One Size Does Not Fit All: Preserving and Promoting Historical Collections on Women

Chair: Mary Manning, University of Houston

The rich social, cultural and political aspects of women’s history are often scattered among

collections that are not prominently visible unless they are specifically highlighted and

promoted. Presenters of this session will discuss their archives’ efforts to acquire, to interconnect

and to increase awareness of their women’s collections in the areas of education, service to the

military, and the political arena. Topics to be covered include establishing good relations with

donors and developing new sources of contact, making such valuable collections accessible, and

exploring different methods of outreach to our patrons through the employment of EAD finding

aids on the Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) web site, writing blogs, maintaining Facebook

pages, creating online exhibits and Wiki subject pages, and other modes of academic pursuit.

• Delving in Deep: Extracting the Legacy of Women’s Education from the First 50 Years of Texas Tech University’s History
• • B. Lynn Whitfield, Texas Tech University
• Promoting and Preserving Their History: Women in the Vietnam War
• • Amy Mondt, Texas Tech University
• And Justice for All: Women’s Liberation and the Feminist Movement during the 1970s and 1980s 
• •  Vince Lee, University of Houston