Special Collections & Archives (SC&A)
creates and maintains representative digital collections for an increasing amount
of its holdings. SC&A has been engaged in digitizing of archival materials
in its collections since 1994. It considers these activities important as they
promote both access to and preservation of the collections. While some of its
digitization projects were done in conjunction with other consortial partners,
such as the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC); others were done
by SC&A alone, while particiating in the University's Mason
Archival Repository Service (MARS) the utilizing digital repository software,
such as D-Space. This page can be used to access all digitized collections conceived
by SC&A. The
following SC&A collections are available through the Mason
Archival Repository Service (MARS):

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Jean Louis Barrault Photograph Collection
Barrault was an esteemed and innovative fixture in French theatre and film for five decades from the 1930s to 1980s. He trained as a mime and an actor, and later directed both screen and stage productions. With Madeleine Renaud, his wife, he founded a theatrical company in Paris in 1947, after acting and directing with the Comédie Française. The collection contains over 400 photographs documenting Barrault and Renaud's career in the theatre in France between 1947 and 1979. |
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An Aviator's Story: Items from the Leonard H. Clark Military History Collection
The collection contains materials fron the larger collection of documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to Major Clark’s service in the United States Air Force. Most notably, the collection contains military records, Japanese souvenirs from World War II, and aerial photographs made by Clark of military operations in the Philippines.
The guide to this collection can be seen at: http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/clark.html |
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George Mason University Facilities Planning Documents (1960-2007)
George Mason University has been expanding for over fifty Years. From its humble beginnings in an eight-room elementary school in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia with an enrollment of seventeen students to its three campuses with over thirty thousand students and staff five decades later, Mason has demonstrated enormous growth in a very short time. The documents in this collection come from both physical and born-digital collections of the George Mason University Facilities Planning Department, many of which are held in Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries. |
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The
John N. Warfield Digital Collection
A collection of selected materials
from the John N. Warfield Collection. Warfield began his intellectual career studying
electrical engineering and mathematics. This led him to work with early computer
prototypes. Besides math and electrical engineering, Warfield became interested
in group pathologies. He began to look at how and why people make decisionsespecially
in situations that involve a great deal of complexity. This led him to establish
Interactive Management, a computer assisted process designed to help groups manage
complex problems unique to their organizations. Materials in this collection date
from 1951 to 2007 and include manuscripts, photographs, video, and audio segments. |

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George Mason University
40th Anniversary Exhibition Archival materials from:
Simplicity, Permanence, and Economy: The Origins of George Mason University's
Fairfax Campus, an exhibition by George Mason University Libraries done in
Fall 2004. Materials document the planning, construction, and dedication of the
Fairfax Campus during the years 1957-1964. |

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Madness
@ Mason: Documenting a Dream Season An electronic
archive of artifacts, printed materials, and other items which document the George
Mason University Men's Basketball Team's 2005-2006 season and NCAA Tournament
Run. It was conceived by the University Libraries' Special Collections & Archives
department (SC&A) during March 2006 with the purpose of preserving items related
to the 2005-2006 season and facilitating greater access to them through the World
Wide Web. |

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C.
Harrison Mann, Jr. Digital Collection Elected to the Virginia
House of Delegates eight consecutive times from 1954 to 1970, Charles
Harrison Mann, Jr. (1908 - 1977) was instrumental in the
development of the college system in Virginia. He also championed mental health
reform and highway development in the Commonwealth. A longtime friend to George
Mason University, Mann served as the Chairman of George Mason College's first
Board of Control. He sponsored bills constituting George Mason College as a branch
of the University of Virginia and later elevating it to a four year division of
the University with the right to grant degrees and offer graduate program. He
served on Mason's Board of Visitors from 1975 to 1977. The C. Harrison Mann, Jr.
Digital Collection contains selected materials from the archival manuscript collection
in Special Collections & Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
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C.
Harrison Mann, Jr. Digitized Map Collection Donated
to George Mason University Libraries in September 1978 by the Mann family, the
C. Harrison Mann Jr, Map Collection comprises ninety-six maps and eighteen rare
atlases ranging from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries and is housed in the
Special Collections & Archives department. Though the majority of the maps
Mann collected are of Virginia, there are many pertaining to other parts of the
United States and the world in the collection. |

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The
Planned Community Archives: Catherine A. Baum Digital Collection
A core collection of materials drawn from the George Mason University Libraries’
Planned Community Archives (PCA) Collection, which features manuscripts, photographs,
posters, blueprints, artifacts, and other items of interest relating to the planned
community or new town movement in general and Reston, Virginia in particular.
Catherine A. Baum, a 1981 Mason graduate in Management was president of the Washington
division of Drees Homes. She has been a resident of Reston, Virginia for over
30 years.
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1893
Southwest Photographs Photographs
dated 1893 taken by an unidentified photographer, and which appear to document
a train trip beginning in New Orleans, Louisiana and ending in Grand Junction,
Colorado. These photos were originally part of a photograph scrapbook. Collection
was acquired by SC&A in 2003. |

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1972
Richard Nixon Campaign Photographs Part of
the Oliver Atkins White House Photograph series, this set of photographs documents
President Richard M. Nixon's 1972 Campaign. Atkins Photograph Collection contains
photographs, negatives and contact sheets dating from 1943 to 1974. The images,
numbering nearly 57,000, are representative of his work with The Saturday
Evening Post and the United States government as official photographer to
President Nixon. |

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James
M. Buchanan Electronic Collection "Biography
of a Book: The Making of Calculus of Consent” was a physical exhibit
mounted on April 7, 2006 as part of the Inaugural James M. Buchanan Lecture. The
event is named for the George Mason's Nobel Prize-winning economist. Found
here is a small collection of archival materials pertaining to the event.
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William Nicoson Newspaper Columns Part of a larger
collection of materials donated by William Nicoson to the University Libraries.
His collection, in turn, is part of the Planned Community Archives, which includes
voluminous materials on Reston, Virginia. Access to information about these collections
is available from Planned
Community Archives and William
Nicoson Papers. | | |
The
following SC&A collections are available through Washington
Research Library Consrtium (WRLC) Digital and Special Collectons:
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Federal Theatre Project Poster, Costume, and Set Design Slide Collection
Contains nearly one thousand different 35mm slides taken from original posters.
These images are of the original designs used on posters to advertise FTP plays
in many different American cities from 1935 to 1939. The online collection contains
electronic versions of each of these images indexed by title, author, subject,
theater, place, date, and related names. |  |
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Robert Breen / ANTA Theater Collection Details the work of
Robert Breen, the driving force behind the reformation of American National Theater
and Academy (ANTA) in 1946 and a staunch supporter of its eventual successor,
the National Endowment for the Arts. Covering the years 1933-1980, it consists
of working papers, correspondence, drafts, news clippings, scripts, photographs
and other theatrical materials which document Breen's career with ANTA from 1944
to 1952.
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Reston:
Planned Community Archives Documents the development of Reston
through images, textual materials, maps, sketches, and other archival materials.
Focuses on people, themes, and organizations key to Reston's history as a planned
community. Areas covered in this collection are housing, health care, education,
public services, parks, recreation, population, and Lake Anne ( the first housing
group).
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The
Randolph H. Lytton Historical Postcards of Fairfax, Virginia Collection Serves as a window on the not-so-distant past for the City
of Fairfax, Virginia. It features mainly Fairfax businesses, institutions, government
buildings, and other places of interest. Many of the cards depict Fairfax places
of lodging, particularly those along the Route 29 / Route 50 corridor. The collection
contains about 200 color and black and white postcards. |  |
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Virginia Civil War Archive Includes illustrations produced for
the Harper's Weekly during 1861-1865 and which relate specifically to the Commonwealth
of Virginia's involvment in the Civil War. 100 images have been scanned for
research and study by students and scholars. The images reflect the unfolding
events and drama of the war as well as the superb artistry of the Weekly's many
artists. |
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