Perspectives on women's archives / edited by Tanya Zanish-Belcher, with Anke Voss.

Women's archives hold a significant place in the historical record, illuminating stories of individuals who had an impact on our past in both powerful and quiet ways. The history of the archives themselves and the struggle to achieve equal representation within the historical record also tell a valu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zanish-Belcher, Tanya (Editor)
Voss, Anke (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Society of American Archivists, [2013]
Subjects:
Women > History > Archives.
Women > History > Sources.
Feminism > History > Archives.
Feminism > History > Sources.
Kvinnor.
Feminism.
Women.
Women > Archives.
History.
Sources.
Genre:
Archives.
Sources.
History.
Physical Description:504 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Section 1: Reclaiming our past. Placing women in history : definitions and challenges / Gerda Lerner
  • "No documents, no history" : Mary Ritter Beard and the early history of women's archives / Anke Voss-Hubbard
  • Mining the forgotten : manuscript sources for Black women's history / Deborah Gray White
  • The current status of Black women's history : telling our story ourselves / Audrey T. McCluskey
  • "A grand manuscripts search" : the women's history sources survey at the University of Minnesota, 1975-1979 / Kären M. Mason
  • Sources for the "new women's history" / Eva S. Moseley
  • Locating women in the archives. A room of one's own : women's archives in the year 2000 / Kären M. Mason and Tanya Zanish-Belcher
  • Tacitly the work of women : personal archives and the public memory of families / Susan Tucker
  • From annals to heritage centers : the archives of women's religious communities / Fernanda Perrone
  • The lesbian in the archives : an overview of the history, themes, and challenges / Mary A. Caldera
  • "A culture of concealment" : revealing the records of human reproduction / Tanya Zanish-Belcher
  • Documenting women's experiences. Raising the archival consciousness : how women's archives challenge traditional approaches to collecting and use, or, What's in a name? / Kären M. Mason and Tanya Zanish-Belcher
  • Documenting African American women in the archives of historically Black colleges and universities / Taronda Spencer
  • Collecting, describing, and promoting women's history at the Library of Congress / Janice E. Ruth
  • Regional collections : documenting the feminist experience / Danelle Moon
  • Building community through self-expression : zines as archival materials / Virginia Corvid
  • Conclusion. Holistic history : challenges and possibilities / Gerda Lerner
  • I am my sister's keeper : women's archives, a reflection / Elizabeth A. Myers.