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Item A Classroom's African American Museum of Narrative, 1600-1900(2006-01-18T14:13:07Z) Lindesmith, AbigailItem A Quest for Freedom and Reform(2005-12-21T16:10:55Z) McCurley, JanisItem A. Smith Bowman, Jr. and E. DeLong Bowman(2005-04-06T18:55:20Z) Planned Community Archives, Nan Netherton Papers Special Collections & Archives, University LibrariesPhotograph of A. Smith Bowman, Jr. (standing) and E. DeLong Bowman (seated in foreground). The Bowman brothers, executives of the A. Smith Bowman Distillery, made two offers of land and money (in 1954 and 1957) to UVa with which to build George Mason College. The land was located in the Sunset Hills area near Herndon, just to the south of Route 7. Though the offers were quite attractive, and the UVa BOV nearly accepted the second offer, the Advisory Council and the Board of Control (both comprised of Northern Virginians) stood firmly against any selection of the Bowman property, citing its inconvenient location much too far west of the center of Northern Virginia’s population. Portrait hanging on the wall behind them is of their father, Abram Smith Bowman, Sr. Planned Community Archives Collection, Nan Netherton PapersItem Abolitionist Writing and Oratory(2006-01-18T14:06:58Z) Larkin, CynthiaPurpose of Unit: Students will garner knowledge about the written and oratorical methods that African Americans used as a way to obtain their freedom and abolish the institution of slavery.Item Additional materials for "Slavery in the United States: Resistance Through Literacy" unit(2005-12-21T17:18:47Z) Silberman, RebeccaItem Additional Texts(2005-12-21T17:13:05Z) Silberman, Rebecca; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826Item Advertisement by Melpar, Inc., in Fairfax Sun Echo, September 10, 1964(2005-04-20T17:39:10Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesAdvertisement by local defense contractor Melpar, Inc., welcoming George Mason College to Fairfax. This advertisement was placed in the “Special Dedication Issue” of the local Fairfax Sun Echo newspaper. Note illustration at top borrowed from the George Mason College Master Plan. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. CollectionItem Aerial Photograph of George Mason College Fairfax Campus, 1964(2005-04-20T17:45:18Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesAerial photograph taken from the southwest showing the newly-completed George Mason College Fairfax Campus. Note that only forty acres were cleared to construct the first stage of the campus, while the remainder of the former Farr property was left forested. The southern edge of the Town of Fairfax can be seen in the upper left. George Mason University Facilities Planning PhotographsItem Aerial Photograph of George Mason College Fairfax Campus, 1965(2005-04-20T17:42:20Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesClose-in aerial photograph taken from the northeast showing the completed George Mason College Fairfax Campus. Note that many of the features of the original buildings and their surroundings, such as the unique triangular parking area/driveway, are still in existence today. George Mason University Facilities Planning PhotographsItem Aerial Photograph, Farr Property, 1958(2005-04-06T19:12:04Z) GMU Archives Special Collections & ArchivesDetail from aerial photograph of the Farr tract and its surroundings. Route 123 can be seen at left. Braddock Road (Route 620) at bottom. The initial buildings of George Mason College’s Fairfax Campus were built in the upper center part of the property in this photograph near the edge of the tree line. George Mason University Facilities PlanningItem Africa to America: Creating an Inclusive Curriculum(2005-12-21T16:23:10Z) Hill, Josephine D.Item Alan Shapiro Introduction(2005-11-08T16:22:12Z) Shapiro, Alan, 1952-; Atkinson, JenniferItem Alice in Wonderland(2005-11-28T19:53:43Z) Bang, Mary JoItem Ana of Bliss, The(2005-11-28T19:56:10Z) Bang, Mary JoItem Answering Questions(2007-03-26T16:50:00Z) Warren, FrankAuthor Frank Warren answers questions from the audience at George Mason University, 05 October 2006.Item Apology for the Book of Creatures(2006-06-09T17:19:06Z) Beachy-Quick, Dan, 1973-Item Asali Solomon Reading at George Mason University, September 25, 2007(2008-01-07T19:21:28Z) Solomon, AsaliItem Betsy Andrews reads for Fall for the Book 2007 at George Mason University(2007-10-08T14:32:13Z) Andrews, BetsyBetsy Andrews reads for Fall for the Book 2007 at George Mason University.Item Brandon Lewis reading at George Mason University, September 29, 2006(2007-05-07T20:32:46Z) Lewis, BrandonBrandon Lewis reading at George Mason University, September 29, 2006.Item Brief Bibliography of Black Vernacular English, A(2006-02-23T15:58:35Z) Nelson, Linda