Public History
Explore the JANAL Archive
The Kerala Museum introduces a vibrant new online archive! Learn how to use and contribute to its resources.
feminism
OK, I’ll Do it Myself
For the past half century, Caroline Schimmel has collected narratives of women overcoming obstacles in the wilderness.
Sources in Rural Women's History
Home and Happenstance: How Chance Encounters in the Archive Can Become Sources of Invention
I didn’t know it then, but my research trajectory changed that day in 2012 when I happened upon Collier’s photos of my family.
Sources for Research
How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Historical Research
My current research project has been transformed by digital technologies.
Sources for Research
Read, Transcribe and Enjoy Rural Women’s Diaries Online
Read, Transcribe and Enjoy Rural Women’s Diaries Online https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/ Catharine Anne Wilson Have you ever wanted to read someone’s diary? Now you can. Nothing brings you closer to rural women’s daily life in the past than reading an old diary. The Rural Diary Archive is available online beginning 24 September Read more
Sources in Rural Women's History
Sources in Rural Women’s History, Part III: Finding the Rural Girls: Sources and Possibilities
[W]e can often find more than we ever dreamed was possible about the lives and concerns of rural girls.
Sources for Research
Sources for Research: Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone, Radical Rural Sociologist
Olive “Polly” Matthews Stone (1897-1977) was a sociologist and advocate for social welfare, civil rights, and interracial relations in the South. Her life and career—with a focus on radical politics and social justice in rural societies, particularly during the 1930s—have largely been left unexplored