Perspectives on Women's Archives

摘要

Perspectives on Women s Archives is a book that anyone serious about archives, not just women's archives, should read. It provides a comprehensive overview of how, for over five decades, committed archivists applying their professional knowledge and working with other stakeholders have created the category 'women's archives' in the United States. Taking the history from below movement and the search for sources on women in the 1970s as its starting point, it makes a strong case for the sometimes disputed view that archivists and archives benefit from a close connection with historians. This book may not appeal to those who dismiss the need for archivists to be content experts or who think that access is primarily about providing online descriptions of holdings or digitising collections. On the other hand, if you are curious about archives relating to black women's history, lesbian archives, the archives of women's religious activities, the role of regional collections or zines in archives, among other things, then this book has something to offer you.