{"id":2,"date":"2009-05-19T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scaweblog.gmu.edu\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-03-24T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:47:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Vault 217"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3157\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/vault_door_3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3157\" data-attachment-id=\"3157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=3157\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/vault_door_3.jpg?fit=533%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"533,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1323127382&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vault_door_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The actual Vault217.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/vault_door_3.jpg?fit=159%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/vault_door_3.jpg?fit=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3157\" title=\"vault_door_3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/vault_door_3.jpg?resize=244%2C365\" alt=\"The door to Room C-217, Special Collections &amp; Archives\" width=\"244\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The actual Vault 217.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vault 217 is a reference to a room in the old Special Collections &amp; Archives department in George Mason University Libraries. We have since moved to another part of the library and were renamed the Special Collections Research Center. The Vault served as a storage location for some of our collection materials. The symbolism of the vault describes the mission of this blog: to open up the vault and expose our readers to some of the treasures in our collections.<\/p>\n<p>This blog was created to talk about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>new and exciting acquisitions in\u00a0SCRC<\/li>\n<li>events in SCRC, including exhibits and SCRC-hosted programs<\/li>\n<li>information and\/or publications related to SCRC collections<\/li>\n<li>the SCRC staff and some of the exciting things they do<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope readers will find this site to be an interesting place and that they will feel free to give feedback regarding this site or its contents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vault 217 is a reference to a room in the old Special Collections &amp; Archives department in George Mason University Libraries. 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