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A maganize detailing the early years of George Mason University and its eventual growth into a four year university.

Students hold a protest in support of Dr. Shea's contract renewal after questions about his political beliefs and grading practices came up. Four professors cancelled their classes in support of the protest. With upward of 150 students participating…

Letter from George Mason University President, Lorin A. Thompson to Reverend Roger W. Verley of Hourly Child Care, Inc. of February 9, 1971. In this letter Thompson reports to Verley that he is satisfied with the progress of the preparations for the…

An image of an anonymous NBC Sports reporter covering the Mobil 1 track meet at George Mason University. The image shows the reporter with an NBC Sports suit on with an earpiece in and a woman next to him wearing a headset.

Private Solomon Crist, age 43, lasted about a month in the open-air prison on Belle Isle before being hospitalized for dysentery. He died in Richmond’s Hospital No. 21 on September 20, 1864. The hospital was on the northwest corner of 25th Street and…

A photograph of the Demosophia room at GMU's Fairfax campus.

On July 30th, 1860, J.W. Tomlinson, the census taker, recorded forty-six-year-old Solomon Crist working as a laborer on the farm of his eighty-one-year-old Aunt Ann Crist. Solomon was born in Pennsylvania, and his aunt was born in Maryland.

Opened in 1996, the Johnson Center became the centerpiece of student life at George Mason University.

Newly named president of George Mason University, Vergil H. Dykstra (center), addressing the George Mason University community and the media, April 3, 1973 in Finley Hall. On the right is former president, Lorin A. Thompson, while on the left is…

Photograph of the Student Apartments, ca. 1981. The Student Apartments were the original on-campus housing facilities, completed in October 1977. 8" x 10" photograph print; black and white.