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
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C. Harrison Mann, Jr. papers, 1832/1979

85.5 Linear Feet 142 boxes
Comprises C. Harrison Mann, Jr.'s personal papers and handwritten draft of his history of George Mason University. Papers pertain to his political career and include subject files, memoranda, campaign materials, speeches, newsclippings and other related materials.
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Living Stage records, 1965/2001

48.0 Linear Feet 106 boxes
The Living Stage records documents the Living Stage Theatre Company, founded by Robert Alexander as an offshoot of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The records were created from 1965-2001.
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Living Stage records, 1965/2001

48.0 linear feet (106 boxes)
The Living Stage records include pieces related to the traveling theater company, which was founded by Robert Alexander, between 1965 and 2001.
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George Mason University Libraries records

110 Linear Feet (242 boxes) (214 boxes)
The collection includes materials and reports on library planning and operations as well as special projects, programs and events.
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George Mason University Libraries records, 1949/2008

110 linear ft.; 214 boxes
The collection includes materials and reports on library planning and operations as well as special projects, programs and events.
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Joel Garreau Papers, 1954/1994

33.5 linear feet (65 boxes)
This collection contains research materials for Garreau's books, "Edge City" (1992) and "The Nine Nations of North America" (1981). Materials include newspapers, magazine clippings, contact information, government publications, book excerpts, tapes, annual reports, advertisements, newsletters, essays, interview transcripts, notes, project proposals, pamphlets, fliers, brochures, and other documents.
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Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

Material from Joel Garreau's book "Edge City" dealing with Shadow Governments. A Shadow Government is a private enterprise's government. Since Edge Cities are mostly made up of private organizations, the leadership of the organizations become the leadership of the Edge City. According to chapter six, "Phoenix - Shadow Government" of Edge City: "These shadow governments have become the most numerous, ubiquitous, and largest form of local government in America today, studies show. In their various guises shadow governments levy taxes, adjudicate disputes, provide police protection, run fire departments, provide health care, channel development, plan regionally, enforce esthetic standards, run buses, run railroads, run airports, build roads, fill potholes, publish newspapers, pump water, generate electricity, clean streets, landscape grounds, pick up garbage, cut grass, rake leaves, remove snow, offer recreation, and provide the hottest social service in the United States today: day care." The chapter goes on, stating that the Shadow Governments are central to the Edge City Society, "in which office parks are in the childrearing business, parking-lot officials run police forces, private enterprise builds public freeways, and sub-divisions have a say in who lives where."

  1. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
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Joel Garreau papers

33.5 Linear Feet 64 boxes
This collection contains research materials for Garreau's books, "Edge City" (1992) and "The Nine Nations of North America" (1981). Materials include newspapers, magazine clippings, contact information, government publications, book excerpts, tapes, annual reports, advertisements, newsletters, essays, interview transcripts, notes, project proposals, pamphlets, fliers, brochures, and other documents.
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Subseries 1.1:Shadow Governments, 1976/1991

Material from Joel Garreau's book "Edge City" dealing with Shadow Governments. A Shadow Government is a private enterprise's government. Since Edge Cities are mostly made up of private organizations, the leadership of the organizations become the leadership of the Edge City. According to chapter six, "Phoenix - Shadow Government" of Edge City: "These shadow governments have become the most numerous, ubiquitous, and largest form of local government in America today, studies show. In their various guises shadow governments levy taxes, adjudicate disputes, provide police protection, run fire departments, provide health care, channel development, plan regionally, enforce esthetic standards, run buses, run railroads, run airports, build roads, fill potholes, publish newspapers, pump water, generate electricity, clean streets, landscape grounds, pick up garbage, cut grass, rake leaves, remove snow, offer recreation, and provide the hottest social service in the United States today: day care." The chapter goes on, stating that the Shadow Governments are central to the Edge City Society, "in which office parks are in the childrearing business, parking-lot officials run police forces, private enterprise builds public freeways, and sub-divisions have a say in who lives where."

  1. Series 1: Edge City, 1959/1994
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Charles Rodrigues playbill collection, 1879/2009

18 Linear Feet 38 boxes
The Charles Rodrigues playbill collection consists of playbills and programs from 1879-2009. The bulk of the collection material represents plays performed on and off Broadway, but it also includes programs from theatres in Philadelphia, Boston, Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ohio, and Chicago. This collection represents a broad cross-section of programs with plays as the main source, as well as, programs from burlesque houses, vaudeville performances, and concerts. Playbills can be important documents for researchers in that they depict the world of theatre changing over time and often provide rich information about prevailing cultural and social attitudes of the moment through articles and advertisements.
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Arena Stage records, 1949/2010

739 boxes
The Arena Stage records consist of material that spans the theater's history from its beginnings in 1950 to the present, including production notebooks, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, playbills, scrapbooks, scripts, handwritten correspondence, and other production materials, as well as administrative records.
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Subseries 1.3: Financial papers/personnel records,, 1950/2000

This subseries is broken up into four sub-subseries. Sub-subseries 1: Financial papers documents Arena's finances. Sub-subseries 2: Personnel records includes information on staff at Arena Stage, as well as correspondence with actors who were offered Arena roles. Sub-subseries 3: Casting information contains notes on casting for productions. Sub-subseries 4: Production contracts includes official agreements between Arena and others.

  1. Series 1: Administrative records,, 1949/2007
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Arena Stage records, 1949/2010

369.5 Linear Feet 739 boxes
The Arena Stage records consist of material that spans the theater's history from its beginnings in 1950 to the present, including production notebooks, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, playbills, scrapbooks, scripts, handwritten correspondence, and other production materials, as well as administrative records.
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Subseries 1.3: Financial papers/personnel records, 1950/2000

This subseries is broken up into four sub-subseries. Sub-subseries 1: Financial papers documents Arena's finances. Sub-subseries 2: Personnel records includes information on staff at Arena Stage, as well as correspondence with actors who were offered Arena roles. Sub-subseries 3: Casting information contains notes on casting for productions. Sub-subseries 4: Production contracts includes official agreements between Arena and others.

  1. Series 1: Administrative records, 1949/2007

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