The Women and Leadership Archives' collections of personal papers and organization records can be found here. Finding aids for each collection include a description of records and instructions for use. Mundelein College collections can be searched separately here. Most of the WLA collections can also be found in the Libraries' catalog.
Terminology
Archival Terms:
Finding Aid - A tool that facilitates discovery of information within a collection of records.
Manuscript Collection - A collection of personal or family papers.
Oral History - An interview that records an individual's personal recollections of the past and historical events. This can include audio or video recordings, and transcripts.
Provenance - Information regarding the origins, custody, and ownership of an item or collection.
Repository - A place where things can be stored and maintained; a storehouse.
Scope & Content - A narrative statement summarizing the characteristics of the described materials, the functions and activities that produced them, and the types of information contained therein.
Want to know more? Find more definitions in the Society of American Archivists' list of glossary terms.
Women Religious Abbreviations:
BVM - Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
CSC - Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)
HM - Sisters of the Humility of Mary
OP - Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
OSB - Order of Saint Benedict
OSF - Order of Saint Francis
SNJM - Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
SSJ - Sisters of Saint Joseph
Archives with a Focus on Women's Collections
Professional
Women, Enterprise and Society - Harvard Business School
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering - Iowa State University
History of Nursing Archive - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
Religious
Sisters of Providence Archives - Seattle, WA
Jewish Women's Archive - virtual
LGBTQ
Lesbian Herstory Archives - Brooklyn, NY
June Mazer Lesbian Archives - West Hollywood, CA / University of California, Los Angeles
North East
Feminist Theory Archives - Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University
Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive - Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University
Sophia Smith Collection, Women's History and Manuscripts - Smith College
Riot Grrrl Collection - Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University
South
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture - Duke University
Midwest
Iowa Women's Archives - University of Iowa
West
Nevada Women's Archives - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Contact Us
WLA general phone: 773.508.8837
WLA website: luc.edu/wla
Nancy Freeman
Director, Women and Leadership Archives
773.508.8432
Laura Berfield
WLA Assistant Archivist
773.508.8804