George Mason University: A History

George Mason University Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) and Digital Projects and Systems departments have created a new resource by which users can learn about the history of the university through narrative essays and digital objects, such as audio and video files, photographs, and  textual documents. George Mason University: A History was built on the Omeka […]

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! There is something inherently creepy about marionettes to me and after looking through photographs of marionettes used by the Federal Theatre Project, I thought a Halloween blog post might be the perfect way to highlight some of the photographs from the newly processed Ralph Chessé papers. All of these photographs are from productions […]

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Changes in SC&A Policies

In order to protect and insure the continued accessibility of our holdings, Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) at George Mason University Libraries has made some changes to its policies governing the access and use of our materials. These changes have been implemented in accordance with the national standards and guidelines established by ALA’s Association of […]

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Collection of “Frankly Speaking” Radio Shows Looks Back to the 1980s

What issues were on the minds of Northern Virginians during the beginning of the 1980s?  A collection of public service broadcasts recorded by George Mason University’s GMU Radio offers some clues.  “Frankly Speaking” was a series of weekly radio shows which featured discussions about current topics of interest.  A recently-processed collection, the “Frankly Speaking” Radio […]

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New FTP finding aid available!

I am happy to announce that a new finding aid for the Federal Theatre Project collection is available! In total the collection numbers 363 boxes of material created by the Federal Theatre Project and donated to George Mason University from the Library of Congress. Originally the collection was much larger when it first came to […]

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