Title
Preview
Description
Descriptive panel detailing the history of the Maine Women Writers Collection.
Text on panel: "The Maine Women Writers Collection was founded in 1959 by Grace Dow and Dorothy Healy to preserve and make available the writings of Maine women who had achieved literary recognition. Geographically, our holdings concern the state of Maine; Dawnland, the traditional territory of Wabanaki people; and the northern New England region. We collect the work of anyone who identifies as female, femme, transfeminine, or non-binary.
Our collections document Maine women’s engagement with local, regional, national and global concerns, including the suffrage and women’s movements, environmentalism, health and sexuality, family culture, women’s education, spiritualism, and Maine and New England history. The Collection has strong holdings in children’s literature and nature writing; it also preserves the records of women’s organizations. Researchers will find resources documenting the lives of everyday women and women’s cultural production. We have extensive holdings of diaries, travel journals, scrapbooks, albums, letters, photographs and memorabilia. Our collection of artists’ books includes work by Rebecca Goodale and Martha A. Hall, among others."
Created for the 60th anniversary exhibit on display in the Portland Campus library in 2019.
Object ID
AboutMWWC
Language
English
Publisher
Maine Women Writers Collection
Publication Location
Portland, ME
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
exhibits, posters, history, Maine Women Writers Collection
Disciplines
Women's History
Location of Original
Maine Women Writers Collection
Physical Description of Original
color pdf file, 1 page, 24 x 36 in.
Access/Rights
Fair use: You do not need permission to use this material for personal research, in-class teaching purposes, school projects and assignments, blog posts or other non-commercial purposes. Commercial use: Please contact MWWC for use of images or documents in publications.
Preferred Citation
Maine Women Writers Collection, "About MWWC" (2019). Maine Women Writers Collection 60th Anniversary. Image 8.
https://dune.une.edu/mwwc60th/8
Keywords
exhibits, posters, history, Maine Women Writers Collection