7 10 70 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/36d005080cab8382ae4248a2e66c0886.jpg 895ebd68d1ea96e4d80d10d7c2f9355a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffragist movement. Its purpose is to encourage citizens to participate actively in government by supporting the party of their choice. While the LWV is a nonpartisan organization, and therefore does not support individual candidates, it does take a position on issues of a national, state, and local scale selected by the membership. Such issues of the past included support for a minimum wage, child labor laws, and equal opportunity for women in government. In Virginia, the LWV began as the Equal Suffrage League, which worked diligently for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Suffrage League joined the national LWV and created a state league. The first local league in Virginia was established in Richmond, followed by chapters in Alexandria and Arlington. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) was granted full league status in 1948. However, the LWVFA of the present day was established in 1964 after the town of Fairfax became a city in 1961 and thus a separate governmental jurisdiction from the County of Fairfax. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Records contains material from the LWVFA's activities from 1948-2013, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection is organized in 9 series for easy use and research. The 9 series are: Board Meetings and Minutes, Programs, Publications, Correspondence, Conventions and Meetings, Subject Files, Oral History, Photographs, and Oversized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-2014 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of the United States memo on the Voting Rights Act extension of 1982 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1981-10-16 Description An account of the resource Memo from the national leadership of the League of Women Voters to state and local League presidents celebrating the outcome of the House of Representatives' vote to pass the 1982 extension to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the United States Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, C0039, Box 6, Folder 6. League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, C0039 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)." Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0039B06F06L13_001 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/22a49f7a5262a6e1228523ebf1fe2936.pdf a3dd43dec8e18bc35cc415f2b1241a96 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffragist movement. Its purpose is to encourage citizens to participate actively in government by supporting the party of their choice. While the LWV is a nonpartisan organization, and therefore does not support individual candidates, it does take a position on issues of a national, state, and local scale selected by the membership. Such issues of the past included support for a minimum wage, child labor laws, and equal opportunity for women in government. In Virginia, the LWV began as the Equal Suffrage League, which worked diligently for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Suffrage League joined the national LWV and created a state league. The first local league in Virginia was established in Richmond, followed by chapters in Alexandria and Arlington. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) was granted full league status in 1948. However, the LWVFA of the present day was established in 1964 after the town of Fairfax became a city in 1961 and thus a separate governmental jurisdiction from the County of Fairfax. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Records contains material from the LWVFA's activities from 1948-2013, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection is organized in 9 series for easy use and research. The 9 series are: Board Meetings and Minutes, Programs, Publications, Correspondence, Conventions and Meetings, Subject Files, Oral History, Photographs, and Oversized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-2014 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Backround information on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 1982 Amendment Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982-03 Description An account of the resource Leaflet produced by the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, Virginia for League members. The leaflet explains the background of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and discusses action the league planned to take in support of the Act's 1982 extension. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, Virginia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, C0039, Box 6, Folder 6. League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, C0039 Subject The topic of the resource United States. Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2 pages Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)." Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0039B06F06L02_001, C0039B06F06L02_002 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/3fe9c35c99254b8e3b430d924bef1faf.jpg 07eeabd952ee9a81fe260673c1b5735a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, 1943-1975, #C0036 Description An account of the resource Oliver F. Atkins was born February 18, 1916 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1938, and accepted a position with the Birmingham Post as a staff photographer. Within two years he became chief photographer for the Scripps Howard-owned paper. In 1940, he joined the Washington Daily News where he remained until 1942 and the outbreak of World War II. During the war, he served as a correspondent and photographer for the American Red Cross covering the African campaign, the invasions of Sicily, southern Italy, southern France, and Germany. After the war, Atkins joined the staff of the Saturday Evening Post. As the Washington correspondent for the Post, he photographed many important leaders of the United States and the world. Among them were Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Gamel Nasser, Nikita Kruschev, Josip B. Tito, and Jawaharlal Nehru. He was the Post's Far East correspondent in 1951, and also enjoyed a personal and working relationship with the magazine's famous illustrator, Norman Rockwell. In 1969, Atkins became the personal photographer of President Richard M. Nixon and chief White House photographer. Of his many images of Nixon, the series documenting the meeting of December 18, 1970 with Elvis Presley is the most famous and the most requested. After Nixon's resignation in 1974, Atkins became vice president of Curtis Publishing Company of Indianapolis and remained there until his death in 1977. Ollie Atkins's awards include the White House News Photographers' Association Grand Award, the Graflex All American Photo Contest Portrait Award, and the National Press Photographers' Association Personalities Award. Books by Ollie Atkins include Camera on Assignment (co-written with Charles Baptie, 1957), and The White House Years: Triumph and Tragedy (1977). He also contributed to William Safire's Eye on Nixon (1972). The Atkins collection consists of approximately 60,000 images that extensively document American political and cultural history from the 1940s through the 1970s. Most of the images that document American political life date from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s when Atkins worked as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and then later as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The bulk of the American cultural documentation is from Atkins' work in the 1950s and early 1960s on specific stories for the Saturday Evening Post, and these stories cover other areas of the United States, particularly the Southeast up through the Northeast coast. There are also a number of international sets of images from Korea, Africa, and India. The collection consists largely of 8x10" and l3x10" color and black and white prints and 35mm and 4x5" black and white negatives. There are also a number of slides, contact sheets, and oversize matted prints. The collection also includes some correspondence and other documentation on Atkins' work and travel abroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Atkins, Oliver F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-1975 Relation A related resource http://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/atkins.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource U.S. Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965-05-10 Description An account of the resource Photograph of U.S. Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink of Hawaii in front of the U.S. Capitol Building. Mink was the first woman of color elected to Congress. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Atkins, Oliver F. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, C0036, Box 92, Folder 8. Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, C0036 Subject The topic of the resource Mink, Patsy T., 1927-2002 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 negative Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0036B092F08P02_001 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/cafdcd3236d54bc7ea0fd4fe5c86e161.jpg 6f367b62825624f77b387bb407859dfd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffragist movement. Its purpose is to encourage citizens to participate actively in government by supporting the party of their choice. While the LWV is a nonpartisan organization, and therefore does not support individual candidates, it does take a position on issues of a national, state, and local scale selected by the membership. Such issues of the past included support for a minimum wage, child labor laws, and equal opportunity for women in government. In Virginia, the LWV began as the Equal Suffrage League, which worked diligently for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Suffrage League joined the national LWV and created a state league. The first local league in Virginia was established in Richmond, followed by chapters in Alexandria and Arlington. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) was granted full league status in 1948. However, the LWVFA of the present day was established in 1964 after the town of Fairfax became a city in 1961 and thus a separate governmental jurisdiction from the County of Fairfax. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Records contains material from the LWVFA's activities from 1948-2013, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection is organized in 9 series for easy use and research. The 9 series are: Board Meetings and Minutes, Programs, Publications, Correspondence, Conventions and Meetings, Subject Files, Oral History, Photographs, and Oversized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-2014 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-09-26 Description An account of the resource Cover to a biography of suffragist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. This copy includes notes by C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb for his interview with the author on his program Booknotes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McMurray, Linda O. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SCRC Booknotes Collection C-SPAN Booknotes Collection Subject The topic of the resource Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: Oxford University Press, 1998 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)." Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Booknotes 1999-09-26 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/078204d023cad44e26281392f8c70b52.JPG e0335931bedb56b582ae0b1e2dd993a8 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/ad42142a9419c094e2bdf5c3f9424bfb.JPG f5a45fa182aed745919f92d78b00806e https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/e58bbab6c5237c82f5927d46de24de68.JPG 1087166c15602f69f35b6eb22022fd3c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource SCRC Rare Books, 1400s - Present Description An account of the resource SCRC collects a number of rare and special books, which support both its manuscript collections and the university's curriculum offerings. Currently, our oldest book is from the 1400s but the majority of our book collections are from the 18th century to present day. Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/rare.php Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Jailed for Freedom</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920-01-01 Description An account of the resource Images from <em>Jailed for Freedom</em> including: cover of the book, Page 96 detailing arrests of picketting suffragists, and Page 99 depicting suffragists in prison clothing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dorris Stevens Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SCRC Rare Books JK 1901 S74 1920 Subject The topic of the resource Women--Suffrage Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: Boni and Liverright Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s)." Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JK_1901_S74_1920 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/a8ae0e8947a03d0df57ab50a50d2c626.jpg b4c6a9fe835d1aa822fd54e2436153ca https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/7e2780733681636ecb1edc5eb55f798b.jpg b5c8ae0ea85903b8bf7d618512a7abd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, 1936-1939, #C0205 Description An account of the resource Organized in 1935, The Federal Theatre Project flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States until its end in 1939. The FTP was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), the FTP provided employment for theatrical professionals throughout the United States during the Great Depression. Actors, playwrights, scene designers and builders, seamstresses, lighting experts, ushers, box-office men, and stagehands all found employment through the FTP. Like many New Deal programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Federal Theatre Project was intended not only to benefit its participants, but also to enrich the condition of the nation. Theater was a distinguished part of American popular culture, but the economic downturn of the Depression had bankrupted the entire theater industry. As the theater houses closed down, the nation was left without an outlet for theatrical creativity. According to Hallie Flanagan, this hurt the nation as much as it hurt the theater industry - indeed, the nation was their audience and the theater could provide entertaining distractions from the effects of Depression as well as offer commentary on present conditions. But it was not enough to simply return to the pre-Depression concept of theater. In the first meeting with her staff Flanagan expressed her willingness to follow Roosevelt's experimental approach to public policy: "In a changing world, a world of experiment, the stage too must experiment - with ideas, with the psychological relationship of men and women, with color and light.... The theatre must grow up." Flanagan pursued her ideal of developing the relationship between the Federal Theatre and the federal government: "Any theatre sponsored by the government of the United States should do no plays of a cheap, trivial, outworn or vulgar nature, but only such plays as the Government can stand proudly behind in a planned theatrical program, national in scope, regional in emphasis, and American in democratic attitude." To Flanagan, it was imperative that this new theater should be progressive and experimental, yet within a patriotic and informative framework. The productions that best embodied Flanagan's views on theater were the Living Newspapers. These hard-hitting, poignant plays dealt with contemporary factual material, dramatizing issues such as housing, agriculture, labor, and destitution. Always ending on an upbeat note, Living Newspapers underscored the importance of hard work and morality in overcoming difficult times. Living Newspaper titles include: Triple A Plowed Under, Injunction Granted, One Third of a Nation, and Spirochete. The Federal Theatre was noted for employing black Americans at a time when the Federal Government did not actively protect the rights of minorities. The "Negro Theater" (as it was called in the 1930s) was an established industry before the Depression, and it greatly contributed to the success of the Federal Theatre Project. Some of the most spectacular productions were put on by black theater professionals, for example: Macbeth, Haiti, Turpentine, Run Little Chillun, and The Trial of Dr. Beck. This collection consists of graphic materials relating to Federal Theatre Project productions from 1936 to 1939 across the United States, with the majority from New York City and Roslyn, New York, San Diego and San Francisco, California, and Chicago, Illinois. The collection is mostly comprised of black and white photographs ranging in size from 4x5 to 11x14 and duplicate prints, as well as a few negatives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Works Progress Administration Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-1939 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/ftpphoto.