George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Bonnie Atwood papers
Atwood, Bonnie
C0415
/repositories/2/resources/688
0.25 Linear Feet
1 box
circa 1965-1979, 1994, 1996
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.
R 71, C 1, S 7
English
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Bonnie Atwood papers, C0415, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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.
Biographical Information
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.
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.
Related Materials
The Special Collections Research Center holds other collections pertaining to the , including the , the , and the .
Virginia Commonwealth University Special Collections and Archives holds the
The District of Columbia Public Library holds a , a D.C.-area underground newspaper of the Vietnam War era.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into folders by subject or medium.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Women political activists
Newspapers
Northern Virginia
Virginia, Northern
George Mason College
George Mason University
Correspondence, court records, and newspaper articles related to Lusby v. Commonwealth of Virginia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1810721969-19721George Mason College student newspapers/repositories/2/archival_objects/1810731968-19692George Mason University student newspapers/repositories/2/archival_objects/181074March 1972-January 19733Fairfax County Commission for Women 25th Anniversary pamphlet/repositories/2/archival_objects/18107519964Newsletters about 1994 George Mason University reunion/repositories/2/archival_objects/18107619945Newspaper articles about the anti-Vietnam War movement/repositories/2/archival_objects/1810771969-19716Newspaper articles on the Nunez-Fitzgerald burglary/repositories/2/archival_objects/181078June 19757Newspaper articles by Bonnie Atwood/repositories/2/archival_objects/181079circa 1970-19778Papers of the Northern Virginia Resistance organization/repositories/2/archival_objects/1810801968-1970s9"Woodsy fieldsy" flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/181081circa 196510"The Case Against Grading" by J.M. Shea/repositories/2/archival_objects/193069May 6, 196911Portfolio of news releases and newspaper articles written by Bonnie Atwood/repositories/2/archival_objects/193070circa 1970s12Scope and ContentAll papers removed from black binder, order retained. Identified titles includes GMU Information Services,
Viginia Sentinel, Globe, The Journal Messenger, and Gazette.