Amistad Research Center

The Amistad Research Center will expand access and use of its archival collections by documenting the work of African American women leaders in a variety of fields, including the arts, social justice activism, labor activism, civic leadership, politics, and business. The project team will process the personal papers of 11 prominent women leaders in addition to converting the legacy finding aids for an additional five collections of women's papers to online versions. The center will use information derived from the project to create or enhance Wikipedia pages for each woman highlighted in the project. Selections from each of the 16 collections will serve as the foundation for the research, design, and installation of both a physical and online exhibition entitled "A Range of Experiences: Documenting African American Women's History and Achievements.