Browse Items (618 total)

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…

The quad as it sits today, no longer a clean grass field, but an assortment of bushes, chairs and pathways with a sealed entrance way where a staircase still remains.

Though George Mason university was not a private institution yet, there was widespread growth across George Mason University. Due to this GMU opened there fairfax campus in 1964. This image presents
a part of the George Mason university fairfax…

On July 1, 1972 George Mason University officially became independent from The University of Virginia, and became its own university. The Image presented is a meeting in 1972 between board members of each institution, where the Virginia House of…

Oct. 11, 1968 issue of The Gunston Ledger, this cartoon was drawn in the issue under a "MSJS" initial. The issue mentioning Dr. Shea about gown and cap rental money, accusing him of sending it off to a charity due to his idealistic views.

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…

Center for Mason Legacies Director George D. Oberle III, a George Mason University associate professor of history and the university's history librarian, graciously agreed to provide this analysis, despite his numerous campus obligations and…

The 1974 GMU Yearbook Administration Section to show what the makeup of the administration was in 1974. There was only one female director, who was the Director of Nursing Program, Evelyn E. Cohelan.

Drs. Lee Potter, Joseph Harrison, Fanny-Fern Davis, and Linda Grant DePauw announce their resignations from George Mason College. Dr. Reid hired in October 1963, was tasked with transitioning George Mason from a two-year institution into a four-year…

A child of approximately 2 years of age plays with a toy at the Hourly Child Care Center at George Mason College. Center was located across Ox Road from the main part of the Fairfax Campus. Photo is from Spring,1971.