Women Archivists Roundtable

Resources
 

The members of the Women Archivists' Roundtable consider this a constant work-in progress. It is not intended to be exhaustive but only a helpful guide to those interested in the subject of women and archives. Please contact Jennie Thomas, the WAR Web manager, for suggested additions and updates.

Women Archivists / Women in Archives

Crawford, Miriam I. "Women in Archives: A Program for Action." American Archivist 36 (1973): 223-232.

Deutrich, Mabel E. "Women in Archives: A Summary Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Archival Profession." American Archivist 38 (1975): 43-46.

_____. "Women in Archives: Ms. versus Mr. Archivist." American Archivist 36 (1973): 171-181.

Henry, Linda J. "Women Archivists in the Federal Government: A Glass Ceiling?" Archival Issues 19:2 (1994): 95-106.

Moseley, Eva. "Women in Archives: Documenting the History of Women in America." American Archivist 36 (1973): 215-222.

Pacifico, Michele F. "Founding Mothers: Women in the Society of American Archivists, 1936-1972." American Archivist 50 (1987): 370-389.

Zangrando, Joanna Schneider. "Women in Archives: An Historian's View on the Liberation of Clio." American Archivist 36 (1973): 203-214.

Women's Archives, Collections & Papers

Hildenbrand, Suzanne, ed. Women's Collections: Libraries, Archives & Consciousness. New York: The Haworth Press, 1986.

Mason, Karen & Tanya Zanish-Belcher. "A Room of One's Own: Women Archives in the Year 2000." Archival Issues 24:1 (1999): 37-54.

Moseley, Eva S. "Sources for the 'New Women's History.'" American Archivist 43 (1980): 180-190.

Strong-Boag, Veronica. "Raising Clio's Consciousness: Women's History & Archives in Canada." Archivaria 6 (1978): 70-82.

Su, Mila C. "Women Coaches, Personal Papers, & University Archives: A Case Study." Archival Issues 20 (1995): 155.

Voss-Hubbard, Anke. "'No Documents--No History:' Mary Ritter Beard & the Early History of Women's Archives." American Archivist 58 (1995): 16-30.

Women & Work / Workplace Issues

American Association of University Professors. "Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities & Academic Work." Adopted by AAUW Council as Association Policy, November 2001. <http://www.aup.org/statements/>

Chaurdhuri, Nupur & Eileen C. Boris, eds. Voices of Women Historians: The Personal, the Political, the Professional. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; Amersham: Combined Academic, 1999.

Coiner, Constance & Diana Hume George, eds. The Family Track: Keeping Your Faculties While You Mentor, Nurture, Teach, & Serve. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.

Green, Paula L. "Part Time, and Proud of It." New York Times, 13 May 2001, section 3, p.13.

Greenhouse, Steven. "Child Care, the Perk of Tomorrow?" New York Times, 13 May 2001, section 4, p.14.

Rosen, Ruth. "Secrets of the Second Sex in Scholarly Life." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 July 1999, p.A48.

Smith, Hendrick. Juggling Work & Family. [videorecording]. Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina ETV & Hendrick Smith Productions, Inc., 2001. [available for purchase from SC ETV (1.800.553.7752) $49.95 home use/$139.95 educational use]

Relevant Web sites

Additional Women's Collections (Archives for the Research of Women & Gender, University of Texas at San Antonio)

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

American Women: A gateway to the Library of Congress resources for the study of women's history & culture in the United States

Center for Jewish History Selective Bibliography: "Women in Daily Life"

Employment Policies Institute

Feminist.com

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly Study of Women's Studies Resources (Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian's Web site)

National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE)

Women's Archives Mapping Project Directory (Women & Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago)

Women's Audiovisuals in English (WAVE)

WAR pages maintained by Jennie Thomas