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Lucy Stone</em> appearing before a congressional committee in Washington, D.C. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-05-17 Description An account of the resource Photograph of cast during Scene 8 of a performance of the Federal Theatre Project's <em>Lucy Stone</em> in Boston, Massachusetts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Works Progress Administration Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Federal Theatre Project photograph collection C0205, Box 43, Folder 5 Subject The topic of the resource Stone, Lucy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 photograph Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0205_B043_F05 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/2fd7e7142b45db1b1d29657597eae865.jpg 47e775d1f3daf2ba6bdec6df7d21a15d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, 1936-1939, #C0205 Description An account of the resource Organized in 1935, The Federal Theatre Project flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States until its end in 1939. The FTP was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), the FTP provided employment for theatrical professionals throughout the United States during the Great Depression. Actors, playwrights, scene designers and builders, seamstresses, lighting experts, ushers, box-office men, and stagehands all found employment through the FTP. Like many New Deal programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Federal Theatre Project was intended not only to benefit its participants, but also to enrich the condition of the nation. Theater was a distinguished part of American popular culture, but the economic downturn of the Depression had bankrupted the entire theater industry. As the theater houses closed down, the nation was left without an outlet for theatrical creativity. According to Hallie Flanagan, this hurt the nation as much as it hurt the theater industry - indeed, the nation was their audience and the theater could provide entertaining distractions from the effects of Depression as well as offer commentary on present conditions. But it was not enough to simply return to the pre-Depression concept of theater. In the first meeting with her staff Flanagan expressed her willingness to follow Roosevelt's experimental approach to public policy: "In a changing world, a world of experiment, the stage too must experiment - with ideas, with the psychological relationship of men and women, with color and light.... The theatre must grow up." Flanagan pursued her ideal of developing the relationship between the Federal Theatre and the federal government: "Any theatre sponsored by the government of the United States should do no plays of a cheap, trivial, outworn or vulgar nature, but only such plays as the Government can stand proudly behind in a planned theatrical program, national in scope, regional in emphasis, and American in democratic attitude." To Flanagan, it was imperative that this new theater should be progressive and experimental, yet within a patriotic and informative framework. The productions that best embodied Flanagan's views on theater were the Living Newspapers. These hard-hitting, poignant plays dealt with contemporary factual material, dramatizing issues such as housing, agriculture, labor, and destitution. Always ending on an upbeat note, Living Newspapers underscored the importance of hard work and morality in overcoming difficult times. Living Newspaper titles include: Triple A Plowed Under, Injunction Granted, One Third of a Nation, and Spirochete. The Federal Theatre was noted for employing black Americans at a time when the Federal Government did not actively protect the rights of minorities. The "Negro Theater" (as it was called in the 1930s) was an established industry before the Depression, and it greatly contributed to the success of the Federal Theatre Project. Some of the most spectacular productions were put on by black theater professionals, for example: Macbeth, Haiti, Turpentine, Run Little Chillun, and The Trial of Dr. Beck. This collection consists of graphic materials relating to Federal Theatre Project productions from 1936 to 1939 across the United States, with the majority from New York City and Roslyn, New York, San Diego and San Francisco, California, and Chicago, Illinois. The collection is mostly comprised of black and white photographs ranging in size from 4x5 to 11x14 and duplicate prints, as well as a few negatives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Works Progress Administration Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-1939 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/ftpphoto.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Lucy Stone</em> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-05-09 Description An account of the resource 35 mm color slide or original poster advertising the Federal Theatre Project play <em>Lucy Stone</em> in Boston, Massachusetts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Works Progress Administration Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Institute for the Federal Theatre Project, #R0021, Box 1 Institute for the Federal Theatre Project, #R0021 Subject The topic of the resource Stone, Lucy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 slide Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0021_B01_Lucy_Stone https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/5ea04a8c66b0b8365bedf107b8770bfc.pdf 5027557a1041a594fc9ca8b9d9c7af2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Federal Theatre Project photograph collection, 1936-1939, #C0205 Description An account of the resource Organized in 1935, The Federal Theatre Project