Special Collections Research Center

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This collection contains revisions of a manuscript on biophysics as well as correspondence with George Mason University biology professor Harold Morowitz.

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This collections contains nine boxes with items ranging from pamphlets and brochures to faculty minutes and annual reports from the College of Arts and Sciences

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Items contained in this collection range from brochure's and pamphlets made by the College of Health and Human Services records to minutes from the staff.

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This collection consist of two boxes that contains brochures, pamphlets, magazines, and other promotional items donated by the College of Humanities and Social Scienes.

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1 box that contains reports, guides, letters, and meeting minutes from the College of Profesional Studies from 1972-1980.

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The College of Visual and Performing Arts records contains information about several departments within the college itself along with many posters, playbills and class materials ranging from the 1960s-2015. As the College of Visual and Performing Arts was established in 1990, much of the collection is made up from materials from the departments pre-dating the time when the College brought them all together.

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Letters from Collis S. Hough of the 1st Connecticut Artillery Regiment to his wife Harriet Stevens Hough.

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Matted color photograph featuring the dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins taking a bow during rehearsals of the ballet “Circus Polka” in 1972. The photograph is signed by Robbins. It is also signed by Costas, the photographer, on the matte.

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Five official Commonwealth of Virginia documents signed by four Virginia governors, each appointing justices of the peace and sheriffs for Loudoun County, 1809 - 1849.

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Complaint against William Hall by John Park of Fairfax County for a debt settlement, written by John Minor on December 6, 1746.

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One that contains meeting minutes and invitations from the Confucius Institute.

Abstract The Conklin and Rossant Reston project collection is divided into six series with four subseries. The collection includes items that relate to the construction and planning of Reston by Conklin and Rossant Architects. The collection begins with the initial plans done by Rossant before he and Conklin formed their architectural firm in 1967. The documents include plans, reports, correspondence and brochures about Reston. Also included are photographs, drawings and negatives which were used in...

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This is a 9 box collection of items donated by the Consortium for Continuing Higher Education in Northern Virginia.

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Contract transfering temporary service of indentured servant Peyton Cook, written on January 14, 1860.

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The Cookbooks and cooking pamphlets collection includes pamphlets, booklets, and other printed materials published by a myriad of American food companies in order to advertise their products. The majority of the collection originates from the 1950s - 1960s.

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Free papers for Cordelia Jones, a free Black woman, from the Loudoun County Court.

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Dan Moldea investigative journalism collection consits of resesarch files for six of Dan Moldea's books. The files include research on "Hoffa Wars," "Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob," "The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy," "Washington Tragedy: How the Suicide of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm," "Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer," and "The Hunting of Cain."

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This collection contains materials related to Smith's role in creating the International School of Law, which later became the George Mason University School of Law, including correspondence, publications, faculty and board meeting minutes and foundational principles and policies for the then newly created law school.

Abstract The collection contains documents, pamphlets, manuals, notebooks, projector slides, and other memorabilia related to Daniel Monson's service in the United States Army Air Forces. Most notably, the collection contains military records, aviation training materials, a leather unit patch, a map of France, and 35mm projector slides. Additionally, there are artifacts related to Corinne Richter Monson, Daniel Monson's wife who served in the Marine Corps Womens Reserve. The collection also contains...

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This collection contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, budgets, and some papers from the Reston Board of Commerce and the Reston Chamber of Commerce, as well as general Reston and Dulles corridor planning documents from Edwards' professional career and his involvement in community activities from 1970-2011.

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This collection contains original notes and a typed autobiography of Bauer's career at International Business Machines from 1974 - 1995.

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Set design by David de Boschi for an unidentified ballet, probably by Antonio Cortesi.

Abstract The David Pass papers contain correspondence, oral histories, research files, photographs, maps, and plans that document the development and study of new towns in the United States and internationally, particularly Sweden. The collection thoroughly documents Pass's career at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, the Urban Development Corporation in New York, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. Although the inclusive dates...

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This is a six box collection that contains letters, reports, and other items from the Dean of the College.

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Deed of gift for an enslaved woman named Lucy by Maynadier Mason, written on March 29, 1853.

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This collection contain contents such as correspondance letters, pamphlets, alumni records, etc.

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Content Warning: Contains racist language.

A nine-page report, or "Fact Sheet," for the commanding General of the 199th Infantry Brigade, deployed during the Vietnam War. The sheet provides statistics and information regarding racial bias against Black soldiers in military judicial action within the Brigade between April - September 1968.

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49 black and white copy photographs that document the exploration of the American West in the late 19th century.

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The collection consists of 525 color slides that contain mostly aerial views of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia. The aerial views feature housing developments, automobile transportation corridors, Dulles International Airport, and the surrounding countryside.

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The Dorothea Thomas Lynch papers contains correspondence, issues of the Federal Theatre bulletin, issues of the Federal Theatre in the South, production notes, scripts, and set designs for the production The Girl of the Golden West, class outlines for the History of drama, newsclippings about the Florida Federal Theatre Project, and scrapbooks containing programs, photographs, and newsclippings about Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida Federal Theatre Project productions.