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Senate","Correspondence.","Memorabilia.","Negatives.","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Slides.","Sound recordings.","Video recordings.","There are no access restrictions.","Series 1: Press Clippings, 1978-2012 (Boxes 1-51)\n        Series 2: Routers, 1984-1996 (Boxes 51-60)\n        Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings, 1993-1994 (Boxes 60-61)\n        Series 4: Press Releases, 1985-2002 (Boxes 61-75)\n        Series 5: Green Room Faxes, 1994 (Boxes 75-91)\n        Series 6: Viewer Mail, 1994-2004 (Boxes 91-145)\n        Series 7: Education and Marketing, 1989-2009 (Boxes 145-229)\n        Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence, 1976-2009 (Boxes 229-402)\n        Series 9: Photographs, 1978-2008 (Boxes 403-444)\n        Series 10: Audiovisual, 1980s-2012 (Boxes 445-452)\n        Series 11: Memorabilia, 1980s-2012 (Boxes 453-456)\n        Series 12: Miscellaneous, 1809-2012 (Boxes 457-470, Map Cases 5.2 - 5.5)","C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), created by the American Cable Television Industry, was founded in 1979 by Brian Lamb with the aim of televising sessions of the U.S. Congress, and offering broader access and coverage of public affairs events. C-SPAN's exact mission statements are as follows: \"To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided-all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view; To provide elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view; To provide the audience, through the call-in program, direct access to elected officials, other decision makers and journalists on a frequent and open basis; To employ production values that accurately convey the business of government rather than distract from it; and To conduct all other aspects of its operations consistent with these principles.\"","With an original concentration on congressional sessions, C-SPAN quickly expanded into a 24-hour network by 1982, and added call-in programs and other, non-congressional public affairs/events to its schedule. In 1986, the network expanded even more, developing the C-SPAN2 channel, which covered gavel-to-gavel Senate debates. By 2001, C-SPAN3 had launched in order to maintain full coverage of congressional sessions, as well as other original C-SPAN programming such as American History TV, The Communicators, Newsmakers, and Washington Journal. In addition to covering the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN has also covered the Executive branch of the U.S. government, including daily briefings from the White House, as well as events such as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Presidential debates. One of C-SPAN's most successful endeavors was the creation of the C-SPAN Bus in 1993, which serves as a mobile production studio and learning center that visits hundreds of communities per year. The Bus, which is still being utilized, aims to engage with students, teachers, viewers, and elected officials and teach them about C-SPAN's operations. The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.","C-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years.","Special Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to watch Betacam or U-matic tapes, as well as other obsolete audiovisual formats contained in Series 10. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access.","Jordan Patty, Former Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center, began working at the C-SPAN offices in November 2013 to begin processing the C-SPAN records. Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.","Through financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.","Amanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.","Processing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017.","George Mason University also houses the Booknotes collection, which contains 801 nonfiction books used on the \"Booknotes\" television series, hosted by Brian Lamb. Scanned images of Brian Lamb's own \"book notes\" are available online. More information is available on the  \n\t\t\t. Purdue University houses the C-SPAN Video Library. More information is available on the\n\t\t\t.","The C-SPAN records largely consist of correspondence, viewer mail, photographs, photographic negatives, slides, newspapers, audiovisual materials, posters, pamphlets, memorabilia, and books created between the years 1978-2012. The collection contains 12 series.","Series 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.","Series 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.","Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.","Series 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"","Series 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.","Series 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.","Series 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.","Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.","Series 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.","Series 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. Formats include VHS tapes, U-matic tapes, floppy disks, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs, among others.","Series 11: Memorabilia (1980s-2012) includes memorabilia gathered from multiple C-SPAN functions and programs, such as the Tocqueville Tour, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates reenactment, the C-SPAN Bus, coverage of Presidential elections, in a variety of formats such as pens, pencils, pins, stickers, keychains, and many more.","Series 12: Miscellaneous (1809-2012) includes miscellaneous items such as award plaques gifted to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a number of organizations, newspapers, C-SPAN advertisements, loose scrapbook pages, exhibit panels of varying sizes, C-SPAN political cartoons, and an antique newspaper from 1809 given to Brian Lamb.","There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the C-SPAN records must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.","The C-SPAN records consist of materials created and collected by the C-SPAN Corporation and its founder Brian Lamb from the years 1809, 1978-2012. The materials created by C-SPAN originate from 1978-2012, with one antique newspaper from 1809 gifted to Lamb. The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States.","George Mason University. Libraries. 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C-SPAN's exact mission statements are as follows: \"To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided-all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view; To provide elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view; To provide the audience, through the call-in program, direct access to elected officials, other decision makers and journalists on a frequent and open basis; To employ production values that accurately convey the business of government rather than distract from it; and To conduct all other aspects of its operations consistent with these principles.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWith an original concentration on congressional sessions, C-SPAN quickly expanded into a 24-hour network by 1982, and added call-in programs and other, non-congressional public affairs/events to its schedule. 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The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eC-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), created by the American Cable Television Industry, was founded in 1979 by Brian Lamb with the aim of televising sessions of the U.S. Congress, and offering broader access and coverage of public affairs events. 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In 1986, the network expanded even more, developing the C-SPAN2 channel, which covered gavel-to-gavel Senate debates. By 2001, C-SPAN3 had launched in order to maintain full coverage of congressional sessions, as well as other original C-SPAN programming such as American History TV, The Communicators, Newsmakers, and Washington Journal. In addition to covering the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN has also covered the Executive branch of the U.S. government, including daily briefings from the White House, as well as events such as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Presidential debates. One of C-SPAN's most successful endeavors was the creation of the C-SPAN Bus in 1993, which serves as a mobile production studio and learning center that visits hundreds of communities per year. The Bus, which is still being utilized, aims to engage with students, teachers, viewers, and elected officials and teach them about C-SPAN's operations. The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.","C-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years."],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to watch Betacam or U-matic tapes, as well as other obsolete audiovisual formats contained in Series 10. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Technical Requirements"],"phystech_tesim":["Special Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to watch Betacam or U-matic tapes, as well as other obsolete audiovisual formats contained in Series 10. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eC-SPAN records, C0270, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"prefercite_tesim":["C-SPAN records, C0270, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJordan Patty, Former Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center, began working at the C-SPAN offices in November 2013 to begin processing the C-SPAN records. Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThrough financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAmanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProcessing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Jordan Patty, Former Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center, began working at the C-SPAN offices in November 2013 to begin processing the C-SPAN records. Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.","Through financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.","Amanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.","Processing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Mason University also houses the Booknotes collection, which contains 801 nonfiction books used on the \"Booknotes\" television series, hosted by Brian Lamb. Scanned images of Brian Lamb's own \"book notes\" are available online. More information is available on the  \n\t\t\t\u003cextptr type=\"simple\" title=\"Booknotes collection website\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://booknotes.gmu.edu\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e. Purdue University houses the C-SPAN Video Library. More information is available on the\n\t\t\t\u003cextptr type=\"simple\" title=\"Purdue website\" show=\"new\" href=\"https://www.prf.org/researchpark/companies/c-companies/C-SPAN%20Archives.html\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["George Mason University also houses the Booknotes collection, which contains 801 nonfiction books used on the \"Booknotes\" television series, hosted by Brian Lamb. Scanned images of Brian Lamb's own \"book notes\" are available online. More information is available on the  \n\t\t\t. Purdue University houses the C-SPAN Video Library. More information is available on the\n\t\t\t."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe C-SPAN records largely consist of correspondence, viewer mail, photographs, photographic negatives, slides, newspapers, audiovisual materials, posters, pamphlets, memorabilia, and books created between the years 1978-2012. The collection contains 12 series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. Formats include VHS tapes, U-matic tapes, floppy disks, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 11: Memorabilia (1980s-2012) includes memorabilia gathered from multiple C-SPAN functions and programs, such as the Tocqueville Tour, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates reenactment, the C-SPAN Bus, coverage of Presidential elections, in a variety of formats such as pens, pencils, pins, stickers, keychains, and many more.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 12: Miscellaneous (1809-2012) includes miscellaneous items such as award plaques gifted to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a number of organizations, newspapers, C-SPAN advertisements, loose scrapbook pages, exhibit panels of varying sizes, C-SPAN political cartoons, and an antique newspaper from 1809 given to Brian Lamb.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The C-SPAN records largely consist of correspondence, viewer mail, photographs, photographic negatives, slides, newspapers, audiovisual materials, posters, pamphlets, memorabilia, and books created between the years 1978-2012. The collection contains 12 series.","Series 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.","Series 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.","Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.","Series 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"","Series 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.","Series 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.","Series 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.","Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.","Series 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.","Series 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. Formats include VHS tapes, U-matic tapes, floppy disks, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs, among others.","Series 11: Memorabilia (1980s-2012) includes memorabilia gathered from multiple C-SPAN functions and programs, such as the Tocqueville Tour, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates reenactment, the C-SPAN Bus, coverage of Presidential elections, in a variety of formats such as pens, pencils, pins, stickers, keychains, and many more.","Series 12: Miscellaneous (1809-2012) includes miscellaneous items such as award plaques gifted to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a number of organizations, newspapers, C-SPAN advertisements, loose scrapbook pages, exhibit panels of varying sizes, C-SPAN political cartoons, and an antique newspaper from 1809 given to Brian Lamb."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the C-SPAN records must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the C-SPAN records must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"ref348\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe C-SPAN records consist of materials created and collected by the C-SPAN Corporation and its founder Brian Lamb from the years 1809, 1978-2012. The materials created by C-SPAN originate from 1978-2012, with one antique newspaper from 1809 gifted to Lamb. The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["The C-SPAN records consist of materials created and collected by the C-SPAN Corporation and its founder Brian Lamb from the years 1809, 1978-2012. The materials created by C-SPAN originate from 1978-2012, with one antique newspaper from 1809 gifted to Lamb. The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.","C-SPAN Corporation"],"persname_ssim":["Lamb, Brian","Long, Lea Anne","Tocqueville, Alexis de"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.","C-SPAN Corporation","Lamb, Brian","Long, Lea Anne","Tocqueville, Alexis de"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":7227,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:33:55.363Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vifgm_cspan","ead_ssi":"vifgm_cspan","_root_":"vifgm_cspan","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_cspan","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/gmu/cspan.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"http://scrc.gmu.edu/cspan.html","title_ssm":["C-SPAN records"],"title_tesim":["C-SPAN records"],"unitdate_ssm":["1978-2012","1809-2012"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1809-2012"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1978-2012"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1809/2012, bulk 1978/2012"],"normalized_title_ssm":["C-SPAN records, 1809/2012, bulk 1978/2012"],"text":["C-SPAN records, 1809/2012, bulk 1978/2012","C0270","Advertisements","Broadcast journalism","Broadcasting","C-SPAN (Television network)","Cable television","Direct broadcast satellite television","Education, Elementary","Educators","Journalism--United States.","Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858","Political campaigns--United States.","Politics","Presidents--Elections","Presidents--United States.","Press","Public affairs television programs","Television","Television and children","Television programs--United States.","Television viewers","Television viewers--United States","Television--United States.","United States. 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Senate","Correspondence.","Memorabilia.","Negatives.","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Slides.","Sound recordings.","Video recordings.","There are no access restrictions.","Series 1: Press Clippings, 1978-2012 (Boxes 1-51)\n        Series 2: Routers, 1984-1996 (Boxes 51-60)\n        Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings, 1993-1994 (Boxes 60-61)\n        Series 4: Press Releases, 1985-2002 (Boxes 61-75)\n        Series 5: Green Room Faxes, 1994 (Boxes 75-91)\n        Series 6: Viewer Mail, 1994-2004 (Boxes 91-145)\n        Series 7: Education and Marketing, 1989-2009 (Boxes 145-229)\n        Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence, 1976-2009 (Boxes 229-402)\n        Series 9: Photographs, 1978-2008 (Boxes 403-444)\n        Series 10: Audiovisual, 1980s-2012 (Boxes 445-452)\n        Series 11: Memorabilia, 1980s-2012 (Boxes 453-456)\n        Series 12: Miscellaneous, 1809-2012 (Boxes 457-470, Map Cases 5.2 - 5.5)","C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), created by the American Cable Television Industry, was founded in 1979 by Brian Lamb with the aim of televising sessions of the U.S. Congress, and offering broader access and coverage of public affairs events. C-SPAN's exact mission statements are as follows: \"To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided-all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view; To provide elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view; To provide the audience, through the call-in program, direct access to elected officials, other decision makers and journalists on a frequent and open basis; To employ production values that accurately convey the business of government rather than distract from it; and To conduct all other aspects of its operations consistent with these principles.\"","With an original concentration on congressional sessions, C-SPAN quickly expanded into a 24-hour network by 1982, and added call-in programs and other, non-congressional public affairs/events to its schedule. In 1986, the network expanded even more, developing the C-SPAN2 channel, which covered gavel-to-gavel Senate debates. By 2001, C-SPAN3 had launched in order to maintain full coverage of congressional sessions, as well as other original C-SPAN programming such as American History TV, The Communicators, Newsmakers, and Washington Journal. In addition to covering the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN has also covered the Executive branch of the U.S. government, including daily briefings from the White House, as well as events such as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Presidential debates. One of C-SPAN's most successful endeavors was the creation of the C-SPAN Bus in 1993, which serves as a mobile production studio and learning center that visits hundreds of communities per year. The Bus, which is still being utilized, aims to engage with students, teachers, viewers, and elected officials and teach them about C-SPAN's operations. The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.","C-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years.","Special Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to watch Betacam or U-matic tapes, as well as other obsolete audiovisual formats contained in Series 10. Additional time and money may be required to digitize this material for access.","Jordan Patty, Former Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center, began working at the C-SPAN offices in November 2013 to begin processing the C-SPAN records. Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.","Through financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.","Amanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.","Processing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017.","George Mason University also houses the Booknotes collection, which contains 801 nonfiction books used on the \"Booknotes\" television series, hosted by Brian Lamb. Scanned images of Brian Lamb's own \"book notes\" are available online. More information is available on the  \n\t\t\t. Purdue University houses the C-SPAN Video Library. More information is available on the\n\t\t\t.","The C-SPAN records largely consist of correspondence, viewer mail, photographs, photographic negatives, slides, newspapers, audiovisual materials, posters, pamphlets, memorabilia, and books created between the years 1978-2012. The collection contains 12 series.","Series 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.","Series 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.","Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.","Series 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"","Series 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.","Series 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.","Series 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.","Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.","Series 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.","Series 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. Formats include VHS tapes, U-matic tapes, floppy disks, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs, among others.","Series 11: Memorabilia (1980s-2012) includes memorabilia gathered from multiple C-SPAN functions and programs, such as the Tocqueville Tour, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates reenactment, the C-SPAN Bus, coverage of Presidential elections, in a variety of formats such as pens, pencils, pins, stickers, keychains, and many more.","Series 12: Miscellaneous (1809-2012) includes miscellaneous items such as award plaques gifted to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a number of organizations, newspapers, C-SPAN advertisements, loose scrapbook pages, exhibit panels of varying sizes, C-SPAN political cartoons, and an antique newspaper from 1809 given to Brian Lamb.","There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the C-SPAN records must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.","The C-SPAN records consist of materials created and collected by the C-SPAN Corporation and its founder Brian Lamb from the years 1809, 1978-2012. The materials created by C-SPAN originate from 1978-2012, with one antique newspaper from 1809 gifted to Lamb. The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States.","George Mason University. Libraries. 