flourished as the first and only federally sponsored and subsidized theater program in the United States until its end in 1939. The FTP was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for large numbers of artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Directed by Hallie Flanagan (1880-1969), the FTP provided employment for theatrical professionals throughout the United States during the Great Depression. Actors, playwrights, scene designers and builders, seamstresses, lighting experts, ushers, box-office men, and stagehands all found employment through the FTP. Like many New Deal programs implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Federal Theatre Project was intended not only to benefit its participants, but also to enrich the condition of the nation. Theater was a distinguished part of American popular culture, but the economic downturn of the Depression had bankrupted the entire theater industry. As the theater houses closed down, the nation was left without an outlet for theatrical creativity. According to Hallie Flanagan, this hurt the nation as much as it hurt the theater industry - indeed, the nation was their audience and the theater could provide entertaining distractions from the effects of Depression as well as offer commentary on present conditions. But it was not enough to simply return to the pre-Depression concept of theater. In the first meeting with her staff Flanagan expressed her willingness to follow Roosevelt's experimental approach to public policy: "In a changing world, a world of experiment, the stage too must experiment - with ideas, with the psychological relationship of men and women, with color and light.... The theatre must grow up." Flanagan pursued her ideal of developing the relationship between the Federal Theatre and the federal government: "Any theatre sponsored by the government of the United States should do no plays of a cheap, trivial, outworn or vulgar nature, but only such plays as the Government can stand proudly behind in a planned theatrical program, national in scope, regional in emphasis, and American in democratic attitude." To Flanagan, it was imperative that this new theater should be progressive and experimental, yet within a patriotic and informative framework. The productions that best embodied Flanagan's views on theater were the Living Newspapers. These hard-hitting, poignant plays dealt with contemporary factual material, dramatizing issues such as housing, agriculture, labor, and destitution. Always ending on an upbeat note, Living Newspapers underscored the importance of hard work and morality in overcoming difficult times. Living Newspaper titles include: Triple A Plowed Under, Injunction Granted, One Third of a Nation, and Spirochete. The Federal Theatre was noted for employing black Americans at a time when the Federal Government did not actively protect the rights of minorities. The "Negro Theater" (as it was called in the 1930s) was an established industry before the Depression, and it greatly contributed to the success of the Federal Theatre Project. Some of the most spectacular productions were put on by black theater professionals, for example: Macbeth, Haiti, Turpentine, Run Little Chillun, and The Trial of Dr. Beck. This collection consists of graphic materials relating to Federal Theatre Project productions from 1936 to 1939 across the United States, with the majority from New York City and Roslyn, New York, San Diego and San Francisco, California, and Chicago, Illinois. The collection is mostly comprised of black and white photographs ranging in size from 4x5 to 11x14 and duplicate prints, as well as a few negatives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Works Progress Administration Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-1939 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/ftpphoto.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Lucy Stone</em> [Scene 8] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-05-17 Description An account of the resource Typescript of Scene 8 of the Federal Theatre Project play, <em>Lucy Stone</em>. Play is a biographical piece about 19th century suffagist, Lucy Stone. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Park, Maude Wood Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Federal Theatre Project collection C0002, Box 197, Folder 05 Federal Theatre Project collection, #C0002 Subject The topic of the resource Stone, Lucy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 15 pages Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0002_B0197_F06 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/532187434951dcf675884b5269ce08e0.jpg 277e74358dffdc1a13782a29a49df26f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, 1943-1975, #C0036 Description An account of the resource Oliver F. Atkins was born February 18, 1916 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1938, and accepted a position with the Birmingham Post as a staff photographer. Within two years he became chief photographer for the Scripps Howard-owned paper. In 1940, he joined the Washington Daily News where he remained until 1942 and the outbreak of World War II. During the war, he served as a correspondent and photographer for the American Red Cross covering the African campaign, the invasions of Sicily, southern Italy, southern France, and Germany. After the war, Atkins joined the staff of the Saturday Evening Post. As the Washington correspondent for the Post, he photographed many important leaders of the United States and the world. Among them were Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Gamel Nasser, Nikita Kruschev, Josip B. Tito, and Jawaharlal Nehru. He was the Post's Far East correspondent in 1951, and also enjoyed a personal and