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Also included in the collection are ticket stubs, invitations, schedules, and advertisements for certain productions. Some of the programs also contain the hand-written notes of Kincannon from when she worked as a critic; these notes provide unique insights into the job of a critic. There are also marketing releases for motion pictures, including photographs, press releases, and \"behind the scenes\" information.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMany of the programs are from the Kennedy Center, the National Theatre, Arena Stage, The Folger Theatre, Wolf Trap Farm Park, and other various theaters in the D.C. area. Also included in the collection are productions by the Kenley Players and Victory Theatre in Dayton, OH, among others in the area. The Broadway collection encompasses several theaters' productions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe first series covers Kincannon's time as a critic in Washington, D.C., from 1971-2008. This series contains programs, press releases, photographs, and other behind the scenes and marketing information. The second series covers Kincannon's early interest in theatre while in the Ohio area (1955-1982). It contains mostly playbooks and programs from area performances. The third series is the collection of Broadway and London productions Kincannon attended from 1955-2007. This series consists of mostly playbills and programs. The fourth series is film-related materials from 1956-1992, consisting of souvenir books, magazines, and press packets relating to each film. The fifth series is audiovisual materials from 1983-1992, consisting of reel-to-reel audiotapes, audiotape cartridges, and videocassettes. Much of the material is from the Behind the Scenes with Claire Kincannon radio program. 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There are also marketing releases for motion pictures, including photographs, press releases, and \"behind the scenes\" information.","Many of the programs are from the Kennedy Center, the National Theatre, Arena Stage, The Folger Theatre, Wolf Trap Farm Park, and other various theaters in the D.C. area. Also included in the collection are productions by the Kenley Players and Victory Theatre in Dayton, OH, among others in the area. The Broadway collection encompasses several theaters' productions.","The first series covers Kincannon's time as a critic in Washington, D.C., from 1971-2008. This series contains programs, press releases, photographs, and other behind the scenes and marketing information. The second series covers Kincannon's early interest in theatre while in the Ohio area (1955-1982). It contains mostly playbooks and programs from area performances. The third series is the collection of Broadway and London productions Kincannon attended from 1955-2007. This series consists of mostly playbills and programs. The fourth series is film-related materials from 1956-1992, consisting of souvenir books, magazines, and press packets relating to each film. The fifth series is audiovisual materials from 1983-1992, consisting of reel-to-reel audiotapes, audiotape cartridges, and videocassettes. Much of the material is from the Behind the Scenes with Claire Kincannon radio program. Behind the Scenes was a three-minute feature on the performing arts, and was available via the Public Radio Satellite System."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Claire Kincannon theatre collection must be obtained from the 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 Claire Kincannon theatre collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"ref2\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection contains promotional materials for plays in the Washington, D.C., area, including programs, photographs, and press kits as well as a selection of programs and playbills from theaters in New York, London, and regional theaters in Ohio dating back to 1955, as well as some limited film-related materials. In addition to paper materials there are also audio visual materials featuring Kincannon's radio show Behind the Scenes and a project on Hungary.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains promotional materials for plays in the Washington, D.C., area, including programs, photographs, and press kits as well as a selection of programs and playbills from theaters in New York, London, and regional theaters in Ohio dating back to 1955, as well as some limited film-related materials. In addition to paper materials there are also audio visual materials featuring Kincannon's radio show Behind the Scenes and a project on Hungary."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University Special Collections \u0026 Archives"],"persname_ssim":["Lois Claire Kincannon","Kincannon, Lois Claire."],"names_ssim":["George Mason University Special Collections \u0026 Archives","Lois Claire Kincannon","Kincannon, Lois Claire."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":853,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:34:06.766Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vifgm_kincannon"}},{"id":"vifgm_paden","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"John N. 