Loyola University Chicago

Proud Partnerships:

I am happy to announce that the WLA is entering into some very exciting new partnerships in 2009. The first is with the Chicago Metro History Education Center for one of their summer research fellowships for area high school teachers. This fellowship focuses on the use of primary sources in the production of a project, paper, classroom assignment or plan for student enrichment. The WLA served as the launching point for the fellowship by hosting the opening workshop on June 26th and will serve again for the close of the fellowship on August 5th. During that time, WLA Director Beth Myers will function as the archives mentor for the teachers, encouraging their patronage of several area archives, including the WLA, for their work.

The second partnership is with the Women & Children First Bookstore, located in Andersonville. The WLA currently holds a small collection related to the bookstore, but we hope that collection will grow as a result of the 30th anniversary celebration for Women & Children First. The gala will take place on October 3rd, but we encourage people of the community, authors, patrons, and anyone else with bookstore materials (e.g., digital or print photographs, flyers, remembrances, etc.) to donate them to the archives so that we might build the collection. Some of the material will be used to craft a video of the bookstore's history, to be played at the gala event. 
 

WLA Collections in World Cat, Pegasus!

Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of temporary staff member Dolores Barber, substantial help of Ling-li Chang (Head of Monograph Acquisitions, Cataloging) and the generosity of the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, 70 catalog records of WLA collections have been added to World Cat and Pegasus. This monumental task will allow people, both on campus and off, one more access point to the discover of the fantastic collections of the WLA. We hope this new development will encourage even greater use of the materials.