New Vice Co-Chair Introduction

Hello, everyone! My name is Caroline Collins (she/her) and I am the new vice co-chair of the SAA Women’s Collections Section. While I hail from North Carolina, I currently live in Richmond, Virginia, and work at the Library of Virginia as a local records archivist. My job primarily involves processing Virginia locality government records –

WCS Annual Section Meeting

Join the Women’s Collections Section for our 2023 Section Meeting! We’ll be discussing events from the last year, leadership for the 2023-2024 steering committee, and other resources. There will be presentations from members of the community that focus on creative strategies and innovative means repositories are using to highlight stories of women and gender non-conforming

Call for Nominations–WCS Steering Committee

The SAA Women’s Collections Section is currently seeking nominees for the roles of Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect! Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect: For the first year of the two-year term, these two elected officers will hold the positions of Vice Co-Chairs. The second year in office, the elected officers will hold the positions of Co-Chairs. The role of

EXTENDED: Call for Presentations for Annual Section Meeting!

The Women’s Collections Section (WCS) of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) are seeking panel proposals and presentations for the WCS section meeting to be held June 20, 2023 at 1PM CST/2PM EST! This year we are seeking proposals that focus on creative strategies and innovative means repositories are using to highlight stories of women

Call for Submissions to WCS Blog: Integrating Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Women’s Collections Section wants to promote your work on our blog! For 2023 we are focusing the blog on projects members have been working on during or after the COVID-19 pandemic. Working in archives during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has required all of us to think on our feet and reassess our

Helen Bass Williams: Educator and Civil Rights Activist

The following post was written by Katey Watson, the France A. Córdova Archivist at Purdue University Purdue University archivists have long known Helen Bass Williams’ significance to not only Purdue, but U.S. history. In 1968, she became Purdue’s first Black faculty member and was integral in establishing many support systems for Black students, staff, and

DSGS/WCS Joint Annual Meeting

Join us for the upcoming DSGS/WCS Joint Section Meeting to be held on Monday, June 12th @ 2 pm (CT) ! Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwod-6vrjgvHdME978-WjX6MojH895EwPxl Learn more about our presenters and their upcoming presentations: Eirini Melena Karoutsos is a graduate student at Pratt Institute School of Information earning her MSLIS and an Advanced Certification in Archives. 

WCS Membership Forum

Thinking about joining the WCS team? Join us on Friday, June 11th @ 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST for a conversation with the WCS chairs! Register below: Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvc-CorDItG9EsEjp30ttTunWQPR32IFkF To learn more about our open Call for Nominations: https://saawcs.wordpress.com/2021/04/30/call-for-nominations-wcs-steering-committee/ . If you would like to submit questions prior to the forum, please email

Meet Our Current Vice Co-Chairs

Introducing Alex McGee, the general election winner, and the newly appointed Vice Co-Chair of the midterm election, Anna (Tunnicliff) Holland! Alex McGee is the interim Head of Public Services and Women@MIT Project Archivist in the Department of Distinctive Collections at the MIT Libraries. Prior, she worked with architectural archives at the Portman Archives in Atlanta

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Nominations – WCS Steering Committee

The SAA Women’s Collections Section is currently seeking nominees for the roles of Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect and Social Media Coordinator! Vice Co-Chair/Co-Chair Elect: For the first year of the two-year term, these two elected officers will hold the positions of Vice Co-Chairs. The second year in office, the elected officers will hold the positions of