Paula Giddings papers (MS.2023.008)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | Paula Giddings papers |
| Date range: | 1918–2023 |
| Creator: | Giddings, Paula |
| Extent: | 38 linear feet (35 record center cartons, 2 file boxes, 1 half-file box, and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract: | This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Paula J. Giddings, notable American writer, editor, and chronicler of African American women's history. She is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor Emerita of Africana Studies at Smith College and the author of four critically acclaimed books: When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America; In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement; Burning All Illusions: Writings from The Nation on Race 1866-2002 (Editor); and Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching, the leading biography of anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells. While at Smith, Giddings was the editor of Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, a peer- reviewed journal featuring cutting-edge scholarship by and about women of color in the United States and internationally. Prior to teaching in the academy, Giddings was a free-lance journalist reporting on national and international issues, a book editor at Howard University Press and an associate editor and Paris Bureau Chief for Encore American & Worldwide News. The collection includes family photographs and memorabilia, personal and professional correspondence, book drafts, research materials, and print materials, and electronic records dating from 1918 to 2023. |
| Repository: | John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts |
| Collection number: | MS.2023.008 |
