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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.

This historical image captures the labor-intensive process of tobacco production in the 1870s in Richmond, Virginia. It shows a woman carefully removing tobacco leaves, assisted by children, while a boy hangs the leaves up to dry. The scene…

In August 1864, Grant captured the Weldon Railroad, one of the key supply lines into Richmond, VA. He sent the Army of Potomac’s Second Corps to tear up the Weldon Railroad track heading south. An understrength and overused Second Corps was operating…

Mr. Brown came to George Mason College as an associate dean in 1968. A year later, he would marry Lorraine Brown. In 1970, he stepped down from his role and started teaching in the English department.

What would occur if GMU Football happened and how it would impact everything else at GMU.

A speaker is surrounded by an audience during women's month. This photo was taken as the audience is erupting in applause possibly as the conclusion to the speaker's speech. This source plays significance to a time that George Mason University…

A Broadside newspaper article discussing the amount of food waste at Southside dining hall.

Some of the Administrative Faculty from 1984 are shown, including two women who are listed as being in higher faculty positions, as one is described as being the VP of Public Affairs, and the other is listed as the acting director of University…

To achieve Lee’s intent of diverting the attention of the Union command from his movement of a Corps to attack Hancock’s Second Corps near Ream’s Station, Lee ordered General George Pickett, of Gettysburg charge fame, to attack the Union line at dawn…

The auctioning of white people dressed in what can be assumed as stereotypical black dress. In later iterations of this event, we can see people covered in blackface. Very much representative of American culture at the time.