![\"Swing](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Swing-Mikado.jpg?resize=380%2C623\")
<\/a>Costume design for Swing Mikado, Federal Theatre Project Collection, C0002.<\/p><\/div>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
George Mason University has announced the intention of benefactor David Stone to bequeath his massive collection on Gilbert and Sullivan to the University Libraries\u2019 Special Collection & Archives.\u00a0 In a Mason News story by Corey Jenkins Schaut at http:\/\/newsdesk.gmu.edu\/2014\/10\/gilbert-sullivan-collection-make-home-mason\/, the collection is described as \u201ca treasure trove of Gilbert and Sullivan memorabilia, from original manuscripts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-1lH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5279,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5279","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":0},"title":"Exhibition, The Pirates of Penzance: Memorabilia of the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries","author":"admin","date":"April 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"George Mason University Libraries benefactors, David and Annabelle Stone, have generously provided an exhibition in the Fenwick Library's A wing display cases to celebrate this spring's student performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. With original materials from their collection, which comprehensively documents the careers of Gilbert and Sullivan\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Designed by Bob Vay with images and creative input from David Stone, this poster promotes Fenwick Library's Pirates of Penzance exhibition","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/pirates_poster-160x240.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6149,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6149","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":1},"title":"The Swing Mikado: Gilbert and Sullivan Reinvented in 1938","author":"admin","date":"February 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here in the Special Collections Research Center, we are gearing up for #GandS2017 - our celebration of all things Gilbert and Sullivan, culminating in the opening of an exhibit of materials from the David and Annabelle Stone Gilbert and Sullivan Collection. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's popular comic operas is\u00a0The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "exhibits"","block_context":{"text":"exhibits","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mikado_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11868,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=11868","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":2},"title":"Gems from Gilbert & Sullivan","author":"Amanda Menjivar","date":"April 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This post was written by Chance Jimenez, Performing Arts GRA. W.S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were a duo whose collaborations transformed Victorian-era theatre, producing fourteen comic operas from 1871-1896. After 1881, their operas were showcased at the Savoy Theatre, constructed by Richard D\u2019Oyly Carte, a passionate supporter of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "recent acquisitions"","block_context":{"text":"recent acquisitions","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gs003-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5675,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5675","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":3},"title":"Facing Sexuality: Books in SCRC that Focus on LGBTQ Topics","author":"admin","date":"June 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0White Maiden\u00a0is a German tale about a thirsty hunter who wishes for ancient wine to drink. His\u00a0wish is granted by the White Maiden who then\u00a0plagues him with a sense of wanting\u00a0and\u00a0an inability to take satisfaction in anything. Morin used this tale to explore the real life narrative of a man,\u00a0Rudolph\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Rare Books"","block_context":{"text":"Rare Books","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=326"},"img":{"alt_text":"Morin, Jeffrey W., White Maiden Male, N7433.4.M66 W55 2012, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321-158x240.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9554,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=9554","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":4},"title":"Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment in the Midst of COVID-19 – Part 2","author":"Bob Vay","date":"April 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Part 1 can be accessed here. On November 17, 2020 the University Libraries and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) conducted their yearly co-sponsored panel presentation. 2020's presentation focused on the Womens' Movement and was entitled: \u201cThe Equal Rights Amendment\u201d. Because of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Digital Collections"","block_context":{"text":"Digital Collections","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=557"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/olli.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/olli.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/olli.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/olli.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5691,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=5691","url_meta":{"origin":5189,"position":5},"title":"Celebrate National Moth Week with SCRC","author":"admin","date":"July 25, 2016","format":"image","excerpt":"The late Kjell Sandved, born in Norway in 1922, was a noted nature photographer who took\u00a0pictures of various insects, including moths, from all over the world. Sandved is best known for finding and photographing various\u00a0shapes and patterns on butterflies and moths, including every letter of the English alphabet, smiling faces,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photography collections"","block_context":{"text":"Photography collections","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?cat=198"},"img":{"alt_text":"\"Dog figure on silkworm moth,\" Box 4, Page 12, in the Kjell Sandved nature photograph collection #C0020, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/C0020B04F12_08-162x240.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5217,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5189\/revisions\/5217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"IMG_1784_small\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_1784_small.jpg\")
<\/a>