George Mason University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Blog
Yesterday, I hit a milestone. I photographed the last document for our C-SPAN digitization project. Here’s how it feels to be done: To be honest, it was hard to imagine ever getting to this point. You plan a whole project with a two-year timeline and that two years feels very Continue Reading
This post was written by Tavia Wager, Research Services Assistant. Malcolm X remains a well-known and controversial leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. Assassinated in 1965, he is remembered for his leadership in the Nation of Islam (NOI), his views on Black Nationalism, and his identity as a Muslim. Continue Reading
Special Collections Research Center will be closed August 16-17, 2018 to attend the Society of American Archivists conference in Washington, D.C. If you have any questions, please contact speccoll@gmu.edu. Visit scrc.gmu.edu for the latest update on hours.
This is Part 3 of a four-part series of articles pertaining to the George Mason University Class of 1968. The text is borrowed from SCRC’s exhibition “First Class: Mason ’68 and Beyond” currently on display through August 2018 in the SCRC Gallery. As is sometimes part of the two-year commuter-college Continue Reading
We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours. Continue Reading
