From Reproductive Rights to Undivided Rights: Documentation Strategies for the Reproductive Justice Movement

• In Event: Archiving Black Feminism and the M4BL: A Librarians Task Force Panel

Abstract

Although archival theory has long emphasized the importance of working directly with historical agents to create meaningful documentation, very few archival programs have done so. This talk will discuss program-building at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College over the last twenty years to identify leaders in the fields of reproductive justice (a term coined and largely practiced by feminists of color), create documentation of their work through an oral history initiative, and then work collaboratively toward the collection of their papers and records. Finally, we will discuss how an archival program can serve the needs of activist donors as researchers.

Presenter

• Maureen Callahan, Smith College