Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Michael Johnson George Mason University history collection, C0266, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Michael Johnson before 2008.

Processing Information

Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in May 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in May 2015. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2023.

Biographical Information

Michael Johnson attended George Mason College in the mid-1960s. A student athlete, Johnson was a talented basketball and baseball player according to a 1968 news article. His time at Mason was marked by the transition from two-year junior college to four-year college, and the school became a full independent university a few years after his graduation.

Scope and Content

The collection contains a small assortment of items that document the history of George Mason College and George Mason University during the mid 1960s and early 1970s. The items include a beanie, newspaper clippings about the school and about Michael Johnson dating from 1965-1968, and a diploma case with two examples of the first diplomas given by the independent George Mason University in 1972.

Arrangement

The collection is organized by format.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• George Mason College
• George Mason University
• Johnson, Michael
• Universities and colleges -- History