Staff Accomplishments:

Anne Hakes and Robert Vay have been invited to attend an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Managment Skills Insititute workshop. The workshop is to be held on Mason's Fairfax campus on August 15-17, 2005. This ARL workshop was originally intended for only members of the Management Group, but the University Librarian, John Zenelis, chose to invite other members of the Library staff that might benefit from the workshop. For more information pertaining to this workshop, and ARL in general, please visit:

http://www.arl.org


People:

SC&A recently hired Lara Harmon to assist organizing SC&A's Rare Book Collection. Lara is a second year Theater major. We are happy to have her on board.


Collection Highlights:

The Francis C. Steinbauer Collection

Francis C. Steinbauer was a key participant in the development of Reston through the first twenty years of its growth as a major new community in Northern Virginia. In 1964 he joined Palindrome Corporation (later Reston VA, Inc), headed by founder Robert E Simon. The Steinbauer Collection consists of materials that include reports, photographs, manuals, and master plans. More information regarding the Steinbauer Collection can be found at:

http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/steinbauer.html

Notable Researchers:

Paul Renard, a Ph.D. candidate from Virginia Tech, looked at the entire Milton Barnes Civil War Collection The collection consists of numerous letters and photographs. Milton Barnes was a recently married lawyer in Cambridge, Ohio, when the Civil War began. He served first as a captain, commanding G Company of the 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The unit participated in the first Union invasion of the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862. When the 62nd Ohio was transferred to the Rappahannock in mid-1862, Captain Barnes was discharged on medical grounds and returned to Cambridge, Ohio. More about Milton Barnes and the collection can be found at:

http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/barnes.html