Wikipedia:GLAM/Smith College

This is the project page for Wikipedia activities at Smith College

Smith College Alumnae Gym

Smith College Reading Room, Sophia Smith Collection and Smith College Archives, 2007

Upcoming events

Third Annual Smith Wikipedia-edit-a-thon

• Smith College

  When: March 5, 2016, 11:00 am-3:00 pm

  Where: Neilson Library Core and Classroom (first floor)

  Who: All are welcome to come and learn to edit and contribute to articles on women's history and Smith alumnae artists

  Details on the event page here:Wikipedia:Meetup/Smith College/ArtAndFeminism 2016

Smith College Campus Center

Past Events

Second Annual Smith Wikipedia-edit-a-thon

• Smith College

  When: March 12, 2015, 6-8 pm,

  Where: Hillyer Art Library Classroom (Hillyer 119).

Seven Sisters Wikipedia-edit-a-thon

• March 4, 2014

  Details on the event page here: Wikipedia:Meetup/SevenSisters/March2014SevenSisters

Project Aims

• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of notable American women based on both published and original primary source materials.
• Creating or enhancing existing biographies of other notable artists, scholars, researchers, cultural figures, and organizations, especially those from under-represented populations.
• Adding authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types.
• Updating project pages related to GLAM and Smith College Special Collections and Smith College Museum of Art.

Tasks

Articles to Edit

• Senda Berenson Abbott
• Florence Ellinwood Allen
• Florence Bascom
• Ada Louise Comstock
• Jill Ker Conway
• Otelia Cromwell
• Angel De Cora
• Mary Maples Dunn
• Matilda Joslyn Gage
• Dorothy Reed Mendenhall
• Frances Fox Piven
• Sophia Smith
• International Council of Women
• New England Hospital for Women and Children

Articles to Add

• Dorothy Sears Ainsworth
• ERA Campaign
• Loretta Ross
• National Latina Health Organization
• National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum
• Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice
• Center for Advancement of Women

Smith Alumnae artist pages to improve

• Blanche Ames Ames (class of 1899)
• Lesley Dill (MAT 75)
• Enid Mark (54)
• Joan Mitchell (46)
• Frances Rich (31)
• Sandy Skoglund (68)

Smith Alumnae artists to add to Wikipedia

• Martha Armstrong (62)
• Joellyn Duesberry (66)
• Nancy Goldring (67)
• Grace Farrar Knowlton (54)
• Katherine Elizabeth McClellan (class of 1882)
• Margaretta Kuhlthau Mitchell (57)
• Barbara Neustadt (44)
• Elisabeth Telling (class of 1904)
• Alice Morgan Wright (class of 1904)

Smith-related art and architecture organizations to add to Wikipedia

• Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Women's School of Planning and Architecture
• Smith College Museum of Art

Resources

Possible Editing Strategies

• Research and contribute to the content of Wikipedia articles.
• Improve citations, link to open journals and databases.
• Cite archival collections as references or external links.
• Add links to finding aids or catalog records for archival collections.
• Embed or link to digitized content

Learning Tools

• Smith Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Research & Editing Guide
• Help: Cheatsheet
• Wikipedia: Wikipedia for Libraries Archives Museums

Participants

Sign your name using four Tildes (~) after a bullet point.

• Carrie Baker
• Barbara Polowy
• Meg Meiman (talk) 18:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
• Svandyne (talk) 16:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
• OR drohowa (talk) 16:26, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
• Elisa Lanzi (talk) 02:38, 27 February 2014 (UTC)elanzi
• Kym Garcia (talk)
• Gabrielle Termuehlen (talk)
• Marley Miller (talk)
• Richardsd (talk)
• Ellee.carr (talk) 16:22, 9 March 2015 (UTC)