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C-SPAN's exact mission statements are as follows: \"To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided-all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view; To provide elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view; To provide the audience, through the call-in program, direct access to elected officials, other decision makers and journalists on a frequent and open basis; To employ production values that accurately convey the business of government rather than distract from it; and To conduct all other aspects of its operations consistent with these principles.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWith an original concentration on congressional sessions, C-SPAN quickly expanded into a 24-hour network by 1982, and added call-in programs and other, non-congressional public affairs/events to its schedule. In 1986, the network expanded even more, developing the C-SPAN2 channel, which covered gavel-to-gavel Senate debates. By 2001, C-SPAN3 had launched in order to maintain full coverage of congressional sessions, as well as other original C-SPAN programming such as American History TV, The Communicators, Newsmakers, and Washington Journal. In addition to covering the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN has also covered the Executive branch of the U.S. government, including daily briefings from the White House, as well as events such as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Presidential debates. One of C-SPAN's most successful endeavors was the creation of the C-SPAN Bus in 1993, which serves as a mobile production studio and learning center that visits hundreds of communities per year. The Bus, which is still being utilized, aims to engage with students, teachers, viewers, and elected officials and teach them about C-SPAN's operations. The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eC-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network), created by the American Cable Television Industry, was founded in 1979 by Brian Lamb with the aim of televising sessions of the U.S. Congress, and offering broader access and coverage of public affairs events. C-SPAN's exact mission statements are as follows: \"To provide C-SPAN's audience access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided-all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced presentation of points of view; To provide elected and appointed officials and others who would influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view; To provide the audience, through the call-in program, direct access to elected officials, other decision makers and journalists on a frequent and open basis; To employ production values that accurately convey the business of government rather than distract from it; and To conduct all other aspects of its operations consistent with these principles.\"","With an original concentration on congressional sessions, C-SPAN quickly expanded into a 24-hour network by 1982, and added call-in programs and other, non-congressional public affairs/events to its schedule. In 1986, the network expanded even more, developing the C-SPAN2 channel, which covered gavel-to-gavel Senate debates. By 2001, C-SPAN3 had launched in order to maintain full coverage of congressional sessions, as well as other original C-SPAN programming such as American History TV, The Communicators, Newsmakers, and Washington Journal. In addition to covering the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN has also covered the Executive branch of the U.S. government, including daily briefings from the White House, as well as events such as the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and Presidential debates. One of C-SPAN's most successful endeavors was the creation of the C-SPAN Bus in 1993, which serves as a mobile production studio and learning center that visits hundreds of communities per year. The Bus, which is still being utilized, aims to engage with students, teachers, viewers, and elected officials and teach them about C-SPAN's operations. The Bus has enabled many successful educational endeavors for the network, including the Alexis de Tocqueville tour, which began in May 1997. The same year, C-SPAN expanded further with the addition of C-SPAN Radio, available in the Washington DC Metro area and nationally on satellite radio. Despite repeated efforts to do so over the past two decades, C-SPAN does not cover the U.S. Supreme Court in live TV or radio broadcast formats. C-SPAN and its sister channels enjoy strong ratings. Around the late 1980s through the early 1990s, die-hard C-SPAN watchers became known as \"C-SPAN Junkies\" for their dedicated viewing of and interaction with the C-SPAN network. C-SPAN maintains a consistent and large viewer base. In 2017 alone, over 70 million viewers from a wide range of backgrounds and political persuasions have accessed C-SPAN across their various platforms.","C-SPAN's founder, Brian Lamb, was an integral part of the development of the network. Lamb was a White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine prior to creating C-SPAN, and brought valuable experience and insight to the job. Lamb is renowned for his many interviews and interviewing style, which was evident from the early days of the C-SPAN daily call in. Lamb's interviewing style was highlighted on his show \"Booknotes\" (1989-2004) where he interviewed 801 authors of mostly non-fiction books, making the show the longest-running author interview program in broadcast history. The success of \"Booknotes\" led to the creation of \"Book TV\" in 1998, a 48-hour weekend programming block dedicated to covering nonfiction books. After thirty-three years of service to the network, Lamb retired as CEO of C-SPAN in 2012, but remains its executive chairman. Lamb was succeeded by Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy as co-CEOs. Lamb's longtime secretary Lea Anne Long also contributed to C-SPAN's functions, planning events and his complicated and numerous travel itineraries. Lamb currently hosts the show \"Q and A\" on C-SPAN, which \"highlights today's most compelling thinkers in politics, media, education, and science,\" and has been running since 2004. Lamb's strong and singular legacy on C-SPAN continues to this day. Lamb was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2002 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his extensive work in broadcasting over the years."],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections Research Center does not have the equipment necessary to watch Betacam or U-matic tapes, as well as other obsolete audiovisual formats contained in Series 10. 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Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThrough financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAmanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProcessing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Jordan Patty, Former Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center, began working at the C-SPAN offices in November 2013 to begin processing the C-SPAN records. Mr. Patty established processing and storage space, and moved boxes and files to accommodate metal shelving and tables for the work to be done. The early part of 2014 was spent shifting, reboxing, and clearing space for the shelves that were installed specifically for the project. The shelving installation was completed in early April 2014, which allowed for the first shipment of boxes from C-SPAN's offsite storage facility. Based on this first shipment of offsite boxes, a project strategy was developed. Mr. Patty completed processing of the Press Clippings series in December 2014 and the Press Releases in February 2015, when he began working onsite at C-SPAN two days each week. He finished processing the Viewer Mail and Education and Marketing series in 2015, and he continued with the Executive Files in Correspondence series in 2016.","Through financial support from C-SPAN, former C-SPAN employee Maura Pierce was hired by the University Libraries as Processing Assistant for the collection. Ms. Pierce began working on the project in January 2014, assisting with initial reorganization in preparation for shelving installation and processing of the press clippings and photograph collection. Based on Ms. Pierce's analysis, the total number of boxes from the photograph collection that were transferred to Mason was approximately half of the original estimate. She completed processing photograph albums pertaining to the Booknotes program in May 2015. Ms. Pierce also completed an inventory for additional photograph albums.","Amanda Brent was hired as the C-SPAN Project Archivist in March 2017. She re-assessed the already processed part of the collection (over 110 linear feet), processed the outstanding part (over 90 linear feet), and brought the two pieces into one whole collection. Ms. Brent spent the initial time in the process gaining intellectual control over the collection, including re-inventorying, and inventorying materials that had already been arranged. She then began inventorying the unarranged materials, such as the majority of the Executive Files and Correspondence collection. Based on this work, she organized the collection into twelve series.","Processing done by Jordan Patty and Maura Pierce completed in 2016; processing completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Mason University also houses the Booknotes collection, which contains 801 nonfiction books used on the \"Booknotes\" television series, hosted by Brian Lamb. Scanned images of Brian Lamb's own \"book notes\" are available online. More information is available on the  \n\t\t\t\u003cextptr type=\"simple\" title=\"Booknotes collection website\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://booknotes.gmu.edu\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e. Purdue University houses the C-SPAN Video Library. 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The collection contains 12 series.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. 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The collection contains 12 series.","Series 1: Press Clippings (1978-2012) includes press clippings related to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a wide variety of sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and multiple local-level newspapers. Topics range from international politics to the public perception of C-SPAN, as well as events such as C-SPAN's 25th Anniversary, programming, and political news.","Series 2: Routers (1984-1996) includes multiple press clips from a variety of sources and newspapers that were routed to Lamb and C-SPAN staff, covering topics such as presidential campaigns, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and the C-SPAN Bus, 1994-1995 tour.","Series 3: C-SPAN Bus Clippings (1993-1994) includes multiple press clip routers on the C-SPAN Bus from a variety of sources and newspapers for both Lamb and C-SPAN staff. The Bus's itinerary is also included.","Series 4: Press Releases (1985-2002) includes press releases by and about C-SPAN's activities and endeavors, which include conferences, coverage of events, new television stations broadcasting C-SPAN, speeches, and promotions. Topics also include programming, such as \"Booknotes\" and \"Road to the White House.