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He received his BA in philosophy from Occidental College, his MA in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his PhD in politics from Harvard University.","Dr. Paden came to George Mason in 1987, and he taught comparative government, international development, and conflict resolution. He is a co-founder of the GMU graduate program in International Commerce and Policy (ICP). He is also co-founder and co-director of the GMU Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (CAPEC), under the Office of the Provost. He has been involved in scholarly exchanges between the US and China and served as Director of the SPP/ICP summer graduate program in China, focusing on socio-economic changes and cross-cultural trade strategies. He also participated in the SPP/ICP summer trade programs in Oxford and Geneva. He helped develop undergraduate minors at GMU in Asia Pacific Studies, Islamic Studies, and Afro-American and African Studies. He has served as Director of African Studies at Northwestern University, Professor of Public Administration at Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria, Nigeria), and Dean, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, at Bayero University (Kano, Nigeria).","Dr. Paden has also served on a senior level task force at the Brookings Institution on \"US policy toward the Islamic world.\" Dr. Paden's work includes an extensive list of publications, including highly acclaimed textbooks about Africa. He retired from George Mason University in May 2017.","Processed by Blyth McManus in 2014. EAD markup completed by Blyth McManus in 2014.","Special Collections and Archives also holds the papers of many other George Mason University professors, as well as materials pertaining to International Relations, including the , the , and the . Other collections containing photographs or slides of Nigeria include the , the , and the .","The collection includes periodicals, pamphlets, reports, conference proceedings, photographs, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts related to Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, but embracing political and social history, biography, economics, sociology, languages, culture, and religions of the entire region. The role of Islam in the region is an important component.","Series 1, Correspondence: Includes correspondence relating to book reviews, various publications, research projects, conferences, travel arrangements, publishing matters related to Dr. Paden's works, and letters of recommendation for students. Organized alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.","Series 2, Research: Published papers and documents, conference papers, and related materials. Research for Dr. Paden's dissertation is included and often separated by him into chapters and appendices, which include illustrations, maps,  and tables. Major topics represented are politics, development, and economics; Hausa language and Hausa language education; Islam in Africa; African studies; Arabic literature; research for his book Black Africa; and broad information on Northern Nigeria. Materials are organized by subject and then chronologically. Materials from his former wife Ann are included and marked as such when known. Her research contains extensive information on family, childbirth, children, home health care and medicine, food, and issues specific to women. Series also includes index cards containing original research, most from the 1960s - 1970s. Materials are organized by type, subject, and then chronologically.","Series 3, Publications: Includes books, journals, newspapers, catalogs from publishing houses, and various ephemera. Contents relate mainly to Nigeria, but also included are items relating to other African nations as well as to the US and UK. Collection includes more than twenty different newspapers which were published in Nigeria, but primarily written in English. Major publications are the New Nigerian, Nigerian Citizen, and This Day. Newspapers range from the 1960s-2010. Magazines both political and popular are included. The series also contains travel-related publications from the 1970s, including airline schedules, tourist information, and many site-specific or event-specific brochures, some of which are interesting historical documents in their own right. The majority of travel brochures come from California, Chicago and Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas, but some are from other regions of the US and overseas. Organized by subject and then chronologically.","Series 4: Maps. Includes maps of various African nations, primarily Nigeria. Organized by region and then chronologically. A greater quantity of maps may be found in Series 6, Oversize.","Series 5: Audio/Visual. Reel to reel audio tapes, audio cassette tapes, photographs, negatives. Audio recordings include radio interviews and other audio information relating to Nigeria in the 1960s. Photographs are primarily research-related images, the majority from Dr. Paden's trip to Africa in the 1960s, and include group portraits, images of Nigerian life, events, and royalty, and some personal family photographs dating from the 1930s. Slides are variously labeled by former wife Ann Paden as political rallies; crowd scenes;  Hausa; Fulani; activities; Sallah; Malams; \"Audo and the Padens;\" images of Kano City, Morocco, Spain, and England; general landscape; friends; and the house in Nigeria which Dr. Paden and his former wife occupied. Not all of the subjects listed appear to be in the extant slide collection. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 6: Oversized. Maps, posters, a small amount of printed matter, one large photograph, and one large charcoal sketch. Includes maps up to wall size of Nigeria, other nations, and world regions. In addition to basic maps showing cities, states, and regions, series also includes maps illustrating demography, transportation, topography, concentration of religious groups, location of tribal areas, and other specialized information. Includes posters relating to politics, cultural ideals, and university education. A few posters reflect popular culture of the 1970s. Materials range from the 1950s-2000s. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 7: Realia. Includes a percussion instrument called a \"yomkwo,\" or Nigerian raft zither, of the style made by the Birom (Berom) people of the Jos plateau. A yomkwo is a flat instrument made of reeds and grasses with a rattle attached to the back. Also included are eight Qur'an (Koran) boards, made of wood and other natural materials, in the style of the Hausa peoples. Six have Arabic writing on them. One is undecorated. Used for memorization of the Koran, often in conjunction with the drinking ink tradition. Materials are unidentified wood and ink. Paddle-shaped, about 8\"-12\"L x 6\"-8\"W. All realia is undated.","There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the John N. Paden papers must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.","The collection includes periodicals, pamphlets, reports, conference proceedings, photographs, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts related to Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, but embracing political and social history, biography, economics, sociology, languages, culture, and religions of the entire region. The role of Islam in the region is an important component. 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He helped develop undergraduate minors at GMU in Asia Pacific Studies, Islamic Studies, and Afro-American and African Studies. He has served as Director of African Studies at Northwestern University, Professor of Public Administration at Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria, Nigeria), and Dean, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, at Bayero University (Kano, Nigeria).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\nDr. Paden has also served on a senior level task force at the Brookings Institution on \"US policy toward the Islamic world.\" Dr. Paden's work includes an extensive list of publications, including highly acclaimed textbooks about Africa. He retired from George Mason University in May 2017.\n            \u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. John N. Paden is a Clarence Robinson Professor Emeritus of International Studies at George Mason University. 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Slides are variously labeled by former wife Ann Paden as political rallies; crowd scenes;  Hausa; Fulani; activities; Sallah; Malams; \"Audo and the Padens;\" images of Kano City, Morocco, Spain, and England; general landscape; friends; and the house in Nigeria which Dr. Paden and his former wife occupied. Not all of the subjects listed appear to be in the extant slide collection. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Oversized. Maps, posters, a small amount of printed matter, one large photograph, and one large charcoal sketch. Includes maps up to wall size of Nigeria, other nations, and world regions. In addition to basic maps showing cities, states, and regions, series also includes maps illustrating demography, transportation, topography, concentration of religious groups, location of tribal areas, and other specialized information. 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Research for Dr. Paden's dissertation is included and often separated by him into chapters and appendices, which include illustrations, maps,  and tables. Major topics represented are politics, development, and economics; Hausa language and Hausa language education; Islam in Africa; African studies; Arabic literature; research for his book Black Africa; and broad information on Northern Nigeria. Materials are organized by subject and then chronologically. Materials from his former wife Ann are included and marked as such when known. Her research contains extensive information on family, childbirth, children, home health care and medicine, food, and issues specific to women. Series also includes index cards containing original research, most from the 1960s - 1970s. Materials are organized by type, subject, and then chronologically.","Series 3, Publications: Includes books, journals, newspapers, catalogs from publishing houses, and various ephemera. Contents relate mainly to Nigeria, but also included are items relating to other African nations as well as to the US and UK. Collection includes more than twenty different newspapers which were published in Nigeria, but primarily written in English. Major publications are the New Nigerian, Nigerian Citizen, and This Day. Newspapers range from the 1960s-2010. Magazines both political and popular are included. The series also contains travel-related publications from the 1970s, including airline schedules, tourist information, and many site-specific or event-specific brochures, some of which are interesting historical documents in their own right. The majority of travel brochures come from California, Chicago and Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas, but some are from other regions of the US and overseas. Organized by subject and then chronologically.","Series 4: Maps. Includes maps of various African nations, primarily Nigeria. Organized by region and then chronologically. A greater quantity of maps may be found in Series 6, Oversize.","Series 5: Audio/Visual. Reel to reel audio tapes, audio cassette tapes, photographs, negatives. Audio recordings include radio interviews and other audio information relating to Nigeria in the 1960s. Photographs are primarily research-related images, the majority from Dr. Paden's trip to Africa in the 1960s, and include group portraits, images of Nigerian life, events, and royalty, and some personal family photographs dating from the 1930s. Slides are variously labeled by former wife Ann Paden as political rallies; crowd scenes;  Hausa; Fulani; activities; Sallah; Malams; \"Audo and the Padens;\" images of Kano City, Morocco, Spain, and England; general landscape; friends; and the house in Nigeria which Dr. Paden and his former wife occupied. Not all of the subjects listed appear to be in the extant slide collection. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 6: Oversized. Maps, posters, a small amount of printed matter, one large photograph, and one large charcoal sketch. Includes maps up to wall size of Nigeria, other nations, and world regions. In addition to basic maps showing cities, states, and regions, series also includes maps illustrating demography, transportation, topography, concentration of religious groups, location of tribal areas, and other specialized information. Includes posters relating to politics, cultural ideals, and university education. A few posters reflect popular culture of the 1970s. Materials range from the 1950s-2000s. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 7: Realia. Includes a percussion instrument called a \"yomkwo,\" or Nigerian raft zither, of the style made by the Birom (Berom) people of the Jos plateau. A yomkwo is a flat instrument made of reeds and grasses with a rattle attached to the back. Also included are eight Qur'an (Koran) boards, made of wood and other natural materials, in the style of the Hausa peoples. Six have Arabic writing on them. One is undecorated. Used for memorization of the Koran, often in conjunction with the drinking ink tradition. Materials are unidentified wood and ink. Paddle-shaped, about 8\"-12\"L x 6\"-8\"W. All realia is undated."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the John N. Paden papers must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, 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 John N. 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He received his BA in philosophy from Occidental College, his MA in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his PhD in politics from Harvard University.","Dr. Paden came to George Mason in 1987, and he taught comparative government, international development, and conflict resolution. He is a co-founder of the GMU graduate program in International Commerce and Policy (ICP). He is also co-founder and co-director of the GMU Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (CAPEC), under the Office of the Provost. He has been involved in scholarly exchanges between the US and China and served as Director of the SPP/ICP summer graduate program in China, focusing on socio-economic changes and cross-cultural trade strategies. He also participated in the SPP/ICP summer trade programs in Oxford and Geneva. He helped develop undergraduate minors at GMU in Asia Pacific Studies, Islamic Studies, and Afro-American and African Studies. He has served as Director of African Studies at Northwestern University, Professor of Public Administration at Ahmadu Bello University (Zaria, Nigeria), and Dean, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, at Bayero University (Kano, Nigeria).","Dr. Paden has also served on a senior level task force at the Brookings Institution on \"US policy toward the Islamic world.\" Dr. Paden's work includes an extensive list of publications, including highly acclaimed textbooks about Africa. He retired from George Mason University in May 2017.","Processed by Blyth McManus in 2014. EAD markup completed by Blyth McManus in 2014.","Special Collections and Archives also holds the papers of many other George Mason University professors, as well as materials pertaining to International Relations, including the , the , and the . Other collections containing photographs or slides of Nigeria include the , the , and the .","The collection includes periodicals, pamphlets, reports, conference proceedings, photographs, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts related to Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, but embracing political and social history, biography, economics, sociology, languages, culture, and religions of the entire region. The role of Islam in the region is an important component.","Series 1, Correspondence: Includes correspondence relating to book reviews, various publications, research projects, conferences, travel arrangements, publishing matters related to Dr. Paden's works, and letters of recommendation for students. Organized alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.","Series 2, Research: Published papers and documents, conference papers, and related materials. Research for Dr. Paden's dissertation is included and often separated by him into chapters and appendices, which include illustrations, maps,  and tables. Major topics represented are politics, development, and economics; Hausa language and Hausa language education; Islam in Africa; African studies; Arabic literature; research for his book Black Africa; and broad information on Northern Nigeria. Materials are organized by subject and then chronologically. Materials from his former wife Ann are included and marked as such when known. Her research contains extensive information on family, childbirth, children, home health care and medicine, food, and issues specific to women. Series also includes index cards containing original research, most from the 1960s - 1970s. Materials are organized by type, subject, and then chronologically.","Series 3, Publications: Includes books, journals, newspapers, catalogs from publishing houses, and various ephemera. Contents relate mainly to Nigeria, but also included are items relating to other African