Introducing SC&A

The staff of Special Collections & Archives (SC&A) at George Mason University hopes to use this forum to announce new acquisitions, staff accomplishments, events, and other happenings in SC&A. We welcome your comments and any inquiries you may have regarding our postings. As always, please continue to visit our website, http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/ for more information. Feel free to e-mail us at speccoll@gmu.edu with any comments or questions.


People

• SC&A would like to take this opportunity to recognize our two volunteers: Kay Liebermann and Sid Friedland. Kay and Sid have been devoted volunteers for years, helping to process and make collections accessible. Their service has proven to be an invaluable part of SC&A.
• We would also like to bid farewell to two of our graduating students, Nate Smith and Ali Gardezi, who leave Mason with graduate degrees. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.
  

Events

SC&A supports a rich oral history program. Graduate assistant, Katja Hering, has been our oral history coordinator for the past year and will continue in that capacity for the 2005-2006 academic year. Just within the last month, she has interviewed:

• J.J. Mathy, a long time contributor and supporter of GMU.
• George Johnson was GMU's president from 1978 to 1996.

These interviews are available for research and review in SC&A.

Staff accomplishments

• Anne Hakes is pursuing a Master's of Library Science degree from the University of Maryland. She was recently awarded a scholarship from the Friends Scholarship Fund sponsored by the Fairfax County Public Library Foundation, Inc.
• Bob Vay was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award pertaining to his exhibit catalog, Simplicity, Performance, and Economy: The Origins of George Mason University's Fairfax Campus. Please visit the online exhibit at http://www.40th.gmu.edu/ It commemorates the Fortieth Anniversary of the building of GMU's Fairfax Campus. Just recently, Bob was chosen as an "Everyday Hero," by the Daily Gazette. Look for the upcoming article that details Bob's role as the University Dissertation and Thesis Coordinator.
• Veronica Fletcher earned her MA degree in History from GMU in May.

Recent Acquisitions
Books on Northern Virginia History:

• Warder, T.B. and James M. Catlett. Battle of Young's Branch, or, Manassas Plain, Fought July 21, 1861. The book noted for being an important Confederate imprint, with one of the best battlefield maps in the genre.
• Burk, John. The History of Virginia, from Its First Settlement to the Present Day. Petersburg, Virginia, Dickson and Pescud, 1804-1805-1816.
  It is the first comprehensive history of the Commonwealth published after the Revolutionary War.
• Stith, William. The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. New York, Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865.
  The 1865 edition is a facsimile reprint of Stith's 1747 book. Joseph Sabin chose to reprint "edition A," also known as the first edition or Williamsburg edition of the two Parks editions. It was published by Sabin as the sixth in his reprint series.