\"","Series 5: Green Room Faxes (1994) includes faxes from C-SPAN viewers that were sent to the C-SPAN studio green room. These range from positive and negative responses to coverage and programming, as well as questions directed at Brian Lamb.","Series 6: Viewer Mail (1994-2004) includes viewer mail responding to multiple events and topics shown on C-SPAN. Includes responses to C-SPAN programming, coverage, current events, politics, and responses directed to Brian Lamb. Formats range widely, from handwritten to typed letters and greeting cards, to notecards and postcards, and other printed materials.","Series 7: Education and Marketing (1989-2009) includes materials related to C-SPAN's various education and marketing campaigns. Topics include Viewer of the Week, American Writers, Campaign 2000 Educator's Conference, Alexis de Tocqueville, Lincoln-Douglas Series, and the C-SPAN School Bus. Other notable materials include original mixed-media portraits of famous authors and program transcripts of C-SPAN programming.","Series 8: Executive Files and Correspondence (1976-2009) includes the majority of Lamb's personal correspondence with a number of individuals and organizations. Also includes documents related to C-SPAN's operating budget, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings memoranda, press clippings, \"Booknotes\" materials and manuscripts, tour speeches, C-SPAN 2000, 20th Anniversary planning materials, and Time Warner Cable v. The City of New York court documents.","Series 9: Photographs (1978-2008) includes photographs, photographic negatives, and slides of a variety of C-SPAN's functions, including coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and other public events, individuals who worked for and with C-SPAN, and Brian Lamb's activities and events he attended during that time.","Series 10: Audiovisual (1980s-2012) includes a wide variey of analog audiovisual formats and content, ranging from interviews with C-SPAN's board members, press clips, and public events, to graphic design mock ups and digital photographs. Formats include VHS tapes, U-matic tapes, floppy disks, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs, among others.","Series 11: Memorabilia (1980s-2012) includes memorabilia gathered from multiple C-SPAN functions and programs, such as the Tocqueville Tour, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates reenactment, the C-SPAN Bus, coverage of Presidential elections, in a variety of formats such as pens, pencils, pins, stickers, keychains, and many more.","Series 12: Miscellaneous (1809-2012) includes miscellaneous items such as award plaques gifted to C-SPAN and Brian Lamb from a number of organizations, newspapers, C-SPAN advertisements, loose scrapbook pages, exhibit panels of varying sizes, C-SPAN political cartoons, and an antique newspaper from 1809 given to Brian Lamb."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. 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The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["The C-SPAN records consist of materials created and collected by the C-SPAN Corporation and its founder Brian Lamb from the years 1809, 1978-2012. The materials created by C-SPAN originate from 1978-2012, with one antique newspaper from 1809 gifted to Lamb. The records document C-SPAN's functions as a broadcasting network, as well as its continuing engagement in the political and public affairs sphere of the United States."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.","C-SPAN Corporation"],"persname_ssim":["Lamb, Brian","Long, Lea Anne","Tocqueville, Alexis de"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. 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Special Collections and Archives.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_vifgm00011#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007. The collection includes images of student life, campus architecture and construction, campus events, faculty and staff, performances, and art. ","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_vifgm00011#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vifgm_vifgm00011","ead_ssi":"vifgm_vifgm00011","_root_":"vifgm_vifgm00011","_nest_parent_":"vifgm_vifgm00011","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/gmu/vifgm00011.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/","title_ssm":["George Mason University photograph collection"],"title_tesim":["George Mason University photograph collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1950s-2007"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1950s-2007"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2007"],"normalized_title_ssm":["George Mason University photograph collection, 2007"],"text":["George Mason University photograph collection, 2007","R0120","Events--Photographs.","Performance art--Photographs.","Graduation ceremonies--Photographs.","Art--Photographs.","Universities and colleges--Photographs.","People--Photographs.","Police--Photographs.","Dormitories--Photographs.","Restaurants--Photographs.","Sports--Photographs.","Students--Photographs.","Negatives.","Photographic prints.","Slides.","Collection is open to research.","Portions of the GMU photograph collection are available online through Flickr and the GMU Archives Photostream.","Organized into nine series and then sorted either chonologically or alphabetically.","Series 1: University Relations, 1950s-1999 (Boxes 1-37)\n\n        Series 2: Broadside, 1971-1999  (Boxes 1-6)\n\n        Series 3: George Mason University Yearbook, 1979-mid 1990s (Boxes 1-6)\n\n        Series 4: George Mason University Foundation, 1989 (Boxes 1-11)\n\n        Series 5: Athletic Department, 1978-1994 (Box 1)\n\n        Series 6: Office of Admissions, 1985-1995 (Box 1)\n\n        Series 7: Office of the Registrar, 1970-1971 (Box 1)\n\n        Series 8: Photographs from Unidentified Offices, 1951-2000 (Boxes 1-3)\n\n        Series 9: Creative Services, 1964-2007 (Boxes 38-118)","The Office of University Relations is the primary communication center and contact point for information about the university. The office leads the university community in promoting George Mason University as a world-class institution of higher education.","Broadside, George Mason University's official student newspaper, began its life as The Gunston Ledger. An eight-page monthly printed on 12 inch by 9 inch paper, The Gunston Ledger first appeared on October 15, 1963 on the then George Mason College campus located in Bailey's Crossroads. On the staff of twelve students included a photography editor, Richard Sparks, and he contributed two to four photos for each edition. The content consisted of campus news, features on GMC faculty and students, engagement and wedding notices, and some commentary.\nThe Ledger became the Broadside on October 28, 1969. It was explained in that issue that the name change was part of an effort to remake the paper into more of a news instrument like that of the nation's revolutionary fathers. The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.","As publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. Though each year's production is different from the others, they all have maintained the same basic format: a length of about 30 minutes; and coverage of university sports, greek, and campus events (such as Mason and Patriots' Day, International Week celebrations, graduations, etc).\nThis digital collection was created with the kind, generous, and expert help from the staff of GMU TV and Digital Programs and Systems, George Mason University Libraries.","The George Mason University Foundation was established in 1966 to advance and further the aims and purposes of George Mason University. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of the university. The foundation assists the university in generating private support, and manages, invests, and administers private gifts, including endowment and real property. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, led by a chairman.","Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Jesse Gastelle in 2010 and Greta Kuriger in 2011.","Special Collections and Archives holds the George Mason University archives.","GMU Creative Services online image archives.","The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007.","Series 1 contains 1696 folders which contain thousands of photographs; estimated to contain 10,000 photogaphs or more. The date range is from 1950s-1999. The series is mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include commencements and graduations as well as campus development from the beginning as Northern Virginia University Center (NVUC) to George Mason University in 1972. The modern university depicted in the photographs from the 1980s-1990s include construction photographs of academic buildings, dormitories, and parking lots. A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.","Series 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet.","Series 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.","Series 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. The slides and negatives occupy eleven boxes and span 2 linear feet.","Series 5 consists of photographs from the GMU Athletic Department used in game programs and promotional literature. Subjects include campus life, game crowds, and athletic competitions.","Series 6 includes photographs of office scenes, staff, and social gatherings from the Office of Admissions.","Series 7 consists of slides from graduation ceremonies in 1970 and 1971. These slides originated in the Office of the Registrar.","Series 8 was artificially created with photographs from unidentified offices. Subjects are similar to those from the other series including athletic events, campus life, faculty, and campus buildings.","Series 9 contains thousands of photographs from the Creative Services division of University Relations.","The date range for this series is 1964-2007. The series consists of mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include graduations (commencements) as well as campus development from the 1970s to early 2007. The bulk of the material contains images of faculty, staff, students, alumni, campus scenes, construction, and events. Subjects seen throughout the series include George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School and Arlington campus, Prince William campus, Mason community, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. scenes, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, the Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions. This series has many images in common with series one.","There are four subseries to this series based on original order.","The first subseries is Subjects. This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. The number system is as follows: 1. Outdoor campus and scenics, 2. Buildings and physical features, 3. Construction, 4. Students: Individuals, 5. Students: Groups 6. Students: In classrooms, 7. Students: Non-class academic, 8. On-campus housing, 9. Student services, 10. Student-Faculty interaction, 11. Social events / club activities, 12. Admin/faculty/staff: Individuals, 13. Admin/faculty/staff: Groups, 14. Admin/faculty/staff: Workplace, 15. Admin/faculty/staff: Social/casual, 16. VIP's on campus, 17. Commencement (graduation), 18. Arts Gala, 19. University Day, 20. Miscellaneous annual events, 21. Miscellaneous one-time events, 22. Student performances, 23. Faculty performances, 24. Student artworks/exhibitions, 25. Faculty artworks/exhibitions, 26. Visiting performances/exhibitions, 27. Fine and performing arts classrooms, 28. Science labs, 29. Science field trips, 30. Computer facilities, 31. Cablecast facilities, 32. Nursing School facilities, 33. Law School Facilities (Arlington campus), 34. High-tech centers and firms, 35. Northern Virginia area, 36. Washington D.C. attractions, 37. Patriot Center events (non-GMU), 38. Basketball (GMU), 39. Soccer (GMU), 40. Other varsity sports, 41. Special effects and abstracts, 42. Copy shots, titles and logos, 43. Other off-campus locations, 44. Alumni, 45. Community service/events, 46. Historical/archival photos, 47. Federal Theatre Project (FTP), 48. New Century College, 49. Campus community, 50. Miscellaneous, 51. Prince William, 52. President Alan Merten","Subseries two is Chronological. It is arranged by date from earliest to most recent. This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.","Subseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. Formats include black and white photographs, color photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets with their corresponding brochures, reports, posters, or newsletters. They are arranged alphabetically.","Subseries four consists of fourteen disassembled photo albums. Photo albums are arranged alphabetically by subject.","There are no restrictions.","The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007. The collection includes images of student life, campus architecture and construction, campus events, faculty and staff, performances, and art.","George Mason University. 