nations as well as to the US and UK. Collection includes more than twenty different newspapers which were published in Nigeria, but primarily written in English. Major publications are the New Nigerian, Nigerian Citizen, and This Day. Newspapers range from the 1960s-2010. Magazines both political and popular are included. The series also contains travel-related publications from the 1970s, including airline schedules, tourist information, and many site-specific or event-specific brochures, some of which are interesting historical documents in their own right. The majority of travel brochures come from California, Chicago and Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas, but some are from other regions of the US and overseas. Organized by subject and then chronologically.","Series 4: Maps. Includes maps of various African nations, primarily Nigeria. Organized by region and then chronologically. A greater quantity of maps may be found in Series 6, Oversize.","Series 5: Audio/Visual. Reel to reel audio tapes, audio cassette tapes, photographs, negatives. Audio recordings include radio interviews and other audio information relating to Nigeria in the 1960s. Photographs are primarily research-related images, the majority from Dr. Paden's trip to Africa in the 1960s, and include group portraits, images of Nigerian life, events, and royalty, and some personal family photographs dating from the 1930s. Slides are variously labeled by former wife Ann Paden as political rallies; crowd scenes;  Hausa; Fulani; activities; Sallah; Malams; \"Audo and the Padens;\" images of Kano City, Morocco, Spain, and England; general landscape; friends; and the house in Nigeria which Dr. Paden and his former wife occupied. Not all of the subjects listed appear to be in the extant slide collection. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 6: Oversized. Maps, posters, a small amount of printed matter, one large photograph, and one large charcoal sketch. Includes maps up to wall size of Nigeria, other nations, and world regions. In addition to basic maps showing cities, states, and regions, series also includes maps illustrating demography, transportation, topography, concentration of religious groups, location of tribal areas, and other specialized information. Includes posters relating to politics, cultural ideals, and university education. A few posters reflect popular culture of the 1970s. Materials range from the 1950s-2000s. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 7: Realia. Includes a percussion instrument called a \"yomkwo,\" or Nigerian raft zither, of the style made by the Birom (Berom) people of the Jos plateau. A yomkwo is a flat instrument made of reeds and grasses with a rattle attached to the back. Also included are eight Qur'an (Koran) boards, made of wood and other natural materials, in the style of the Hausa peoples. Six have Arabic writing on them. One is undecorated. Used for memorization of the Koran, often in conjunction with the drinking ink tradition. Materials are unidentified wood and ink. Paddle-shaped, about 8\"-12\"L x 6\"-8\"W. All realia is undated.","There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the John N. Paden papers must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.","The collection includes periodicals, pamphlets, reports, conference proceedings, photographs, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts related to Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, but embracing political and social history, biography, economics, sociology, languages, culture, and religions of the entire region. The role of Islam in the region is an important component. 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Research for Dr. Paden's dissertation is included and often separated by him into chapters and appendices, which include illustrations, maps,  and tables. Major topics represented are politics, development, and economics; Hausa language and Hausa language education; Islam in Africa; African studies; Arabic literature; research for his book Black Africa; and broad information on Northern Nigeria. Materials are organized by subject and then chronologically. Materials from his former wife Ann are included and marked as such when known. Her research contains extensive information on family, childbirth, children, home health care and medicine, food, and issues specific to women. Series also includes index cards containing original research, most from the 1960s - 1970s. Materials are organized by type, subject, and then chronologically.","Series 3, Publications: Includes books, journals, newspapers, catalogs from publishing houses, and various ephemera. Contents relate mainly to Nigeria, but also included are items relating to other African nations as well as to the US and UK. Collection includes more than twenty different newspapers which were published in Nigeria, but primarily written in English. Major publications are the New Nigerian, Nigerian Citizen, and This Day. Newspapers range from the 1960s-2010. Magazines both political and popular are included. The series also contains travel-related publications from the 1970s, including airline schedules, tourist information, and many site-specific or event-specific brochures, some of which are interesting historical documents in their own right. The majority of travel brochures come from California, Chicago and Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas, but some are from other regions of the US and overseas. Organized by subject and then chronologically.","Series 4: Maps. Includes maps of various African nations, primarily Nigeria. Organized by region and then chronologically. A greater