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Religious Protestor on Campus

Religious protestor on campus depicted in the 1994 yearbook boasting a sign that says “God Hates Sin” and lists many groups under this sin umbrella…

Advertisement for Virginia Planter's Best Tobacco

This advertisement features an illustration of a white planter smoking a pipe, surrounded by enslaved individuals holding farming tools like hoes and…

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…

The "Desegregation"

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…

GMU Becoming Independant

A picture of GMU's first graduation class after becoming independent from UVA. Graduating students were able to choose whether their degree was…

Educational Plan

In the 1960s Chancellor Thompson prepared for the expansion of George Mason College. The College was constantly growing and would soon need to expand.…

Reverend Roger W. Verley to Lorin A. Thompson, January 5, 1970

Letter from Reverend Roger W. Verley of Hourly Child Care, Inc. to Lorin A. Thompson, President of George Mason College. In this letter, Verley…

Virginia Woolf to Clive Bell

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…