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Formal title:
Jennifer Terry papers
Extent:
17 linear feet
Date range:
1978–2024
Abstract:
This collection contains the professional papers of Jennifer Terry, Professor Emerita at University of California, Irvine. Her scholarship concentrates on feminist cultural studies; science and technology studies; comparative and historical formations of gender, race, and sexuality; state-sponsored violence and biomedicine; and American studies in transnational perspective. She received her PhD in History of Consciousness from University of California, Santa Cruz. Materials document Terry’s academic career, early research, and writings. Materials include correspondence, syllabi, handwritten notes, research materials, draft writings, and conference presentations. The collection dates from 1978 to 2024.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2024.015
Formal title:
The Womxn Project records
Extent:
40.25 linear feet
Date range:
1980-2021 (bulk 2017-2019)
Abstract:
The Womxn Project is a non-profit organization in Rhode Island focused on building a strong, feminist, community-based movement to further human rights of Rhode Islanders by using art and activism to advance education and social change. The Womxn Project stirs social awareness and invites political action to inclusively further womxn's rights through creative advocacy campaigns and collaborative art projects. This collection contains records and items that were created to advocate for the passing of the Reproductive Privacy Act in 2019. Materials include canvassing packets, memorabilia, handmaid's costumes worn at lobbying events at the Rhode Island Statehouse, community petition quilt squares, the community petition quilt, and petition scrolls that predated the quilt. Materials date from 1980-2021, though the bulk of the collection dates from 2017-2019.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2020.001
Formal title:
Judith R. Walkowitz papers
Extent:
14.75 Linear feet
Date range:
1980-2023
Abstract:
This collection consists of the professional papers and research materials of Judith R. Walkowitz, scholar of British and women’s history and Professor Emerita of Modern European Cultural and Social History at John Hopkins University. The collection documents Walkowitz’s writing and research interests of British nineteenth-century political culture and the cultural and social contests over sexuality.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2015.010
Formal title:
Cheryl A. Wall papers
Extent:
37.75 linear feet
Date range:
1966-2020
Abstract:
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Cheryl A. Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English at Rutgers University and scholar of African American and African diaspora literature, the Harlem Renaissance, and Zora Neale Hurston. The collection includes correspondence, administrative materials related to her work at Rutgers University as well as Crossroads Theatre Company, conference materials, course syllabi and readings, draft writings, and research materials. Materials date from 1966 to 2020.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2020.006
Formal title:
Elizabeth Weed papers
Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1977-2003
Abstract:
The Elizabeth Weed papers were donated to the Pembroke Archives by Elizabeth Weed, a professor at Brown University and Director of the Pembroke Center from 2000-2010. The papers include essays, lectures, and articles from various professors and visiting academics, as well as student files and correspondence.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2016.009
Formal title:
Faith Wilding papers
Extent:
2 linear feet
Date range:
1969-2014
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of Faith Wilding, feminist artist, scholar, and contributor to the 1972 landmark exhibition, Womanhouse. The collection documents Wilding's feminist theory scholarship, teaching, writing, and thoughts on feminism and art. Materials include notes, conference material, feminist print material, writings, and audiovisual material, dating form 1969-2019. The collection is arranged alphabetically by record type into one series.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2019.007
Formal title:
Linda Williams papers
Extent:
25 Linear Feet
Date range:
1945-2020 (1962-2016)
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of Linda Williams, Professor Emerita in Film & Media and Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley. Her academic interests center on Feminist Theory and "body genres," genres designed to elicit a specific physical reaction. These include pornography, melodrama, and horror. Other areas of focus in both research and teachings include "race" films, Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee, Surrealist cinema, David Lynch, Pedro Almodóvar, Luis Buñuel, film theory, musicals, and the HBO series "The Wire." Materials in this collection date from approximately 1945 to 2020 and document her academic career through correspondence, conference materials, teaching, writings, and research.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2015.011
Formal title:
Gloria Winston papers
Extent:
.25 linear feet
Date range:
1973–2018
Abstract:
This collection includes a Pembroke College in Brown University class of 1948 25th reunion booklet, 70th reunion photos and handwritten memories from classmates, and photos of Thelma Zen. Materials date from 1973 to 2018 and were donated by Gloria Winston, President of the class of 1948.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1ZP.2022.002
Formal title:
Women in Rhode Island Oral History Collection
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1983-2006
Abstract:
The Women in Rhode Island Oral History Collection, 1983-2006, contains administrative files and audio taped interviews with Rhode Island women and pertaining to issues affecting women in Rhode Island. Topics discussed include the Women's Movement, abortion advocacy and the Catholic Church, and women in the Hmong community in Rhode Island.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OH.1E.2014.001
Formal title:
Women of Brown United collection
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1972
Abstract:
This collection contains evidence of the work and interests of Women of Brown United, a women's liberation group founded at Brown University, Providence, RI, in September 1970. WBU advocated for equal representation of women in faculty positions, laid the groundwork for a women's studies concentration and a women's center, and called for the addition of medical practitioners dedicated to women's reproductive healthcare on campus, among many other successful efforts. Women of Brown United endured as a Brown organization until the early 1990s. Materials date from 1972 and include a clipping, a journal, and writings by organization members.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1Q.2024.001

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