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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…

Group of fans celebrating basketball team

An article covering the hiring of Andrew Evans, the first African American working the GMU recruiting department.

A screenshot showing the mathematics department faculty. It appears to show only one female mathematics professor, with the rest of the mathematics department faculty being male.

This is an article about George Mason University's Women's soccer team who upset the University of Maryland to move on and face Harvard in the next game. The article has an image of Jenn Gross with a header describing her career accolades.

1972 Yearbook Library View

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,…

Roger Wilkins in the center is being sworn in as Director of the United States Community Relations Service, Washington, D.C., January, 1966. Also in attendance is his first wife, Eve Wilkins, daughter, Amy Wilkins, and U.S. President Lyndon Baines…

The first year for baseball at George Mason College was 1968. The team would finish second in conference play at 7-2 but post a losing record overall at 8-12. Since this first team the baseball team has made 8 NCAA tournaments and had only 4…

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…