Special Collections Research Center

Browse all of the Special Collections Research Center's digitized collections in the University's Digital Repository LUNA

Explore the Special Collections Research Center's online exhibitions

Browse Special Collections Research Center digitized collections in the Mason Archival Repository Services (MARS), Mason's institutional digital repository

Archive Finder is a current directory which describes over 220,000 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions, making information available about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and other archival materials.

Oral History Online provides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world. The collection also provides keyword searching of more than 329,400 pages of full-text by close to 10,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to over 4,200 audio and video files and almost 19,000 bibliographic records.

A consolidated database of more than 11,000 finding aids which provide information about the vast array of manuscripts and archival materials housed in historical societies, libraries, museums, colleges and universities across the Commonwealth. The continuous addition of new and updated finding aids makes this a great tool for discovering primary source materials documenting the history, culture, and people of Virginia.