Interdisciplinary exhibit at UNC Chapel Hill

An exhibit titled "The Invisible Process: Ingenuity and Cooperation
in Finding Women's Lives" will be on view from 3 July through 30
September 1997, Third Floor Exhibit Area, Wilson Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (project directed by Jan Paris,
conservator, with Lynn Holdzkom, archivist).

The exhibit seeks to make visible the processes employed by both
researchers (e.g., historians, sociologists, writers, artists) and
those on the technical side of documentation (conservators,
archivists, librarians) to produce work that portrays women's lives.
The relationships among researchers, the materials they use, and
those who preserve and make those materials accessible are complex.
This project grew out of a collaboration between an archivist and a
conservator and their desire to recognize publicly the complex
relationships inherent in the process of doing research that
examines women's lives.

Using examples of contemporary scholarship and primary sources held
by the Library, the exhibit explores the ways that researchers find
and use materials to produce works that contribute to the
understanding of women and their various roles. Throughout the
exhibit, the connections among preservation, access, and research
issues are highlighted.

The Library is open Monday-Friday, 8-5, and Saturday, 9-1. An
exhibit catalog is available.

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