A recording is available of MWWC Archivist Jefferson Navicky’s story, “Watching Her Die in a Finding Aid: An Archivist’s Duty,” which was a part of the Society of American Archivists’ online national event, “A Finding Aid to Your Soul: For the Love of Archives.” Over two hundred people attended. The event was originally recorded in […]
Category: News
What Her Diary Reveals
“What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History” is the new exhibit in the MWWC’s display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O’Hara (English and Political Science double major ’25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller. The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC’s holdings from the […]
Tuttle women’s history interview
MWWC Director Jennifer Tuttle was recently interviewed by Dr. Pamela Toler of the blog “History in the Margins” in observation of Women’s History Month. In Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Jennifer Tuttle,” Jennifer touts the research resources available in the MWWC and offers some thoughts on the significance of our founding […]
April is National Poetry Month
And we’re celebrating with haiku! Take a moment out of your day to write a simple verse or two. As a reminder, a haiku consists of three lines of verse with five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Stations are set up in the libraries for you to use if you wish. Here are some […]
American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden
American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden
September 28, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Online
View a recording of the event. This event will celebrate the publication of Lunden’s book, American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life (Harper Wave 2023), and will include a reading, facilitated conversation, and Q&A. American Breakdown is a Silent Spring for the human body. This wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery […]
Preserving Women’s Voices
UNE History Professor Dr. Elizabeth DeWolfe recently published an article in Maine Women Magazine highlighting the Maine Women Writers Collection, founders Grace A. Dow and Dorothy M. Healy and their vision to collect and preserve the often overlooked and undervalued literary works of women. Read her article at mainewomensmagazine.com.
Welcoming New Curator
We welcome Sarah as the Curator of the Maine Women Writers Collection. Sarah served as the Senior Curator of Collections and Research at the Denison University Museum in Ohio for the past ten years. She received her M.L.I.S from Kent State University and her History of Art M.A. from Bristol University. Though trained in a broad […]
Research Visits Suspended for Fall 2020
In compliance with the University’s return to campus plan for the fall semester, we continue to remain closed to researchers from outside of the UNE community. Our staff are back on campus part-time, and we are committed to helping you get the access you need to our collections. Please contact us with questions about our […]
Peary diary now available
Remember in early 2018 when we first started posting Marie Peary’s diary entries? That project began when we decided to find somebody in our collection who was writing diaries 100 years ago. It just happened to be that Marie was doing that, and is an excellent, detailed diarist. After a year hiatus where we focused […]
On-site Research Suspended
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that lies ahead, we have made the difficult decision to close our reading room to visitors this summer. While we know that this is a great disappointment to many who plan their year around research trips to archives in the summer months, we are acting for […]