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Burns Sure Eva Roy Was Not Killed by Stranger
This historic newspaper clipping features famed detective William J. Burns, who investigated the 1918 murder of 14-year-old Eva Roy in Burke, Virginia. Burns concluded that the murder was not committed by a stranger, but by someone familiar with…
Gravestone of Eva Roy at Lee Chapel Cemetery
This image shows the gravestone of Eva Roy, a 14-year-old girl tragically murdered in Burke, Virginia, on August 6, 1918. Her unsolved death became one of Northern Virginia's most well-known ghost stories. The gravestone, marked “Aunt Eva Roy,” is…
Hitchhiker Ghost
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…
3 Women in Leadership in the 1975 "The Advocate" Yearbook
This is when we start to see more women in leadership positions at the early GMU
Business Office Faculty in 1967 GMC's "The Advocate"
This photo of the 1967 "The Advocate" Yearbook we can see the first female faculty member that is in a director position. Mrs. Pat Robbins is shown as the Information Director in the Business Office, and in the following year she is listed as the…