Maine Women Writers Collection https://library.une.edu/mwwc Fri, 16 May 2025 17:59:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 A Finding Aid to My Soul: For the Love of Archives https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/16/a-finding-aid-to-my-soul-for-the-love-of-archives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-finding-aid-to-my-soul-for-the-love-of-archives https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/16/a-finding-aid-to-my-soul-for-the-love-of-archives/#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 17:57:02 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7586 A recording is available of MWWC Archivist Jefferson Navicky’s story, “Watching Her Die in a Finding Aid: An Archivist’s Duty,” which was a part of the Society of American Archivists’ online national event, “A Finding Aid to Your Soul: For the Love of Archives.” Over two hundred people attended. The event was originally recorded in February 2025.

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What Her Diary Reveals https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/08/what-her-diary-reveals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-her-diary-reveals https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/08/what-her-diary-reveals/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 17:13:52 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7570 “What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History” is the new exhibit in the MWWC’s display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O’Hara (English and Political Science double major ’25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller. The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC’s holdings from the mid-1800s to the early 1930s.

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Tuttle women’s history interview https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/02/tuttle-womens-history-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuttle-womens-history-interview https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/05/02/tuttle-womens-history-interview/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 17:25:07 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7565 MWWC Director Jennifer Tuttle was recently interviewed by Dr. Pamela Toler of the blog “History in the Margins” in observation of Women’s History Month. In Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Jennifer Tuttle,” Jennifer touts the research resources available in the MWWC and offers some thoughts on the significance of our founding in 1959. She also discusses the…

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April is National Poetry Month https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2025/04/03/april-is-national-poetry-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-is-national-poetry-month Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:29:54 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7546 And we’re celebrating with haiku! Take a moment out of your day to write a simple verse or two. As a reminder, a haiku consists of three lines of verse with five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Stations are set up in the libraries for you to use if you wish. Here are some examples to inspire you: From my book I look– Library windows alight with streaming…

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Archives Month! https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/10/29/archives-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=archives-month https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/10/29/archives-month/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:25:48 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7141 Stop by Ketchum Library for snacks and fun archives-themed activities! Thursday, October 31, 2024 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Come meet your friendly UNE archivists!

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Donna M. Loring Lecture https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/09/23/donna-m-loring-lecture-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donna-m-loring-lecture-2 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/09/23/donna-m-loring-lecture-2/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:58:17 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=7135 Tuesday, October 1 at 12 p.m. In person and online: Bush Center Boardroom, UNE Biddeford Campus Directions and Campus Map Livestreamed on une.edu/live Captain Joanne P. Murphy was Donna Loring’s Commanding Officer while they served together in the combat zone at Long Binh during the Vietnam War, and Murphy’s bequest has been foundational to the Donna M. Loring Lecture endowment.

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Inspiration in the Archives https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/04/03/inspiration-in-the-archives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiration-in-the-archives https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2024/04/03/inspiration-in-the-archives/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:33:02 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=6874 FMI, please contact MWWC Curator Sarah Baker Join us for an evening of poetry sprung from research in the Maine Women Writers Collection (MWWC). Beth Alison Jones will read from an in-progress series of poems called “We Don’t Talk About the War.” Inspired by the journals of Isabel Hoffses, a 19th century school teacher who suffered bouts of homelessness, poverty, and a debilitating mental…

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Archival Portraits 2023 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/19/archival-portraits-2023-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=archival-portraits-2023-2 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:44:08 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/16/archival-portraits-2023-2/ October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket tells a story. We want to hear yours!

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Back Then and Now: Pettengill Farm in History and Art https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/19/back-then-and-now-pettengill-farm-in-history-and-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-then-and-now-pettengill-farm-in-history-and-art https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/19/back-then-and-now-pettengill-farm-in-history-and-art/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:43:20 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/?p=6790 Please join us for a community discussion with artists Rebecca Goodale and Carrie Scanga as they talk about their collaborative artists’ book, “Back Then And Now,” which imagines Freeport’s Pettengill Farm. A representative of the Freeport Historical Society will also be on hand to speak about the 19th century salt-water farm. Audience participation encouraged. Sponsored by the Maine Women…

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Archival Portraits 2023 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/16/archival-portraits-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=archival-portraits-2023 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:54:29 +0000 https://library.une.edu/mwwc/2023/10/16/archival-portraits-2023/ October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket tells a story. We want to hear yours!

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