{"id":6836,"date":"2017-09-06T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6836"},"modified":"2017-10-02T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:54:57","slug":"virginia-archives-month-remix-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6836","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Archives Month &#8211; REMIX Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6840\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=6840\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?fit=799%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"799,797\" 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=\"Capture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?fit=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6840 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?resize=799%2C797\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every October is Virginia Archives Month, and here at SCRC we are celebrating with this year&#8217;s theme &#8211; Spirits in the Archives! We&#8217;ll be celebrating all October long, but you can participate early by entering the REMIX contest. Please see our flyer for details &#8211; we are looking forward to seeing your creepy creations!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6841\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?attachment_id=6841\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?fit=800%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,797\" 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=\"Capture1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?fit=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6841 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?resize=800%2C797\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?resize=768%2C765&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture1.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow SCRC on Social Media at our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gmuspecialcollections\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gmuscrc\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmuscrc\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0accounts. To search the collections\u00a0held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>\u00a0and browse the finding aids by subject or title. You may also e-mail\u00a0us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:speccoll@gmu.edu\">speccoll@gmu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or call 703-993-2220 if you would like to\u00a0schedule an appointment, request materials, or if you have questions. Appointments are not necessary to request and view collections.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Every October is Virginia Archives Month, and here at SCRC we are celebrating with this year&#8217;s theme &#8211; Spirits in the Archives! We&#8217;ll be celebrating all October long, but you can participate early by entering the REMIX contest. Please see our flyer for details &#8211; we are looking forward to seeing your creepy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101014,"featured_media":6840,"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":[272,5,339],"tags":[386,105,523,139],"class_list":["post-6836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gmu-fairfax-campus","category-scrc-interest","category-virginia-2","tag-american-archives-month","tag-archives-month-in-virginia","tag-remix","tag-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Capture.png?fit=799%2C797&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-1Mg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6918,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6918","url_meta":{"origin":6836,"position":0},"title":"Archives Month","author":"admin","date":"October 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"October is finally here and that means it's American Archives Month! 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