{"id":4621,"date":"2013-10-09T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T17:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2013-12-02T08:42:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:42:50","slug":"center-for-the-study-of-constitutional-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=4621","title":{"rendered":"Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

-Michelle Page<\/em><\/p>\n

The Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights was established in 1981 as part of the Project for the Study of Human Rights at George Mason University.\u00a0 The Center examined the formation of the Bill of Rights and the ways that landmark document was influenced by George Mason of Gunston Hall.\u00a0 It also coordinated an annual lecture series known as \u201cThe Legacy of George Mason,\u201d and published these lectures through the George Mason University Press.\u00a0 The lectures focused largely on the histories of states and countries that established bills of rights as well as the effects of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

Over the summer I had the opportunity to process records from the Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights<\/a>.\u00a0 These records date back from the time the Center was established in 1981 all the way to 1992.\u00a0 Material in this collection includes videotapes from \u201cThe Legacy of George Mason\u201d lecture series, photographs, address lists, audience survey forms, bibliography of human rights, organizational bill of rights, documents on advisory committees as well as a number of associations and institutional societies.\u00a0 It also contains records pertaining to correspondence, grants proposals, budgets, and conferences, among other things.<\/p>\n

While processing this collection I came across a folder containing hand drawn portraits of Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and Felix Frankfurter from 1982.\u00a0 \u00a0Both these portraits were done by Oscar Berger and were provided to the Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights by The National Portrait Gallery.<\/p>\n

\"R0135B07P022\"<\/a>

Autographed sketch, drawn from life of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Box 19, Folder 5. Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries. Restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact Special Collections and Archives, speccoll@gmu.edu.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"R0135B07P023\"<\/a>

Autographed sketch, drawn from life of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Box 19, Folder 5. Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries. Restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact Special Collections and Archives, speccoll@gmu.edu.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to the above portraits I came across this photo, given to the Center by the Library of Congress, that is visually appealing and captures a piece of history.<\/p>\n

\"R0135B07P021\"

Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Collection #R0007, Box 19, Folder 11, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

These are photos taken during the Center\u2019s \u201cLegacy of George Mason\u201d lecture series in 1982 and 1983.<\/p>\n

\"R0135B07P024\"<\/a>

Photograph taken during a \u201cLegacy of George Mason\u201d lecture series in 1982. Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Collection #R0007, Box 19, Folder 19, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"R0135B07P025\"<\/a>

Photograph taken during a \u201cLegacy of George Mason\u201d lecture series in 1983. Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Collection #R0007, Box 19, Folder 20, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"R0135B07P026\"<\/a>

Photograph taken during a \u201cLegacy of George Mason\u201d lecture series in 1983. Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights records, Collection #R0007, Box 19, Folder 21, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0*Ms. Page is an archival student assistant at Special Collections & Archives and working towards her MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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