working relationship with the magazine's famous illustrator, Norman Rockwell. In 1969, Atkins became the personal photographer of President Richard M. Nixon and chief White House photographer. Of his many images of Nixon, the series documenting the meeting of December 18, 1970 with Elvis Presley is the most famous and the most requested. After Nixon's resignation in 1974, Atkins became vice president of Curtis Publishing Company of Indianapolis and remained there until his death in 1977. Ollie Atkins's awards include the White House News Photographers' Association Grand Award, the Graflex All American Photo Contest Portrait Award, and the National Press Photographers' Association Personalities Award. Books by Ollie Atkins include Camera on Assignment (co-written with Charles Baptie, 1957), and The White House Years: Triumph and Tragedy (1977). He also contributed to William Safire's Eye on Nixon (1972). The Atkins collection consists of approximately 60,000 images that extensively document American political and cultural history from the 1940s through the 1970s. Most of the images that document American political life date from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s when Atkins worked as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and then later as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The bulk of the American cultural documentation is from Atkins' work in the 1950s and early 1960s on specific stories for the Saturday Evening Post, and these stories cover other areas of the United States, particularly the Southeast up through the Northeast coast. There are also a number of international sets of images from Korea, Africa, and India. The collection consists largely of 8x10" and l3x10" color and black and white prints and 35mm and 4x5" black and white negatives. There are also a number of slides, contact sheets, and oversize matted prints. The collection also includes some correspondence and other documentation on Atkins' work and travel abroad. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Atkins, Oliver F. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-1975 Relation A related resource http://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/atkins.html Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Lady, Patricia Nixon and President Richard M. Nixon vote in the 1972 Election Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972-11-07 Description An account of the resource First Lady, Patricia Nixon and President Nixon vote in the 1972 Election in San Clemente, CA, November 7, 1972 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Atkins, Oliver F. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, #C0036. Box 018, Folder 01 Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, #C0036 Subject The topic of the resource Nixon, Thelma Catherine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0036_B018_F01 https://masonlibraries.gmu.edu/scrcdigital/files/original/4d52ef78f751e33e8650e2d762450214.jpg bb01bd23b8c22a4f46daf0add7e3972e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 Description An account of the resource The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffragist movement. Its purpose is to encourage citizens to participate actively in government by supporting the party of their choice. While the LWV is a nonpartisan organization, and therefore does not support individual candidates, it does take a position on issues of a national, state, and local scale selected by the membership. Such issues of the past included support for a minimum wage, child labor laws, and equal opportunity for women in government. In Virginia, the LWV began as the Equal Suffrage League, which worked diligently for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Suffrage League joined the national LWV and created a state league. The first local league in Virginia was established in Richmond, followed by chapters in Alexandria and Arlington. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) was granted full league status in 1948. However, the LWVFA of the present day was established in 1964 after the town of Fairfax became a city in 1961 and thus a separate governmental jurisdiction from the County of Fairfax. The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Records contains material from the LWVFA's activities from 1948-2013, including studies, information on political issues, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and photographs. The collection is organized in 9 series for easy use and research. The 9 series are: Board Meetings and Minutes, Programs, Publications, Correspondence, Conventions and Meetings, Subject Files, Oral History, Photographs, and Oversized. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-2014 Relation A related resource https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members of the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area posing for a photograph Subject The topic of the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) Description An account of the resource Members of the LWVFA pose for a photograph in early 1900s garb to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the organization in 1995. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 Box 65 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available George Mason University Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Relation A related resource Finding Aid for League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, #C0031 can be accessed at: <a href="https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm">https://scrc.gmu.edu/finding_aids/lwvfa.htm</a> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context C0031B065_001 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 item