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The captured from Ream’s Station and the Howlett Line march to prison in Richmond
The Battle of Ream’s Station ended after dark on the evening of August 25th, 1864. The nearly two thousand Union prisoners captured in the battle were kept in a field near the battlefield behind Confederate lines that night. The next morning, they…
President Edgar Shannon
Edgar Shannon was President at the time of Lorraine's dispute with UVA and GMC regarding the nepotism policy. It was stated in the policy that only he had the power to waive the policy.
Mason Activist Gets Candid on Climate Change, Ethan Wright discusses the importance of the divestment movement - Broadside Article
Student Protesting the climate change crisis by skipping friday classes and sitting in front of the Johnson Center. He critiques the GMU foundation and asks to reallocate investment funds back into student organizations or more climate healthy…
Student versus Climate Change
Student, Ethan Wright, protesting by going on strike every day for an entire semester against the selected investments of the GMU foundation.
Rally Against Racism Held at Mason Hall
Nearly 100 students assembled at Sub 1 and Marched to Mason Hall as a continuation of a slient vigil held the week prior. This rally and the silent vigil prior were the result of of multiple instances of anti-black racisms occuring on campus…
GMU becomes an independent institution
GMU officially becomes an independent institution. This allows the University to reconsider the proposition of building on-campus student housing.
The Belle Island Confederate Provost Marshal registered Private Solomon Crist and the Union Second Corps enlisted prisoners.
The Confederate practice with Union prisoners was to separate the officers from the enlisted. The officers went to Libby Prison in Richmond, while the non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel initially went to Belle Isle in the James River.…
James H. Clark to business manager, 1971, February 4
Inter-office memorandum from Director of Facilities Planning, James H. Clark, to Henry P. Adams, Business Manager of George Mason College regarding the setup and location of the mobile home used to house the Hourly Child Care Center. Attached graphic…