Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Access Restrictions

Restricted. Contains sensitive information. Folders with speakers names will need to be screened before public is allowed to view the collection.

Preferred Citation

The Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights Records, Collection #R0007, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by George Mason University's Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights.

Processing Information

Processing completed by Michelle Page in August 2013. EAD markup completed by Michelle Page in August 2013.

Historical Information

The Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights examined the formation of the Bill of Rights and the ways that landmark document was influenced by George Mason of Gunston Hall. Established in 1981 as the Project for the Study of Human Rights the center coordinated an annual lecture series, "The Legacy of George Mason," and published these lectures through the George Mason University Press. The lectures focused on the histories of states and countries that established bills of rights as well as the effects of the First Amendment. The lectures were sponsored by Gunston Hall, the Fairfax Bar Association, the George Mason School of Law, the School of Continuing and Alternative Learning, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, the Alexandria Bicentennial Center, the Northern Virginia Association of Historians, and the departments of History, Public Affairs, American Studies, and Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the records of the Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights. The collection has documents from 1982 to 1992. Material in this collection include address lists, audience survey forms, bibliography of human rights, organizational bill of rights, documents on advisory committees as well as a number of associations and institutional societies. It also contains records pertaining to lecture series, correspondence, grants proposals, budgets, conferences, videotapes, and photographs among other things.

Series 1, Subject files, contains readings and articles, book reviews, brochures, forms, documents on lecture series, meeting notes, grant proposal documents, correspondences, mailing lists, and audience surveys among other things.

Series 2, contains photographs, visuals, and slides, of the lecture series, the metro campus, George Mason Statue, and buildings around campus among other things.

Series 3, contains video recordings in VHS and U-matic formats from 1982-1989 of the Legacy of George Mason Lecture Series that were organized and hosted by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights.

Arrangement

This collection is organized in three series.

Missing Title Series 1: Subject, 1955-1992 (Boxes 1-18 and 20-33) Series 2: Photographs, Visuals, and Slides, 1977-1989 (Box 19) Series 3: Videotapes, 1982-1989 (Boxes 34-64)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the George Mason University Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bills, Legislative -- United States
• Photographs
• United States -- Politics and government
• Video recordings