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Two historical handwritten documents are displayed side by side. Each document features an oval portrait framed in gold and blue. The left portrait shows George Mason in 18th-century attire with dark shoulder-length hair. The right portrait shows George Washington with white hair and a formal black coat. The background consists of faded, cursive handwriting on aged parchment.

A UMD student became the first to digitize a little-known letter between Founding Fathers George Mason, left, and George Washington, while working as a digital archives fellow at Gunston Hall. Letters courtesy of the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall; portraits via Wikimedia Commons. Photo via Maryland Today.

Maryland Today: A New Page in U.S. History

August 6, 2025 | Sala Levin | Maryland Today | UMD
MLS grad student, Nicholas Gentry, digitizes a forgotten 1768 letter between George Mason and George Washington

A large and a small Betacam SP (or Beta SP) Tape which were used for professional Video Recording in Standard Definition in Broadcast. The big one captures up to 60 minutes, the small one 30 minutes.

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Preserving Science Through Storytelling: MLIS Student Supports Audiovisual History at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives

June 5, 2025 | INFO Staff
MLIS student Jamila Hinds helps preserve and inventory decades of STEM media at NBLA

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