    {"id":6494,"date":"2017-05-16T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T18:31:23","slug":"summer-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6494","title":{"rendered":"Summer Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Collections Research Center&#8217;s Summer Hours will begin this Wednesday, May 17th. During the summer, the Special Collections Research Center will be open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4:30 pm. For questions or general inquiries, please contact <a href=\"mailto:speccoll@gmu.edu\">speccoll@gmu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy your summer!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6496\" style=\"width: 589px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6496\" data-attachment-id=\"6496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=6496\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/R0135B20P051_10.jpg?fit=4160%2C2510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4160,2510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"R0135B20P051_10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;(1980s) Two Kappa Sigma fraternity members lying on the sand, next to a boom box and keg lying on top of a small hill, holding beers, from the GMU Broadsides Collection, R0135, Box 20, page 51, number 10&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/R0135B20P051_10.jpg?fit=240%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/R0135B20P051_10.jpg?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-6496\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/R0135B20P051_10.jpg?resize=579%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"349\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(1980s) Two Kappa Sigma fraternity members lying on the sand, next to a boom box and keg lying on top of a small hill, holding beers, from the GMU Broadsides Collection, R0135, Box 20, page 51, number 10<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Collections Research Center&#8217;s Summer Hours will begin this Wednesday, May 17th. During the summer, the Special Collections Research Center will be open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4:30 pm. For questions or general inquiries, please contact speccoll@gmu.edu. 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