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 […]
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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 […]
Inspiration in the Archives
Inspiration in the Archives: A Conversation about Poetry
May 8, 2024
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Maine Women Writers Collection
With poet and teacher Beth Alison Jones, & poet and archivist Jefferson Navicky Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Tuttle, Director of the Maine Women Writers CollectionFREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FMI, please contact MWWC Curator Sarah Baker Join us for an evening of poetry sprung from research in the Maine Women Writers Collection (MWWC). Beth […]
Archival Portraits 2023
Archival Portraits
October 31, 2023
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Ketchum Library, Biddeford
October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket […]
Archival Portraits 2023
Archival Portraits
October 18, 2023
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Abplanalp Library, Portland
October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket […]
Found in the Archives
Found in the Archives: Stories of Buried Treasure
May 12, 2022
6:00 pm
Online
Join us for an evening of stories discovered in archives with Dawn Potter (poet), Elizabeth DeWolfe (UNE history professor), and Carol Dana (Penobscot language master). Watch via Zoom, on the web, or on Facebook live. Dawn Potter is the author of nine books, most recently the poetry collection Accidental Hymn, forthcoming this spring. She directs poetry and […]
Away from the Archives
I am completely alone in the archives these days all day long. Nothing but the whisper roar of the ventilation fan to keep me company. Sometimes as I sort and slip photos into sleeves, I find myself pausing to look at the author in the photo, and thinking it would be nice to visit her for tea. Then I’m more than a little shocked when I realize she died almost forty years ago. Such is the way of time in the archives. It moves so slowly sometimes you don’t even know it’s moving.
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 […]
Our Quarantine Reading List
We’re all mostly inside these days, with the exception of that daily walk, run or bike ride that keeps you sane and at a safe distance from others. While we lament the many hardships that this pandemic is bringing to our communities, we also invite you to settle in for some quiet, stillness and contemplation. Art has […]