STHC-L: The Science, Technology and Health Care Archives Forum

Re: Newsletter contributions

• Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:19:48 -0700
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Lauren Kata <ah0958@wayne.edu>
• Subject: Re: Newsletter contributions
• Message-ID: a05001900b7bd5cc5a9c7@[141.217.112.34]

Dear Ewa,

As a new member of the STHC Roundtable--I do have something to 
contribute.  I was just hired as the full-time Archivist for the 
Society of Women Engineers Historical Collection.  SWE's records are 
on deposit at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, 
in Detroit, MI.  Currently, our "Women in Engineering Documentation 
Project" focuses on processing the organizational records of SWE 
(approx. 200 linear feet, 1918-1993), outreach to women engineers, 
and the development of a traveling exhibit.  The collection has a 
substantial biographical-subject series on SWE members, photographs, 
a full historical run of SWE's publication (now SWE Magazine) and 
over 50 years of organizational records that document SWE's strategy 
to promote diversity in the science, engineering, and technological 
community.  A major gem is the Emma Barth diary collection--she wrote 
in shorthand.  Plans to translate and edit the diaries are underway.

I am happy to be part of the STHC roundtable, and look forward to 
becoming more active in SAA.  If anyone has any questions about the 
SWE collection, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks!
Lauren

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Lauren Kata
Society of Women Engineers Archivist
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-4024
Fax: (313) 577-4300
E-mail: laurenkata@wayne.edu
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu
http://www.swe.org