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Fairfax County court demand to apprehend Joseph Stephens on behalf of David Hughes, written on March 23, 1763 by Peter Wagener, the then Clerk of the Court. Stephens is accused of assault and battery on Hughes and his wife, Mary, with damages…

Here is a piece of correspondence written by Virginia Woolf to her brother in law, Clive Bell. This letter was donated to George Mason University in 2009. George Mason University still holds this letter in their possession. This is significant to…

Letter from Reverend Roger W. Verley of Hourly Child Care, Inc. to Lorin A. Thompson, President of George Mason College. In this letter, Verley informs Thompson that he and his staff have surveyed members of the George Mason College community and…

In the 1960s Chancellor Thompson prepared for the expansion of George Mason College. The College was constantly growing and would soon need to expand. in The 1968 education plan, the necessary steps to expand were addressed in order to become a…

A picture of GMU's first graduation class after becoming independent from UVA. Graduating students were able to choose whether their degree was labeled as GMU or UVA. GMU became independent in the 1970s, while Virginia’s political climate was…

GMU was not as ethnically or culturally diverse as it has come to be. During the early 1970s, George Mason College had a very low representation of Black students and faculty. This led to an investigation into the college’s efforts toward diversity…

This image is believed to depict Eva Roy, a 14-year-old girl whose unsolved murder in 1918 became one of Northern Virginia's most well-known ghost stories. The image accompanies an article exploring the tragic circumstances of her death and the…

This advertisement features an illustration of a white planter smoking a pipe, surrounded by enslaved individuals holding farming tools like hoes and providing shade with an umbrella. The image reflects the idealized portrayal of plantation life,…