quantity of maps may be found in Series 6, Oversize.","Series 5: Audio/Visual. Reel to reel audio tapes, audio cassette tapes, photographs, negatives. Audio recordings include radio interviews and other audio information relating to Nigeria in the 1960s. Photographs are primarily research-related images, the majority from Dr. Paden's trip to Africa in the 1960s, and include group portraits, images of Nigerian life, events, and royalty, and some personal family photographs dating from the 1930s. Slides are variously labeled by former wife Ann Paden as political rallies; crowd scenes;  Hausa; Fulani; activities; Sallah; Malams; \"Audo and the Padens;\" images of Kano City, Morocco, Spain, and England; general landscape; friends; and the house in Nigeria which Dr. Paden and his former wife occupied. Not all of the subjects listed appear to be in the extant slide collection. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 6: Oversized. Maps, posters, a small amount of printed matter, one large photograph, and one large charcoal sketch. Includes maps up to wall size of Nigeria, other nations, and world regions. In addition to basic maps showing cities, states, and regions, series also includes maps illustrating demography, transportation, topography, concentration of religious groups, location of tribal areas, and other specialized information. Includes posters relating to politics, cultural ideals, and university education. A few posters reflect popular culture of the 1970s. Materials range from the 1950s-2000s. Materials are organized by medium, then by subject, and then chronologically.","Series 7: Realia. Includes a percussion instrument called a \"yomkwo,\" or Nigerian raft zither, of the style made by the Birom (Berom) people of the Jos plateau. A yomkwo is a flat instrument made of reeds and grasses with a rattle attached to the back. Also included are eight Qur'an (Koran) boards, made of wood and other natural materials, in the style of the Hausa peoples. Six have Arabic writing on them. One is undecorated. Used for memorization of the Koran, often in conjunction with the drinking ink tradition. Materials are unidentified wood and ink. Paddle-shaped, about 8\"-12\"L x 6\"-8\"W. All realia is undated."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the John N. Paden papers must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, 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 John N. 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Documents are primarily in English but occasionally in German, French, Arabic, or Hausa.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection includes periodicals, pamphlets, reports, conference proceedings, photographs, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts related to Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on Nigeria, but embracing political and social history, biography, economics, sociology, languages, culture, and religions of the entire region. The role of Islam in the region is an important component. Documents are primarily in English but occasionally in German, French, Arabic, or Hausa."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections \u0026 Archives"],"persname_ssim":["Paden, John N."],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. Libraries. 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The school was named for the poet, Langston Hughes, and was established in 1979.  Beginning in 1994 the eighth graders at Langston Hughes Middle School began an oral history project where they interviewed different citizens of Reston.  Each year had a different theme starting with Reston's Thirtieth Anniversary (1994-1995), Volunteers in the Community (1996), Leadership in the Community (1998), Business in the Community (1999), Transportation in the Community (2000), Life Cycle of Neighborhoods (2001), Civil Rights Movement (2002), War and the Community (2003), Reston's Fortieth Anniversary (2004), Providing Affordable Housing (2005), Women in Community (2006), Creating Recreation Opportunities in Community (2007) and Technology and Community Change (2008).","Processed in July 2009 by Emily Martin with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in September 2010.  The Reston Reflections Collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives.  Beginning in 2009 the documents from the Reston Reflections were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries.","Special Collections and Archives also holds many other collections on the history of Reston, Virginia and other planned communities.","The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino.","Series one is titled Transcripts.  This series contains the transcripts of the interviews that the student conducted.  The transcripts have descriptions of the interviewee, questions and answers from the interviews, report from the student on the process they undertook to arrange the interviews and a final evaluation done by the teacher, grading the students projects.  Some of the transcripts also have the audiotapes because the projects have not been processed previously.  Also included at the beginning of the series are an index and list of those interviewed.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2008 and contained in 79 boxes.","Series two is titled Audiotapes.  These are the tapes that have been removed from the transcripts.  The tapes are the actual interviews conducted by the students.  The audiotapes are from the oral histories that were previously processed and are the earlier interviews done by the students of Langston Hughes Middle Schools.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2000 and is contained in 10 boxes.","Series three is titled 1996 Interviews (Volunteers).  