Collections : [George Mason University]

George Mason University

2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Primary Collecting Areas:
SCRC collects materials related to George Mason University, Northern Virginia, performing arts, transportation and planning, and photography. SCRC collects oral histories pertaining to Northern Virginia; the Federal Theatre Project; Reston, Virginia; and George Mason University's history. It currently conducts an active oral history program.
Description:
Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is the unit within the University Libraries charged with acquiring, documenting, preserving, and providing access to primary research collections and documents. SCRC also manages the non-current and archival records of George Mason University, is responsible for the preservation and access to the University's theses and dissertations, and undertakes, through its Oral History program, the creation of audiovisual documentary resources. SCRC services, collections, and programs support the teaching and research activities of George Mason University and also serve the community at large.
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Start Over Repository George Mason University Places Virginia Level Collection

C. Harrison Mann, Jr. map collection 5 Linear Feet 90 folders

Mann, Charles Harrison, Jr., 1908-1977
This collection comprises ninety-six maps and eighteen atlases ranging from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Though the majority of the maps Mann collected are of Virginia, there are many pertaining to other parts of the United States and other areas of the world.
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Mason family manuscript account book 0.25 Linear Feet 1 volume, 344 pages

Mason, Armistead Thomson, 1787-1819
Manuscript account book documenting the business, professional, family, and personal accounts of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819). The account book includes records of the people they enslaved, on whom their finances and wealth depended. The two men were father and son and the nephew and grandnephew of George Mason IV, the namesake of George Mason University.
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Noman M. Cole, Jr. papers 19 Linear Feet 39 boxes

Cole, Norman M. (Norman Monroe), 1933-1997
This collection covers his environmental work (particularly in the area of water pollution control and reclamation) in Northern Virginia and other areas in the Commonwealth. Materials include reports on the design, operation, and performance of pollution control systems; correspondence; studies; news clippings; and motion picture film. Organizations in the collection include: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia State Water Control Board, Metropolitan Council of Governments, and Fairfax County Government.
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Nova Virginiae Tabula , or "New Map of Virginia" .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
Single-sided hand-colored map of the Chesapeake Bay region titled Nova Virginiae Tabula engraved in Amsterdam by Jacob van Meurs, based on the 1612 map attributed to Captain John Smith.
  1. George Mason University

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