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The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. Though each year's production is different from the others, they all have maintained the same basic format: a length of about 30 minutes; and coverage of university sports, greek, and campus events (such as Mason and Patriots' Day, International Week celebrations, graduations, etc).\nThis digital collection was created with the kind, generous, and expert help from the staff of GMU TV and Digital Programs and Systems, George Mason University Libraries. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe George Mason University Foundation was established in 1966 to advance and further the aims and purposes of George Mason University. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of the university. 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On the staff of twelve students included a photography editor, Richard Sparks, and he contributed two to four photos for each edition. The content consisted of campus news, features on GMC faculty and students, engagement and wedding notices, and some commentary.\nThe Ledger became the Broadside on October 28, 1969. It was explained in that issue that the name change was part of an effort to remake the paper into more of a news instrument like that of the nation's revolutionary fathers. The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.","As publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. Though each year's production is different from the others, they all have maintained the same basic format: a length of about 30 minutes; and coverage of university sports, greek, and campus events (such as Mason and Patriots' Day, International Week celebrations, graduations, etc).\nThis digital collection was created with the kind, generous, and expert help from the staff of GMU TV and Digital Programs and Systems, George Mason University Libraries.","The George Mason University Foundation was established in 1966 to advance and further the aims and purposes of George Mason University. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of the university. The foundation assists the university in generating private support, and manages, invests, and administers private gifts, including endowment and real property. 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The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 contains 1696 folders which contain thousands of photographs; estimated to contain 10,000 photogaphs or more. The date range is from 1950s-1999. The series is mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include commencements and graduations as well as campus development from the beginning as Northern Virginia University Center (NVUC) to George Mason University in 1972. The modern university depicted in the photographs from the 1980s-1990s include construction photographs of academic buildings, dormitories, and parking lots. A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. The slides and negatives occupy eleven boxes and span 2 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5 consists of photographs from the GMU Athletic Department used in game programs and promotional literature. Subjects include campus life, game crowds, and athletic competitions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6 includes photographs of office scenes, staff, and social gatherings from the Office of Admissions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7 consists of slides from graduation ceremonies in 1970 and 1971. These slides originated in the Office of the Registrar.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8 was artificially created with photographs from unidentified offices. 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Subjects seen throughout the series include George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School and Arlington campus, Prince William campus, Mason community, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. scenes, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, the Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions. This series has many images in common with series one.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThere are four subseries to this series based on original order. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe first subseries is Subjects. This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. The number system is as follows: 1. Outdoor campus and scenics, 2. Buildings and physical features, 3. Construction, 4. Students: Individuals, 5. Students: Groups 6. Students: In classrooms, 7. Students: Non-class academic, 8. On-campus housing, 9. Student services, 10. Student-Faculty interaction, 11. Social events / club activities, 12. Admin/faculty/staff: Individuals, 13. Admin/faculty/staff: Groups, 14. Admin/faculty/staff: Workplace, 15. Admin/faculty/staff: Social/casual, 16. VIP's on campus, 17. Commencement (graduation), 18. Arts Gala, 19. University Day, 20. Miscellaneous annual events, 21. Miscellaneous one-time events, 22. Student performances, 23. Faculty performances, 24. Student artworks/exhibitions, 25. Faculty artworks/exhibitions, 26. Visiting performances/exhibitions, 27. Fine and performing arts classrooms, 28. Science labs, 29. Science field trips, 30. Computer facilities, 31. Cablecast facilities, 32. Nursing School facilities, 33. Law School Facilities (Arlington campus), 34. High-tech centers and firms, 35. Northern Virginia area, 36. Washington D.C. attractions, 37. Patriot Center events (non-GMU), 38. Basketball (GMU), 39. Soccer (GMU), 40. Other varsity sports, 41. Special effects and abstracts, 42. Copy shots, titles and logos, 43. Other off-campus locations, 44. Alumni, 45. Community service/events, 46. Historical/archival photos, 47. Federal Theatre Project (FTP), 48. New Century College, 49. Campus community, 50. Miscellaneous, 51. Prince William, 52. President Alan Merten\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSubseries two is Chronological. It is arranged by date from earliest to most recent. This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSubseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. Formats include black and white photographs, color photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets with their corresponding brochures, reports, posters, or newsletters. They are arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSubseries four consists of fourteen disassembled photo albums. Photo albums are arranged alphabetically by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007.","Series 1 contains 1696 folders which contain thousands of photographs; estimated to contain 10,000 photogaphs or more. The date range is from 1950s-1999. The series is mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include commencements and graduations as well as campus development from the beginning as Northern Virginia University Center (NVUC) to George Mason University in 1972. The modern university depicted in the photographs from the 1980s-1990s include construction photographs of academic buildings, dormitories, and parking lots. A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.","Series 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet.","Series 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.","Series 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. The slides and negatives occupy eleven boxes and span 2 linear feet.","Series 5 consists of photographs from the GMU Athletic Department used in game programs and promotional literature. Subjects include campus life, game crowds, and athletic competitions.","Series 6 includes photographs of office scenes, staff, and social gatherings from the Office of Admissions.","Series 7 consists of slides from graduation ceremonies in 1970 and 1971. These slides originated in the Office of the Registrar.","Series 8 was artificially created with photographs from unidentified offices. Subjects are similar to those from the other series including athletic events, campus life, faculty, and campus buildings.","Series 9 contains thousands of photographs from the Creative Services division of University Relations.","The date range for this series is 1964-2007. The series consists of mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include graduations (commencements) as well as campus development from the 1970s to early 2007. The bulk of the material contains images of faculty, staff, students, alumni, campus scenes, construction, and events. Subjects seen throughout the series include George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School and Arlington campus, Prince William campus, Mason community, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. scenes, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, the Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions. This series has many images in common with series one.","There are four subseries to this series based on original order.","The first subseries is Subjects. This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. The number system is as follows: 1. Outdoor campus and scenics, 2. Buildings and physical features, 3. Construction, 4. Students: Individuals, 5. Students: Groups 6. Students: In classrooms, 7. Students: Non-class academic, 8. On-campus housing, 9. Student services, 10. Student-Faculty interaction, 11. Social events / club activities, 12. Admin/faculty/staff: Individuals, 13. Admin/faculty/staff: Groups, 14. Admin/faculty/staff: Workplace, 15. Admin/faculty/staff: Social/casual, 16. VIP's on campus, 17. Commencement (graduation), 18. Arts Gala, 19. University Day, 20. Miscellaneous annual events, 21. Miscellaneous one-time events, 22. Student performances, 23. Faculty performances, 24. Student artworks/exhibitions, 25. Faculty artworks/exhibitions, 26. Visiting performances/exhibitions, 27. Fine and performing arts classrooms, 28. Science labs, 29. Science field trips, 30. Computer facilities, 31. Cablecast facilities, 32. Nursing School facilities, 33. Law School Facilities (Arlington campus), 34. High-tech centers and firms, 35. Northern Virginia area, 36. Washington D.C. attractions, 37. Patriot Center events (non-GMU), 38. Basketball (GMU), 39. Soccer (GMU), 40. Other varsity sports, 41. Special effects and abstracts, 42. Copy shots, titles and logos, 43. Other off-campus locations, 44. Alumni, 45. Community service/events, 46. Historical/archival photos, 47. Federal Theatre Project (FTP), 48. New Century College, 49. Campus community, 50. Miscellaneous, 51. Prince William, 52. President Alan Merten","Subseries two is Chronological. It is arranged by date from earliest to most recent. This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.","Subseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. Formats include black and white photographs, color photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets with their corresponding brochures, reports, posters, or newsletters. They are arranged alphabetically.","Subseries four consists of fourteen disassembled photo albums. 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The collection includes images of student life, campus architecture and construction, campus events, faculty and staff, performances, and art.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007. The collection includes images of student life, campus architecture and construction, campus events, faculty and staff, performances, and art."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. 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The office leads the university community in promoting George Mason University as a world-class institution of higher education.","Broadside, George Mason University's official student newspaper, began its life as The Gunston Ledger. An eight-page monthly printed on 12 inch by 9 inch paper, The Gunston Ledger first appeared on October 15, 1963 on the then George Mason College campus located in Bailey's Crossroads. On the staff of twelve students included a photography editor, Richard Sparks, and he contributed two to four photos for each edition. The content consisted of campus news, features on GMC faculty and students, engagement and wedding notices, and some commentary.\nThe Ledger became the Broadside on October 28, 1969. It was explained in that issue that the name change was part of an effort to remake the paper into more of a news instrument like that of the nation's revolutionary fathers. The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.","As publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. Though each year's production is different from the others, they all have maintained the same basic format: a length of about 30 minutes; and coverage of university sports, greek, and campus events (such as Mason and Patriots' Day, International Week celebrations, graduations, etc).\nThis digital collection was created with the kind, generous, and expert help from the staff of GMU TV and Digital Programs and Systems, George Mason University Libraries.","The George Mason University Foundation was established in 1966 to advance and further the aims and purposes of George Mason University. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of the university. The foundation assists the university in generating private support, and manages, invests, and administers private gifts, including endowment and real property. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, led by a chairman.","Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Jesse Gastelle in 2010 and Greta Kuriger in 2011.","Special Collections and Archives holds the George Mason University archives.","GMU Creative Services online image archives.","The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007.","Series 1 contains 1696 folders which contain thousands of photographs; estimated to contain 10,000 photogaphs or more. The date range is from 1950s-1999. The series is mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include commencements and graduations as well as campus development from the beginning as Northern Virginia University Center (NVUC) to George Mason University in 1972. The modern university depicted in the photographs from the 1980s-1990s include construction photographs of academic buildings, dormitories, and parking lots. A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.","Series 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet.","Series 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.","Series 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. The slides and negatives occupy eleven boxes and span 2 linear feet.","Series 5 consists of photographs from the GMU Athletic Department used in game programs and promotional literature. Subjects include campus life, game crowds, and athletic competitions.","Series 6 includes photographs of office scenes, staff, and social gatherings from the Office of Admissions.","Series 7 consists of slides from graduation ceremonies in 1970 and 1971. These slides originated in the Office of the Registrar.","Series 8 was artificially created with photographs from unidentified offices. Subjects are similar to those from the other series including athletic events, campus life, faculty, and campus buildings.","Series 9 contains thousands of photographs from the Creative Services division of University Relations.","The date range for this series is 1964-2007. The series consists of mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include graduations (commencements) as well as campus development from the 1970s to early 2007. The bulk of the material contains images of faculty, staff, students, alumni, campus scenes, construction, and events. Subjects seen throughout the series include George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School and Arlington campus, Prince William campus, Mason community, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. scenes, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, the Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions. This series has many images in common with series one.","There are four subseries to this series based on original order.","The first subseries is Subjects. This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. The number system is as follows: 1. Outdoor campus and scenics, 2. Buildings and physical features, 3. Construction, 4. Students: Individuals, 5. Students: Groups 6. Students: In classrooms, 7. Students: Non-class academic, 8. On-campus housing, 9. Student services, 10. Student-Faculty interaction, 11. Social events / club activities, 12. Admin/faculty/staff: Individuals, 13. Admin/faculty/staff: Groups, 14. Admin/faculty/staff: Workplace, 15. Admin/faculty/staff: Social/casual, 16. VIP's on campus, 17. Commencement (graduation), 18. Arts Gala, 19. University Day, 20. Miscellaneous annual events, 21. Miscellaneous one-time events, 22. Student performances, 23. Faculty performances, 24. Student artworks/exhibitions, 25. Faculty artworks/exhibitions, 26. Visiting performances/exhibitions, 27. Fine and performing arts classrooms, 28. Science labs, 29. Science field trips, 30. Computer facilities, 31. Cablecast facilities, 32. Nursing School facilities, 33. Law School Facilities (Arlington campus), 34. High-tech centers and firms, 35. Northern Virginia area, 36. Washington D.C. attractions, 37. Patriot Center events (non-GMU), 38. Basketball (GMU), 39. Soccer (GMU), 40. Other varsity sports, 41. Special effects and abstracts, 42. Copy shots, titles and logos, 43. Other off-campus locations, 44. Alumni, 45. Community service/events, 46. Historical/archival photos, 47. Federal Theatre Project (FTP), 48. New Century College, 49. Campus community, 50. Miscellaneous, 51. Prince William, 52. President Alan Merten","Subseries two is Chronological. It is arranged by date from earliest to most recent. This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.","Subseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. Formats include black and white photographs, color photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets with their corresponding brochures, reports, posters, or newsletters. They are arranged alphabetically.","Subseries four consists of fourteen disassembled photo albums. Photo albums are arranged alphabetically by subject.","There are no restrictions.","The George Mason University photograph collection is a combination of nine series: University Relations, Broadside Student Newspaper, Yearbook Photographs, George Mason University Foundation, Athletic Department, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, photographs from unidentified offices, and Creative Services. The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007. The collection includes images of student life, campus architecture and construction, campus events, faculty and staff, performances, and art.","George Mason University. 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The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. Though each year's production is different from the others, they all have maintained the same basic format: a length of about 30 minutes; and coverage of university sports, greek, and campus events (such as Mason and Patriots' Day, International Week celebrations, graduations, etc).\nThis digital collection was created with the kind, generous, and expert help from the staff of GMU TV and Digital Programs and Systems, George Mason University Libraries. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe George Mason University Foundation was established in 1966 to advance and further the aims and purposes of George Mason University. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of the university. 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On the staff of twelve students included a photography editor, Richard Sparks, and he contributed two to four photos for each edition. The content consisted of campus news, features on GMC faculty and students, engagement and wedding notices, and some commentary.\nThe Ledger became the Broadside on October 28, 1969. It was explained in that issue that the name change was part of an effort to remake the paper into more of a news instrument like that of the nation's revolutionary fathers. The Broadside was a weekly paper which contained sixteen or more pages in each issue. Photography in the Broadside was mostly limited to campus events and personalities.\nToday, Broadside is a modern newspaper. It is generated via computer and is published in a large, folded newspaper format. With two issues each week, it is produced more frequently. Its news is local, national, and international in scope. Besides campus news, the paper features national and world events, entertainment, music, and restaurant reviews, sports, and commentary. Photography for each issue is provided by both digital and traditional 35mm format cameras. Broadside uses staff photographers and major wire service outlets for its photographs.","As publication of the George Mason University Yearbook ceased in 1988, GM View: The George Mason Video Yearbook was born. Mason had maintained a print version of the yearbook since 1965 under various names (i.e. Advocate, By George, Patriotism, and others).\nGM View has been in continuous publication since 1989. 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A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. The slides and negatives occupy eleven boxes and span 2 linear feet.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5 consists of photographs from the GMU Athletic Department used in game programs and promotional literature. Subjects include campus life, game crowds, and athletic competitions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6 includes photographs of office scenes, staff, and social gatherings from the Office of Admissions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7 consists of slides from graduation ceremonies in 1970 and 1971. These slides originated in the Office of the Registrar.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8 was artificially created with photographs from unidentified offices. 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Subjects seen throughout the series include George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School and Arlington campus, Prince William campus, Mason community, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. scenes, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, the Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions. This series has many images in common with series one.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThere are four subseries to this series based on original order. