GMU Special Collections & Archives - Research Guide
IMAGE AND OBJECT HOLDINGS IN SC&A
Researchers may use this Research Guide to find out information about
image and object holdings in Special Collections & Archives (SC&A)
in the George Mason University Libraries. The information is grouped according
to the following formats: I. Image/Visual Materials; II. Videotapes; and
III. Digitized Collections.
I. IMAGE/VISUAL MATERIALS
Ollie
Atkins Photographic Collection
Photographs, negatives and contact sheets of political figures and national
and world events covering the years 1946-1974 (80 linear feet).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: Ollie Atkins Photographic Collection.
Photographs and negatives of Gunston Hall; great houses of Washington,
D.C.; GMU; and Northern Virginia (9 linear feet).
Books
Illustrated rare books and facsimiles, fine bindings, pictorial histories
of middle European countries, books about books, etc. (100 titles).
Access Libraries' OPAC for holdings.
Photographs, posters and billboards of American National Theatre &
Academy (ANTA) productions (18 linear feet).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: Robert Breen Theatre Collection.
Selected images are also available at:
Path:
Image Collections
BREN
Bernard Brenner
Brass rubbings from churches and cathedrals in Great Britain (157 rubbings).
Lenore A. England Ephemera Collection
Fine printing, well-designed and illustrated brochures, pamphlets, and
broadsides (6 linear feet).
Garn Gift
Scrapbooks representing artistic design research compiled for the film
production of The Devil's Disciple (2 scrapbooks).
George
Mason University Archives
Photographs and slides of faculty, staff, and campus events (19 linear
feet).
Nineteenth-century American illustrated weekly periodical, 1857-1916
(9 linear feet].
Finding Aid/Research Guide to selected Virginia Civil War images: Virginia
Civil War Images from Harper's Weekly, 1861-1865.
Selected Virginia Civil War images are also available at:
Path:
Image Collections
VACW
Walter Kravitz Collection
Pencil and color sketches of proposed art work for Fenwick Library (3
sketches).
C. Harrison Mann
Sixteenth- to nineteenth-century maps and atlases (76 maps and 18 atlases).
National Archives & Records Administration
Photographs, posters and billboards of Federal Theatre Project productions
(27 linear feet).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: National Archives and Records Administration.
Jane Nierling
Early twentieth-century Harper's Bazaar 1913-1956, Vanity
Fair 1913-1922, and Vogue 1913-1956 magazines (46.5 linear feet).
Northern Virginiana
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century maps of Northern Virginia (30 maps)
and aerial
photographs of Prince William County (400 photographs).
Photographs and slides of Reston, Virginia (10 linear feet).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: Planned Community Archives.
Selected images are also available at:
Path:
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Arthur Scott Photographic Collection
Photographs of U.S. congressmen, the Capitol, and its surroundings from
the mid-1930s to the 1970s (20 linear feet).
Theatre of the Thirties
Sets, costumes, set & costume designs, slides, and photographs of
Federal
Theatre Project productions (20 linear feet).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: Theatre of the Thirties Gift Collection.
Edward Weston
Black & white photograph of a pepper (1 photograph).
II. VIDEOTAPES
George
Mason University Archives
People and events at GMU (349 videocassettes).
Clarence Larson
Interviews with twentieth-century pioneers of science and technology
(46 videocassettes).
New towns, interviews with early residents of Reston, Reston 20th
Anniversary (305 videocassettes).
Finding Aid/Research Guide: Planned Community Archives.
Theatre of the Thirties
Interviews with members of the Federal
Theatre Project (85 videocassettes).
III. DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS
Core document images from the Robert Breen Collection.
Located at: <www.aladin.wrlc.org>
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Electronic
Documentary History of GMU
The history of George Mason University, 1949-1997, shown through documents
and images.
Images of Virginia during the Civil War.
Located at: <www.aladin.wrlc.org>
Path:
Image Collections
VACW
Located at: <www.aladin.wrlc.org>
Path:
Image Collections
RESA
For additional information on collections in SC&A, please consult the
SC&A staff. The SC&A staff is always willing to assist researchers.
SC&A has a reading room, providing a quiet haven for serious research.
Most materials may be photocopied, either by the researcher or by staff,
depending on the nature of the item. Telephone or mail requests for photocopies
and photographs are handled for a fee on a prepaid basis. Tours can be
arranged for small groups, and speakers are available upon request. Some
materials may also be requested for use in exhibitions.
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