Search for Common Ground records

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

SCRC does not have the capability to view betacam videocassettes. These items may require digitization in order to be viewed.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Search for Common Ground records, C0278, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
5.0 linear feet (15 boxes)
Creator:
Search for Common Ground (Organization)
Abstract:
111 videotape cassettes that document the work of Search for Common Ground.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Search for Common Ground records, C0278, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

111 videotape cassettes that document the work of Search for Common Ground, mostly masters in betacam format of programs the organization made in past years - "Shape of the Future" from Israel-Palestine, "Nashe Maalo" from Macedonia, Africa: Search for Common Ground , pan-African, and the "Search for Common Ground " series for US public television.

Biographical / historical:

Search for Common Ground is an international non-profit organization with the aim of promoting and implementing peaceful, non-adversarial conflict resolutions. The organization was founded in 1982 by John Marks, and is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C. and Brussels, Belgium. The organization also operates media production through Common Ground Productions.

Acquisition information:
Donated by John Marks in 2015.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Amanda Brent in 2017. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in 2017. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in February 2019.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in order of size, the original order in which it was received by the donor, and numerically within the original order, respectively. Note: When numbers were not provided for individual tapes, they were placed after numbered tapes from the boxes/in the order they were received in.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard