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Women Writing Women's Lives Records

Call Number

TAM.316

Date

1989-2018, inclusive

Creator

Chase, Norah C. (Role: Donor)
Women Writing Women's Lives
Chamberlain, Kathy (Role: Donor)
Stern, Claire (Role: Donor)
Munker, Dona (Role: Donor)

Extent

5.75 Linear Feet in 5 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, and 1 half manuscript box

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Founded in 1990, Women Writing Women's Lives is an ongoing seminar of about sixty women engaged in writing book-length biographies and memoirs, affiliated with the Center for the Study of Women and Society and the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Members meet monthly to present work for discussion, share ideas, and hear about the work of outside presenters. The collection consists of administrative files, subject files, and notes and lectures from the group's monthly meetings.

Historical Note

Founded in 1990, Women Writing Women's Lives is an ongoing seminar of about sixty women engaged in writing book-length biographies and memoirs. Its members include academics, poets, journalists and novelists. Women Writing Women's Lives is under the aegis of the Center for the Study of Women and Society and the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Monthly meetings, planned by a Steering Committee, are arranged in order for members to present work for discussion, share ideas, and hear about the work of outside presenters.

Sources:

Women Writing Women's Lives (WWWL) Seminar. http://web.gc.cuny.edu/womencenter/wwwl/

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into three series. Series I: Administrative and Committee Records contains the bulk of the collection and is arranged in alphabetical order. Series II: Claire Morris Stern Records is arranged in the order in which the archives received the materials from this donation. Series III: Session Records has been arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the materials of Women Writing Women's Lives and its members. The collection is primarily comprised of proceedings from monthly meetings, but also includes materials such as membership questionnaires, correspondence, photographs of members and meetings, and subject files. The collection also contains correspondence and ephemera from Women Writing Women's Lives special events including anniversary celebrations and speaking events. The collection also contains a number of CDs and VHS recordsing of images and videos from several WWWL events.

The collection also contians the administrative files of Claire Morris Stern, who was a founding member of the organization served as the chair of the Archive Committee. Her files contain correspondence, photographs, and materials related to special events including the Women Writing Women's Lives 20th Anniversary celebration.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Women Writings Women's Lives were transferred to New York University in 2004 by Katherine Chamberlain. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; Women Writing Women's Lives Records; TAM 316; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Women Writing Women's Lives donated a collection of their records in 2004. Photographs from this collection were originally separated and established as the Women Writing Women's Lives Photograph Collection (PHOTOS 226). These photographs were reincorporated into the Women Writing Women's Lives Records in 2013. In 2008, a donation of 57 photographs was made by Claire Morris Stern, chair of the WWWL Archives Committee. An additional donation was made by Norah Chase in 2010. In 2013 Claire Morris Stern sent a donation of her personal files, which were added to this collection. An additional three boxes of WWWL's records from 2002-2015 were donated in 2015. In 2019 an accretion of administrative and seminar documents from 2017-2018 were donated by Julia Van Haaften. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2004.001, 2004.008, NPA.2008.045, NPA.2009.027, 2013.044, 2015.038, 2017.073, and 2019.035.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Separated Materials

Materials related to the donation of Women Writing Women's Lives Records to Tamiment have been removed from the collection.

Related Archival Materials at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Women Writing Women's Lives Oral History Collection (OH 059)

Collection processed by

Hillel Arnold

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:29:20 -0400.
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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Photographs separated from this collection during initial processing and from new accessions were established as a separate collection, the Women Writing Women's Lives Photographs (PHOTOS 266). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the Women Writing Women's Lives Records (TAM 316). In 2019 an accretion of administrative and seminar documents were intellectually incorporated into Series I and III in accordance with the collection's existing arrangement structure.

Revisions to this Guide

March 2019: Record updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect 2019 accretion

Edition of this Guide

Women Writing Women's Lives Tam 316.doc

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012