George Mason University 40th Anniversary Exhibition
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Archival materials from: Simplicity, Permanence, and Economy: The Origins of George Mason University's Fairfax Campus an exhibition by George Mason University Libraries, Fall 2004. Materials document the planning, construction, and dedication of the Fairfax Campus during the years 1957-1964.
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Item Examining Construction Plans, Groundbreaking, George Mason College, Fairfax Campus, August 1, 1963(2005-04-13T18:24:02Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesThis photograph taken at groundbreaking ceremony shows Robert Reid (second from left, who assumed directorship of GMC in November of 1964) Director, J.N.G. Finley, a construction foreman, and college building superintendent, Richard Best, studying construction plans for the college to be built upon the first forty cleared acres of the former Farr property. The new buildings would be erected about 600 feet to the south of the soon-to-be constructed University Drive. George Mason University Facilities PlanningItem Groundbreaking, George Mason College, Fairfax Campus, August 1, 1963(2005-04-13T18:16:35Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesPhotograph of groundbreaking ceremony for George Mason College. State Senator Charles R. Fenwick turns the first shovelful of earth on forty of the original 150 acres. Joining him (from left to right) are Fairfax Mayor John C. Wood: Clarence Steele of the Advisory Council; Director of George Mason College J.N.G. Finley; and Virginia Delegate C. Harrison Mann, Jr., of Arlington. George Mason University Facilities PlanningItem Letter: Colgate W. Darden, Jr. to J.N.G. Finley, December 17, 1957(2005-04-13T17:43:37Z) Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981Letter from University of Virginia President, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., to J.N.G. Finley, Director of Northern Virginia Center (and University College). This letter, in which Darden thanks Finley for mailing him a news clipping about the site selection controversy, demonstrates how the two chief executives were on the outside of the controversial process of site selection. The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors and the two appointed Northern Virginia boards, the Board of Control and Advisory Board, were the main players in the sometimes difficult negotiations. George Mason University Facilities PlanningItem Sign Raising, George Mason College, May 1962(2005-04-06T19:02:01Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesPhotograph of Director J.N.G. Finley and some of the key persons from Town of Fairfax who, at the last minute, helped acquire the Farr property in 1958, securing a permanent home for George Mason University. This sign was erected on the northwest side of the property facing Route 123. It reads: GEORGE MASON COLLEGE of the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA On February 10, 1959 This Tract of 150 Acres Was Given by the Citizens of the Town of Fairfax To the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia As a Permanent Site of the College From left to right: Stacy Sherwood (Fairfax Town Council), Daniel Harrison, Roland Clarke (Fairfax Town Council), Fairfax Mayor John C. Wood, J.N.G. Finley, George Hamill, and Dr. Fred Everly (Fairfax Town Council). George Mason University Public Relations Photographs 1960 – 1972