

Special Collections and Archives would like to wish everyone a happy Halloween! Here’s a photograph featuring Mason students in their Halloween costumes from 1990:

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Special Collections & Archives 2014 Award Winners Vay and Suiter

During 2014, Special Collections & Archives celebrated awards won by two colleagues, Greta Kuriger Suiter and Robert Vay. Greta was honored with the Spring 2014 George Mason University Libraries’ Staff Excellence Award, “a semi-annual award presented to a library staff member in recognition of their outstanding contribution to fostering an environment of collegiality and teamwork, and […]

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Mason’s Fairfax Campus turns 50!

George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus turns fifty years old this Sunday.  On September 14, 1964 George Mason College of the University of Virginia opened its doors to 356 freshman and sophomores.  The faculty, which numbered fifteen, comprised seven full-time and eight part-time professors. The four original buildings were named North (now known as Finley), South (now known […]

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The resignation of Richard Nixon

This is the final post in a series on Richard Nixon during the Watergate investigation. The first one can be found here, the second one can be found here, the third one is here, and the fourth one is here. Although Nixon made transcripts of the Oval Office tapes available in April 1974, the special […]

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Closed: July 23 – early September

Special Collections & Archives will be temporarily closed for renovations and facilities improvements starting July 23rd until we reopen at the beginning of September. During that time, we will not have physical access to our collections. We will respond to your inquiries, but will not be able to access collections to make any copies or […]

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