Bonnie Atwood papers

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:

There are no access restrictions.

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:

Bonnie Atwood papers, C0415, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Creator:
Atwood, Bonnie
Abstract:
Collection of news articles, court records, and other writings collected by Bonnie Atwood. The bulk of the collection covers Atwood's involvement with activism and protests against the Vietnam War during and after her time as a student at George Mason College, later known as George Mason University.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Bonnie Atwood papers, C0415, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Bonnie Atwood papers contains material collected by former George Mason College student Bonnie Atwood from the late 1960s to the mid 1990s, with much of it focused on her antiwar activism and the broader protest movements of the 1960s-1970s. It also includes news reports from student, professional, and underground publications, legal documents, and promotional materials produced by Northern Virginia Resistance.

All papers removed from black binder, order retained. Identified titles includes GMU Information Services, Viginia Sentinel, Globe, The Journal Messenger, and Gazette.

Biographical / historical:

Born in Northern Virginia in 1947, Bonnie Atwood was a student at George Mason College (GMC) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time she was a member of the anti-Vietnam War organization Northern Virginia Resistance, alongside fellow students and GMC professor James Shea. She and David Lusby, another member of NVR, were arrested in 1969 for trespassing after protesting inside Draft Board #39 in Fairfax, Virginia. The American Civil Liberties Union defended them in the case Lusby v. Commonwealth of Virginia. Atwood provided articles to the GMC student newspaper Broadside while enrolled at GMC, and wrote professionally for the Manassas Journal-Messenger afterwards.

Acquisition information:

Donated by Bonnie Atwood in December 2019.

Additional materials donated by Bonnie Atwood in March 2024.

Processing information:

Processing and finding aid completed by Evan Dorman in November 2023. Finding aid published by Amanda Menjivar in November 2023.

Additional processing completed and finding aid updated by Meghan Glasbrenner in July 2024.

Arrangement:

This collection is divided into folders by subject or medium.

Physical location:
R 71, C 1, S 7
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard