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 Places Confederate States of America -- History, Military
George Mason University

Fredericksburg Rail Road pass issued by Confederate States of America, War Department, 1864

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A Fredericksburg Rail Road pass from the Confederate States of America, War Department, granting a Confederate soldier permission to travel to Ashland, Virginia.
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George Mason University

Letter from unidentified Confederate soldier to his mother

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Letter from unidentified Confederate soldier to his mother, written on January 29, 1863.
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Photograph of Army regiment band "En Route to Manassas, Va.", 1904

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Black and white photograph, likely of an Army regiment band preparing to march down a street, taken 1904. On the bottom left of the photograph "En route to Manassas, VA 1904" is written in ink. Despite this, the photograph was most likely not taken in Manassas.
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Photograph of Army regiment band "En Route to Manassas, Va.", 1904 .01 Linear Feet 1 photograph

Black and white photograph, likely of an Army regiment band preparing to march down a street, taken 1904. On the bottom left of the photograph "En route to Manassas, VA 1904" is written in ink. Despite this, the photograph was most likely not taken in Manassas.
George Mason University

William Darke Briscoe Civil War diaries collection, 1861/2013

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Approximately 22,500 words total, a detailed manuscript account, in diary form, of long periods of the first two years of the Civil War in Virginia, April 18-August 12, 1861, and April 10- September 8, 1862. The diaries contain eye-witness accounts of Civil War battles, social commentary on life during wartime, and detailed descriptions of travel in Virginia, including trips to Montpelier and Weyer's Cave. The first diary features a detailed double-page manuscript map of the first Battle of Bull Run.
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William Darke Briscoe Civil War diaries collection, 1861/2013 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box

Briscoe, William Darke, 1832-1906
Approximately 22,500 words total, a detailed manuscript account, in diary form, of long periods of the first two years of the Civil War in Virginia, April 18-August 12, 1861, and April 10- September 8, 1862. The diaries contain eye-witness accounts of Civil War battles, social commentary on life during wartime, and detailed descriptions of travel in Virginia, including trips to Montpelier and Weyer's Cave. The first diary features a detailed double-page manuscript map of the first Battle of Bull Run.

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