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes that were done in 1996 by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  They were originally stored separated under the title oral history in the Planned Community Archives.  They are now organized together with the rest of the Reston Reflections.  The series is dated 1996 and is contained in 6 boxes.","Series four is titled 2001, 2003 and 2009 Interviews.  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes completed by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The topics covered are Life Cycle of Neighborhood in 2001 and the War and Community in 2003.  They were processed separately but have now been organized with the entire Reston Reflection collection.  The series is dated in 2001, 2003 and 2009, and is contained in 33 boxes.","There are no restrictions.","The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino.  The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the transcripts of the interviews, the second series is audiotapes from the interviews, the third is the interviews from 1996 that were originally separated from the majority of the collection and the fourth are the interviews from 2001, 2003 and 2009 that were also separated.  The collection is large and contained within 128 boxes.","George Mason University. 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The school was named for the poet, Langston Hughes, and was established in 1979.  Beginning in 1994 the eighth graders at Langston Hughes Middle School began an oral history project where they interviewed different citizens of Reston.  Each year had a different theme starting with Reston's Thirtieth Anniversary (1994-1995), Volunteers in the Community (1996), Leadership in the Community (1998), Business in the Community (1999), Transportation in the Community (2000), Life Cycle of Neighborhoods (2001), Civil Rights Movement (2002), War and the Community (2003), Reston's Fortieth Anniversary (2004), Providing Affordable Housing (2005), Women in Community (2006), Creating Recreation Opportunities in Community (2007) and Technology and Community Change (2008)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eReston Reflections oral history collection, Collection #C0171, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Reston Reflections oral history collection, Collection #C0171, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed in July 2009 by Emily Martin with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in September 2010.  The Reston Reflections Collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives.  Beginning in 2009 the documents from the Reston Reflections were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed in July 2009 by Emily Martin with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in September 2010.  The Reston Reflections Collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives.  Beginning in 2009 the documents from the Reston Reflections were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections and Archives also holds many other collections on the history of Reston, Virginia and other planned communities.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Special Collections and Archives also holds many other collections on the history of Reston, Virginia and other planned communities."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  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The tapes are the actual interviews conducted by the students.  The audiotapes are from the oral histories that were previously processed and are the earlier interviews done by the students of Langston Hughes Middle Schools.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2000 and is contained in 10 boxes.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries three is titled 1996 Interviews (Volunteers).  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes that were done in 1996 by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  They were originally stored separated under the title oral history in the Planned Community Archives.  They are now organized together with the rest of the Reston Reflections.  The series is dated 1996 and is contained in 6 boxes.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries four is titled 2001, 2003 and 2009 Interviews.  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes completed by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The topics covered are Life Cycle of Neighborhood in 2001 and the War and Community in 2003.  They were processed separately but have now been organized with the entire Reston Reflection collection.  The series is dated in 2001, 2003 and 2009, and is contained in 33 boxes.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino.","Series one is titled Transcripts.  This series contains the transcripts of the interviews that the student conducted.  The transcripts have descriptions of the interviewee, questions and answers from the interviews, report from the student on the process they undertook to arrange the interviews and a final evaluation done by the teacher, grading the students projects.  Some of the transcripts also have the audiotapes because the projects have not been processed previously.  Also included at the beginning of the series are an index and list of those interviewed.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2008 and contained in 79 boxes.","Series two is titled Audiotapes.  These are the tapes that have been removed from the transcripts.  The tapes are the actual interviews conducted by the students.  