Archives and special collections on women in medicine.

Raising the Archival Consciousness: How Womenâ•Žs Archives Challenge Traditional Approaches to Collecting and Use, Or, What's in a Name?

This article examines archival collecting, taking as case studies two women’s archives. Drawing on their experiences building the collections of the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University) and the Iowa Women’s Archives (University of Iowa), the authors explore how such efforts challenge traditional approaches to collecting. Proactive collecting, such as oral history...

Protection of Archival Documents from Photochemical Eects

Purpose: ­The purpose of this paper is to highlight the destructive effects of light on archival documents/paper materials. ­The research aims to explain the mechanism of photochemical degradation and the damaging effect of light on paper. It also tells us about the measures to be adopted to control the deteriorating effects of light on paper step by step. Design/Methodology/Approach: Th­e res...

Raising the Archival Consciousness: How Women's Archives Challenge Traditional Approaches to Collecting and Use, Or, What's in a Name?

This article examines archival collecting, taking as case studies two women’s archives. Drawing on their experiences building the collections of the Archives of Women in Science and Engineering (Iowa State University) and the Iowa Women’s Archives (University of Iowa), the authors explore how such efforts challenge traditional approaches to collecting. Proactive collecting, such as oral history...

The Manuscript as Question: Teaching Primary Sources in the Archives - The China Missions Project

Michelle McCoy is the Bibliographic Assistant at DePaul University Special Collections and Archives and will graduate with her MLIS from Dominican University in spring 2009. She has undergraduate degrees in Art and Education. ©Michelle McCoy The collaborative effort between two Special Collections librarians and a history professor at DePaul University led to a quarter-long undergraduate projec...

Special Considerations in Air Travel for Pregnant Women