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 Subjects African Americans

African American women real photo postcards .1 Linear Feet 1 folder

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
A group of 25 real photo postcard portraits of African American women, in both studio and informal settings.
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Beardwood and Whipple family travel photograph albums, 1931, bulk 1929/1931 .5 Linear Feet 8 albums

Beardwood, Olive Peabody, 1886-1969
Content warning: Racist language. Seven photograph albums created by Olive Whipple Peabody Beardwood and her mother, Grace M. Whipple from 1929 - 1931, documenting their travels with family across the Eastern, Southeastern, and Southern United States, as well as Europe. The majority of the albums seems to have been compiled by Olive for herself and her mother, with one album likely compiled by Grace. There is one outlier album from the 1890s.
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"Discrimination in Administration of Military Justice" report for the Commanding General, 199th Infantry Brigade, 1968 .01 Linear Feet 1 item

Kirkpatrick, Donald P., Captain
Content Warning: Contains racist language. A nine-page report, or "Fact Sheet," for the commanding General of the 199th Infantry Brigade, deployed during the Vietnam War. The sheet provides statistics and information regarding racial bias against Black soldiers in military judicial action within the Brigade between April - September 1968.
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Mildred Davenport dance ephemera collection, 1936/1940 .01 Linear Feet 4 items

Davenport, Mildred, 1900-1990
Content warning: outdated racial language to describe African Americans. Three programs and one pamphlet documenting the dance career of African American dancer Mildred Davenport, 1936 - 1940.
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Pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by author with illustration by Charles White, 1961 .01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center (Los Angeles, California)
Bifold pamphlet for poem "The Negro Mother" by Langston Hughes inscribed and signed by the author with illustration by Charles White created for the "Make History Live Series" by the Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center.
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Paul Robeson sound recording collection, 1955 1 Linear Feet 1 box

Lofland, John
This collection contains reel-to-reel tapes, as well as duplicates of these reels on cassette and CD of Paul Robeson's 1955 concert performance at Swarthmore, and his 1955 speech, "America to Me, Waterboy."
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Philip Levy civil rights collection, 1948/1953 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Levy, Philip, -1970
This collection contains meeting minutes and grant proposals from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as correspondence on civil rights and race relations between senators and NAACP members. Many of the materials deal with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), issued by Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 as executive order 8802.
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