Maine Women Writers’ Collection director Jennifer Tuttle and Curator Cathleen Miller have published an article in the Journal of Medical Humanities. Growing out of a presentation at the Artists’ Books and the Medical Humanities symposium at the University of Kent in 2016, Jennifer S. Tuttle and Cathleen Miller explore the use of Martha A. Hall’s […]
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2020 Creative Fellowship Applications Open
Are you an artist (in any medium) or writer who would like to explore archival materials as source text for your own creative project? We offer one grant annually for artists and writers to use the archives. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2020. We host one artist or writer to engage in research in […]
Suffrage Exhibit at Maine State Museum
The Maine Women Writers Collection is one of many participating institutions in the Maine State Museum’s exhibition commemorating the centennial of Maine’s vote to approve suffrage for women. “Women’s Long Road – 100 Years to the Vote” features historical photographs, stories about people, documents, and artifacts to explore the wide-ranging efforts by many women (and […]
Poem by MWWC archivist featured on ‘Maine Public’
A poem written by Jefferson Navicky, archivist for UNE’s Maine Women Writers Collection, was featured on Maine Public Radio’s February 8 episode of “Poems from Here.” Navicky was inspired to write the poem, titled “The Rare Book Publisher Gives a Talk,” in the fall of 2017 after taking a trip with other Maine Women Writers Collection […]