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe first subseries is Subjects. This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. 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Law School Facilities (Arlington campus), 34. High-tech centers and firms, 35. Northern Virginia area, 36. Washington D.C. attractions, 37. Patriot Center events (non-GMU), 38. Basketball (GMU), 39. Soccer (GMU), 40. Other varsity sports, 41. Special effects and abstracts, 42. Copy shots, titles and logos, 43. Other off-campus locations, 44. Alumni, 45. Community service/events, 46. Historical/archival photos, 47. Federal Theatre Project (FTP), 48. New Century College, 49. Campus community, 50. Miscellaneous, 51. Prince William, 52. President Alan Merten\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSubseries two is Chronological. It is arranged by date from earliest to most recent. This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSubseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. 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The total collection contains over 12,000 color and black and white photographs, including prints, contact sheets, and negatives, taken between the 1950s and 2007.","Series 1 contains 1696 folders which contain thousands of photographs; estimated to contain 10,000 photogaphs or more. The date range is from 1950s-1999. The series is mostly black and white photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. There are also some color images. Subjects include commencements and graduations as well as campus development from the beginning as Northern Virginia University Center (NVUC) to George Mason University in 1972. The modern university depicted in the photographs from the 1980s-1990s include construction photographs of academic buildings, dormitories, and parking lots. A few events seen throughout the collection are George Mason Day, Patriot's Day, freshman orientation, Alumni Association parties, registration, athletics, student club meetings, art sculputures and displays, GMU Law School, extended studies, Speakers Bureau, Chess Federation, Northern Virginia Press Club, counseling, class trips, dances, festivals, presentations, promotions, donation events, Agora Society, Federal Theatre Project, Wolf Trap, and student productions.","Series 2 contains over two thousand photographs taken between 1971 and 1999. Ninety-nine percent of the photographs were taken by Broadside staff members, while the remaining images comprise official publicity photos of individuals or organizations. Topics in the collection include: images of the campus, student organizations, university sports, campus events, university administrative units, the GMU Board of Visitors, individuals, featured entertainers, restaurants, and arts. The majority of the images are in black-and-white, a few color images are dispersed throughout. The color images are almost all from the 1990s. Some negatives are available for a small part of the collection, found mostly in the sports photographs. Total volume of the collection is 2.75 linear feet.","Series 3 consists of 210 folders which include photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. The images contained in the collection encompass all areas of student life at George Mason University including students on campus, studying, Greek life, athletics, professors, and campus scenery. The date range is from 1979 to the mid-1990s. The total volume is 2.5 linear feet.","Series 4 contains color negatives and slides documenting the 1989 GMU Foundation Fundraising Campaign. The majority of the negatives and slides are images of student life on campus but also campus buildings, arts and performances, faculty, and campus technology. 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This subseries contains mostly black and white photographs with some slides, color photographs, negatives, and contact sheets. It is arranged by subject according to a number system employed by the university photographers. The number system is as follows: 1. Outdoor campus and scenics, 2. Buildings and physical features, 3. Construction, 4. Students: Individuals, 5. Students: Groups 6. Students: In classrooms, 7. Students: Non-class academic, 8. On-campus housing, 9. Student services, 10. Student-Faculty interaction, 11. Social events / club activities, 12. Admin/faculty/staff: Individuals, 13. Admin/faculty/staff: Groups, 14. Admin/faculty/staff: Workplace, 15. Admin/faculty/staff: Social/casual, 16. VIP's on campus, 17. Commencement (graduation), 18. Arts Gala, 19. University Day, 20. Miscellaneous annual events, 21. Miscellaneous one-time events, 22. Student performances, 23. Faculty performances, 24. Student artworks/exhibitions, 25. Faculty artworks/exhibitions, 26. 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This series contains mostly contact sheets and negatives but also includes some black and white photographs, and slides.","Subseries three consists of publications and their accompanying photographs. Formats include black and white photographs, color photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets with their corresponding brochures, reports, posters, or newsletters. They are arranged alphabetically.","Subseries four consists of fourteen disassembled photo albums. 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The next major new town development was Reston, Virginia, in 1962. Since that time, at least thirty-eight planned communities have been developed throughout the United States. Thirteen of these communities were sponsored by the Federal New Communities Program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1970 - 1983).","The records contained in this collection were assembled by the Planned Community Archives, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, and placed on deposit in Special Collections and Archives of Fenwick Library, George Mason University beginning in 1986. Each year since then has seen major additions to the collection.  After many years of housing and processing the collection, George Mason University Libraries accepted the Planned Community Archives collections as a donation by Planned Community Archives, Inc.","Processing completed by Special Collections and Archives staff. Reprocessed by Emily Martin between November 2009 and January 2010 with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in June 2010.","Special Collections and Archives holds many other collections on the history and development of Reston, Virginia, as well as other collections that document United States and international planned communities.","The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to planned communities across the United States with a particular emphasis on the planned community of Reston, Virginia and international communities as well.  The collection includes, correspondence, reports, promotional material, community brochures, newspapers, videos, slides, photographs and architectural drawings and blueprints.","Series one is titled Reston and is divided into nine subseries.  The information in this series contains correspondence, finance, plans, reports, meetings, publications, marketing, a scrapbook and general information.  All of the information relates to the community of Reston in Virginia.  There is additional Reston information in series nine, ten and eleven.  The series is dated from 1961-2006 and is contained in boxes 1-42.","Series two is titled United States Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to planned communities in the United States other than Reston, such as Columbia, Maryland, Evergreen Mills, Hawaii, Portland and others.  The series is comprised of correspondence, plans, reports and other paperwork relating to the development of these communities.  The series dated from 1970 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 42-53.","Series three is titled International Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to international planned communities in countries such as France, Great Britain, Israel, China and others.  The materials are mostly promotional from the communities and other information regarding the development of the communities.  Some of the material is in the foreign language while others are printed in English.   The series is dated from 1960 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 53-56.","Series four is titled Reports.  The documents are reports from and about different communities, relating financial, environmental and other issues.  There are also documents from the Federal government pertaining to the development of the communities.  The series is dated from 1965 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 56-61.","Series five is titled Planed Community Archive Board.  The series is small and contains the meeting minutes and other information from the board that created the planned community archive.  The series dated from 1985 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 61-64.","Series six is titled Promotional Material.  The series has promotional material from different planned communities such as pamphlets, flyers, articles and others.  The series dated from 1966 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 64-66.","Series seven is titled Brochures.  The series is comprised of different planned communities brochures, such as Arbor Glenn, Fairfield, Key West, Ridgewood and many others.  The series dated in the 1990s and is contained in boxes 66-75.","Series eight is titled Newspapers.  The series is comprised of copies of The Connection a newspaper from Reston.   The Connection, the local newspaper has articles mostly about local events.  For example there are articles about Reston Association elections, local residents and also the Washington Redskins.  There are additional copies in series ten.  The series is dated from 1981 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 76 to 106.","Series nine is titled Media and is divided into five subseries.  The series contains photographs, slides, negatives, cassettes, CDs and videos relating to planned communities.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2004 and contained in boxes 107-232.","Series ten is titled General Information.  The information in this series covers a variety of topics relating to planned communities, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development, newsclippings, Virginia government and other paperwork.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2005 and is contained in boxes 233-246.","Series eleven is titled Oversize.  This series contains photographs, brochures and posters related to planned communities such as Lake Anne Village Center, Beacon Hill and others.  The majority of the series is comprised of architectural drawings, blueprints, floor plans, topography and designs for buildings, such as Reston First Village Center, Reston Town Center and two individual homes, one in Arlington, Virginia and the other in McLean, Virginia.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2004 and is contained in boxes 247-351 with additional plans in 3 mapcases.","There are no restrictions.","The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to planned communities across the United States with a particular emphasis on the planned community of Reston, Virginia, and international communities as well.  The collection includes, correspondence, reports, promotional material, community brochures, newspapers, videotapes, slides, photographs and architectural drawings and blueprints.  The collection is divided into 11 series in 351 boxes and 3 mapcases and is dated from 1960 to 2009.","George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.","Planned Community Archives, Inc.","Simon, Robert E. 