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Now that it’s\u00a0American Archives Month<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, it’s time for the annual\u00a0REMIX<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Contest to begin! This year’s theme is Archival Oddities<\/strong>, and as our Flickr page<\/a><\/span> attests, there are many oddities to be found in Virginia Archives!\u00a0Anyone can enter a REMIX submission to win – you can find instructions and information in the flyer below, or at the follow link: http:\/\/archivesmonthva.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/span>. We look forward to seeing all of your cool and kooky creations!<\/p>\n

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Follow Special Collections Research Center on Social Media\u00a0<\/em>at\u00a0our\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,<\/span> and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>accounts. To search the collections\u00a0held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our\u00a0website\u00a0and browse the finding aids by subject or title. You may also e-mail\u00a0us or call 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":"

Now that it’s\u00a0American Archives Month, it’s time for the annual\u00a0REMIX\u00a0Contest to begin! This year’s theme is Archival Oddities, and as our Flickr page attests, there are many oddities to be found in Virginia Archives!\u00a0Anyone can enter a REMIX submission to win – you can find instructions and information in the flyer below, or at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101014,"featured_media":8004,"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":[272,3],"tags":[386,532,105,523],"class_list":["post-8001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gmu-fairfax-campus","category-news","tag-american-archives-month","tag-archives-month","tag-archives-month-in-virginia","tag-remix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TwitterBanner.jpg?fit=2504%2C1252&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-253","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8900,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8900","url_meta":{"origin":8001,"position":0},"title":"REMIX!","author":"Amanda Menjivar","date":"October 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year again! 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