George Mason University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Blog
Our university celebrates its 50th Anniversary as an independent institution this year. The above photograph is the only one from that day known to exist. It was most likely taken by a George Mason University (GMU) employee in a department housed in the North Building (today known as Finley) called Continue Reading
The events of September 11, 2001 have been on my mind a lot lately. I should explain why that’s unusual for me. You see, I was only 10 when the planes hit the World Trade Center, and though we lived in New York state at the time, the horror unfolding Continue Reading
We are now approaching six months of renewed processing work on the James M. Buchanan papers. A lot of hard work has happened in that time, and Project Archivist Rebecca Thayer has made significant progress and moved into new phases of the project since her last blog post. I’ll let Continue Reading
This post was written by Teo Rogers, Digitization Student Assistant for the C-SPAN records Digitization Project. Teo has worked in SCRC for the past two years and is now graduating with his Masters Degree in Folklore from George Mason University. Thank you for everything you’ve done for us, Teo! It’s Continue Reading
This post was written by Lana Mason, Processing Student Assistant. Lana has an Associate of Arts degree in Fine Arts from Piedmont Virginia Community College. She recently earned her Bachelor of Arts in Art History at George Mason University. Lana was the recipient of the University Libraries Student Assistant Scholarship Continue Reading