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Thirteen of these communities were sponsored by the Federal New Communities Program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1970 - 1983).","The records contained in this collection were assembled by the Planned Community Archives, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, and placed on deposit in Special Collections and Archives of Fenwick Library, George Mason University beginning in 1986. Each year since then has seen major additions to the collection.  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The series is dated from 1961-2006 and is contained in boxes 1-42.","Series two is titled United States Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to planned communities in the United States other than Reston, such as Columbia, Maryland, Evergreen Mills, Hawaii, Portland and others.  The series is comprised of correspondence, plans, reports and other paperwork relating to the development of these communities.  The series dated from 1970 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 42-53.","Series three is titled International Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to international planned communities in countries such as France, Great Britain, Israel, China and others.  The materials are mostly promotional from the communities and other information regarding the development of the communities.  Some of the material is in the foreign language while others are printed in English.   The series is dated from 1960 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 53-56.","Series four is titled Reports.  The documents are reports from and about different communities, relating financial, environmental and other issues.  There are also documents from the Federal government pertaining to the development of the communities.  The series is dated from 1965 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 56-61.","Series five is titled Planed Community Archive Board.  The series is small and contains the meeting minutes and other information from the board that created the planned community archive.  The series dated from 1985 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 61-64.","Series six is titled Promotional Material.  The series has promotional material from different planned communities such as pamphlets, flyers, articles and others.  The series dated from 1966 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 64-66.","Series seven is titled Brochures.  The series is comprised of different planned communities brochures, such as Arbor Glenn, Fairfield, Key West, Ridgewood and many others.  The series dated in the 1990s and is contained in boxes 66-75.","Series eight is titled Newspapers.  The series is comprised of copies of The Connection a newspaper from Reston.   The Connection, the local newspaper has articles mostly about local events.  For example there are articles about Reston Association elections, local residents and also the Washington Redskins.  There are additional copies in series ten.  The series is dated from 1981 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 76 to 106.","Series nine is titled Media and is divided into five subseries.  The series contains photographs, slides, negatives, cassettes, CDs and videos relating to planned communities.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2004 and contained in boxes 107-232.","Series ten is titled General Information.  The information in this series covers a variety of topics relating to planned communities, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development, newsclippings, Virginia government and other paperwork.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2005 and is contained in boxes 233-246.","Series eleven is titled Oversize.  This series contains photographs, brochures and posters related to planned communities such as Lake Anne Village Center, Beacon Hill and others.  The majority of the series is comprised of architectural drawings, blueprints, floor plans, topography and designs for buildings, such as Reston First Village Center, Reston Town Center and two individual homes, one in Arlington, Virginia and the other in McLean, Virginia.  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The next major new town development was Reston, Virginia, in 1962. Since that time, at least thirty-eight planned communities have been developed throughout the United States. Thirteen of these communities were sponsored by the Federal New Communities Program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1970 - 1983).","The records contained in this collection were assembled by the Planned Community Archives, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, and placed on deposit in Special Collections and Archives of Fenwick Library, George Mason University beginning in 1986. Each year since then has seen major additions to the collection.  After many years of housing and processing the collection, George Mason University Libraries accepted the Planned Community Archives collections as a donation by Planned Community Archives, Inc.","Processing completed by Special Collections and Archives staff. Reprocessed by Emily Martin between November 2009 and January 2010 with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in June 2010.","Special Collections and Archives holds many other collections on the history and development of Reston, Virginia, as well as other collections that document United States and international planned communities.","The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to planned communities across the United States with a particular emphasis on the planned community of Reston, Virginia and international communities as well.  The collection includes, correspondence, reports, promotional material, community brochures, newspapers, videos, slides, photographs and architectural drawings and blueprints.","Series one is titled Reston and is divided into nine subseries.  The information in this series contains correspondence, finance, plans, reports, meetings, publications, marketing, a scrapbook and general information.  All of the information relates to the community of Reston in Virginia.  There is additional Reston information in series nine, ten and eleven.  The series is dated from 1961-2006 and is contained in boxes 1-42.","Series two is titled United States Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to planned communities in the United States other than Reston, such as Columbia, Maryland, Evergreen Mills, Hawaii, Portland and others.  The series is comprised of correspondence, plans, reports and other paperwork relating to the development of these communities.  The series dated from 1970 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 42-53.","Series three is titled International Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to international planned communities in countries such as France, Great Britain, Israel, China and others.  The materials are mostly promotional from the communities and other information regarding the development of the communities.  Some of the material is in the foreign language while others are printed in English.   The series is dated from 1960 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 53-56.","Series four is titled Reports.  The documents are reports from and about different communities, relating financial, environmental and other issues.  There are also documents from the Federal government pertaining to the development of the communities.  The series is dated from 1965 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 56-61.","Series five is titled Planed Community Archive Board.  The series is small and contains the meeting minutes and other information from the board that created the planned community archive.  The series dated from 1985 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 61-64.","Series six is titled Promotional Material.  The series has promotional material from different planned communities such as pamphlets, flyers, articles and others.  The series dated from 1966 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 64-66.","Series seven is titled Brochures.  The series is comprised of different planned communities brochures, such as Arbor Glenn, Fairfield, Key West, Ridgewood and many others.  The series dated in the 1990s and is contained in boxes 66-75.","Series eight is titled Newspapers.  The series is comprised of copies of The Connection a newspaper from Reston.   The Connection, the local newspaper has articles mostly about local events.  For example there are articles about Reston Association elections, local residents and also the Washington Redskins.  There are additional copies in series ten.  The series is dated from 1981 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 76 to 106.","Series nine is titled Media and is divided into five subseries.  The series contains photographs, slides, negatives, cassettes, CDs and videos relating to planned communities.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2004 and contained in boxes 107-232.","Series ten is titled General Information.  The information in this series covers a variety of topics relating to planned communities, such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development, newsclippings, Virginia government and other paperwork.  The series is dated from 1960 to 2005 and is contained in boxes 233-246.","Series eleven is titled Oversize.  This series contains photographs, brochures and posters related to planned communities such as Lake Anne Village Center, Beacon Hill and others.  The majority of the series is comprised of architectural drawings, blueprints, floor plans, topography and designs for buildings, such as Reston First Village Center, Reston Town Center and two individual homes, one in Arlington, Virginia and the other in McLean, Virginia.  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The series is dated from 1961-2006 and is contained in boxes 1-42.","Series two is titled United States Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to planned communities in the United States other than Reston, such as Columbia, Maryland, Evergreen Mills, Hawaii, Portland and others.  The series is comprised of correspondence, plans, reports and other paperwork relating to the development of these communities.  The series dated from 1970 to 1996 and is contained in boxes 42-53.","Series three is titled International Planned Communities.  The material in this series relates to international planned communities in countries such as France, Great Britain, Israel, China and others.  The materials are mostly promotional from the communities and other information regarding the development of the communities.  Some of the material is in the foreign language while others are printed in English.   The series is dated from 1960 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 53-56.","Series four is titled Reports.  The documents are reports from and about different communities, relating financial, environmental and other issues.  There are also documents from the Federal government pertaining to the development of the communities.  The series is dated from 1965 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 56-61.","Series five is titled Planed Community Archive Board.  The series is small and contains the meeting minutes and other information from the board that created the planned community archive.  The series dated from 1985 to 2001 and is contained in boxes 61-64.","Series six is titled Promotional Material.  The series has promotional material from different planned communities such as pamphlets, flyers, articles and others.  The series dated from 1966 to 1990 and is contained in boxes 64-66.","Series seven is titled Brochures.  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