Valley Women's History Collaborative
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Graphic Designer Alison Bell provided invaluable assistance, and
the Sophia Smith Collection (Smith College) furnished riveting images.
We applaud the cooperative spirit and collaboration of librarians
and archivists in the Valley as well as the administrative efforts
of Kaymarion Raymond, Marla Miller, and Kathleen Nutter. Oral history volunteers are an enthusiastic and hard-working group,
composed of community volunteers and graduate students of Marla and
Joyce. We are deeply thankful to them.
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As of March 2002 the VWHC has published A Guide to Donating Your
Papers. Generously financed by Five Colleges, Inc., the Guide adapts
the language of The Society of American Archivists to the unique needs
of our special enterprise.
The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Grant funds the transcription
of oral history tapes. We have taped 35 interviews with 41 women and
men. More interviews are in progress and being transcribed.
An energetic group of community volunteers, undergraduate and graduate
students undertake an array of research projects -- some completed,
others ongoing. In our research, the Topic Worksheet list of 500+ groups
and many more individuals connected with Western Massachusetts women's
movement since the mid-1960s is indispensable. It is a work-in-progress,
updated and corrected as we proceed.
As we move ahead, we are particularly eager to collect the information,
stories, and documents of working-class women, women of color, and women
of alternative gender and sexual orientations. We will be focusing on
women and the creative arts, beginning with feminist, lesbian and progressive
women's musical work.