Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Chicago : Society of American Archivists, [2013]
©2013

Description:

504 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

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 valuable story, one that deftly examines American culture and society over the past few centuries. In Perspectives on Women's Archives, 18 essays written by noted archivists and historians illustrate the origins of a women-centered history, the urgent need to locate records that highlight the diverse experiences of women, and the effort to document women's experiences. The essays also expose the need for renewed collaboration between archivists and historians, the challenges related to the accessibility of women's collections, and the development of community archives. Ultimately, archival relevancy is reinforced, not diminished, by sharing resources and exposing absences. This book inspires new thinking about the value of women's archives and how to fill the gaps in our recordkeeping to move toward a more diverse and inclusive future.

ISBN:

9781931666473
1931666474

Subject:

Women History Archives.
Feminism History Archival resources.
Femmes Histoire Archives.
Féminisme Histoire Fonds d'archives.
Feminism
Women
Women Archives
Womyn.
Women's movement.
Kvinnor.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Zanish-Belcher, Tanya, editor.
Voss, Anke, editor.
Society of American Archivists, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284009
Call No.: HQ1150 .P47 2013
Status: Available