Collections

Start Over Date range 1937 Subjects Photographic prints. Level Collection

Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/1977 13 linear feet (19 boxes and 12 unboxed objects)

Alexander Haight
This collection contains materials of the Haight family, who have lived in Northern Virginia since the 1840s, and who owned Sully Plantation during the Civil War. Materials include correspondence, household financial records, photographs, Civil War documents, and artifacts. The artifacts in the collection consist of American Indian arrowheads and Civil War relics. Most of the materials date from the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century, but the collection also includes a ledger dating from before the American Revolution and a few items dating from after the First World War.
  1. George Mason University

Arthur E. Scott photograph collection, 1910/1976 32 linear ft.; 43 boxes; 27 scrapbooks

Arthur E. Scott, 1917-1976
This collection contains photographs taken by Arthur E. Scott, a photojournalist and photo-historian for the U.S. Senate. It contains over 5,000 prints and negatives of United States politicians (mainly Senators), political events such as campaigns and inaugurations, and landmarks throughout the Washington, D.C. area, from the mid-1930s to the 1970s. There are also 27 scrapbooks compiled by Arthur E. Scott, primarily consisting of newspaper clippings of Scott's photographs. The collection also contains glass negatives from the 1910s and 1920s that were taken by other photographers.
  1. George Mason University

James H. Laue papers, 1936/1999 43 linear ft.; 100 boxes

James H. Laue
This collection contains the working papers of James H. Laue, former professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University. Materials include manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, legal documents, and memorabilia.
  1. George Mason University

Mary Elsie Fox photograph collection, 1935/1959 1 linear feet (3 boxes)

Mary Elsie Fox
This collection contains approximately 100 black and white photographs from the discarded scrapbook of Mary Elsie Fox found after her death. The photographs are mostly 3x4" snapshots of Fox, her husband, and their close friends and document domestic life in the postwar Washington, D.C. area. The photographs range in size from 1x2" to 8x10".
  1. George Mason University

The Charles Baptie photograph collection, 1917/1995 26 linear feet (24 document boxes, 35 3-ring photo boxes, and 12 oversize boxes)

Charles Baptie, 1914-2000
Mid-20th century photographs of Washington, D.C., area landmarks, including Gunston Hall, the White House, and embassies; local businesses, including Texaco stations and Hot Shoppes; and more common subjects, like artwork, animals, nature, or people. These images are in several formats: negatives, slides, prints, and publications.
  1. George Mason University

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