The audiotapes are from the oral histories that were previously processed and are the earlier interviews done by the students of Langston Hughes Middle Schools.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2000 and is contained in 10 boxes.","Series three is titled 1996 Interviews (Volunteers).  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes that were done in 1996 by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  They were originally stored separated under the title oral history in the Planned Community Archives.  They are now organized together with the rest of the Reston Reflections.  The series is dated 1996 and is contained in 6 boxes.","Series four is titled 2001, 2003 and 2009 Interviews.  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes completed by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The topics covered are Life Cycle of Neighborhood in 2001 and the War and Community in 2003.  They were processed separately but have now been organized with the entire Reston Reflection collection.  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The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the transcripts of the interviews, the second series is audiotapes from the interviews, the third is the interviews from 1996 that were originally separated from the majority of the collection and the fourth are the interviews from 2001, 2003 and 2009 that were also separated.  The collection is large and contained within 128 boxes.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino.  The collection is divided into four series, the first contains the transcripts of the interviews, the second series is audiotapes from the interviews, the third is the interviews from 1996 that were originally separated from the majority of the collection and the fourth are the interviews from 2001, 2003 and 2009 that were also separated.  The collection is large and contained within 128 boxes."],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.","Langston Hughes Middle School"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University. 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The school was named for the poet, Langston Hughes, and was established in 1979.  Beginning in 1994 the eighth graders at Langston Hughes Middle School began an oral history project where they interviewed different citizens of Reston.  Each year had a different theme starting with Reston's Thirtieth Anniversary (1994-1995), Volunteers in the Community (1996), Leadership in the Community (1998), Business in the Community (1999), Transportation in the Community (2000), Life Cycle of Neighborhoods (2001), Civil Rights Movement (2002), War and the Community (2003), Reston's Fortieth Anniversary (2004), Providing Affordable Housing (2005), Women in Community (2006), Creating Recreation Opportunities in Community (2007) and Technology and Community Change (2008).","Processed in July 2009 by Emily Martin with additions by Steven Harris-Scott in September 2010.  The Reston Reflections Collection was originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives.  Beginning in 2009 the documents from the Reston Reflections were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections and Archives at George Mason University Libraries.","Special Collections and Archives also holds many other collections on the history of Reston, Virginia and other planned communities.","The Reston Reflections are a collection of interviews done by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The students conducted interviews with residents of Reston to create an oral history of Reston.  The project spans several years beginning in 1994 with the final interviews in 2009.  Among those interviewed are some of Reston more prominent citizens such as Robert E. Simon, the founder of Reston, and Martha Pennino.","Series one is titled Transcripts.  This series contains the transcripts of the interviews that the student conducted.  The transcripts have descriptions of the interviewee, questions and answers from the interviews, report from the student on the process they undertook to arrange the interviews and a final evaluation done by the teacher, grading the students projects.  Some of the transcripts also have the audiotapes because the projects have not been processed previously.  Also included at the beginning of the series are an index and list of those interviewed.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2008 and contained in 79 boxes.","Series two is titled Audiotapes.  These are the tapes that have been removed from the transcripts.  The tapes are the actual interviews conducted by the students.  The audiotapes are from the oral histories that were previously processed and are the earlier interviews done by the students of Langston Hughes Middle Schools.  The series is dated from 1994 to 2000 and is contained in 10 boxes.","Series three is titled 1996 Interviews (Volunteers).  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes that were done in 1996 by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  They were originally stored separated under the title oral history in the Planned Community Archives.  They are now organized together with the rest of the Reston Reflections.  The series is dated 1996 and is contained in 6 boxes.","Series four is titled 2001, 2003 and 2009 Interviews.  These are additional transcripts and audiotapes completed by the students at Langston Hughes Middle School.  The topics covered are Life Cycle of Neighborhood in 2001 and the War and Community in 2003.  They were processed separately but have now been organized with the entire Reston Reflection collection.  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