Wikipedia:Meetup:Philadelphia/Bryn Mawr College/American Archives Month
This is the project page for Wikipedia activities at Bryn Mawr College
Upcoming events
[edit]Ada Lovelace and American Archives Month Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon 2014
[edit]- When: October 22, 4 - 7:30pm
- Where: Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library Room 205 (101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA) or remotely: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Bryn_Mawr_Archives_Month_2014
- Who: All are welcome to come: learn to edit and contribute to articles using the holdings of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.
Past events
[edit]Seven Siblings Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Women's History Month 2014
Project Aims
[edit]- Empowering community members and the general public to learn how to edit Wikipedia.
- Creating or enhancing existing biographies of notable American women, especially those engaged in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, based on both published and original primary source materials.
- Increasing access to the archives and manuscript collections of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.
- Adding authoritative references, citations, and images to improve the quality of existing articles of all types.
Tasks
[edit]Records to Create STEM women above line
[edit]- Julia Ward - WWII cryptographer and NSA Hall of Honor inductee
- Elaine Surick Oran - Senior scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Lab
- Harriet Randolph - Biologist
- Kimberly Blessing - Web architect, Director of Think Brownstone, Inc.
- Elizabeth Armstrong Wood - Crystallographer, geologist, first woman scientist at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1942
- Mary Winearls Porter - Crystallographer
- Marguerite Lehr - Mathematician, pioneered math on television for Philadelphia's "University of the Air" (1953-4) (photo: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/BMC_photoarc/id/336/rec/1)
- Martha Evens - Computer Scientist who wrote the first spelling checker, and many other things; emeritus at Illinois Institute of Technology (http://www.cs.iit.edu/~martha/)
- Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
- The Woman's Column
- Seymour Adelman
- Alma A. Clarke
- Mamie Gwinn
- Mariam Coffin Canaday
Records to Edit or Improve STEM women above line
[edit]- Nettie Stevens fix incorrect information, add more detail
- Michelle Francl add image, expand
- Maria Crawford add image, expand
- Alina Surmacka Szczesniak
- Ida Helen Ogilvie
- Florence Bascom
- Harriet Brooks
- Gladys Anslow
- Dorothy Wrinch
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy add to Category: Presidents of Bryn Mawr College
- Hilda Worthington Smith add image, De-orphan page, expand biography.
- Nancy J. Vickers fix the link that goes to the College President's biography, which now is Cassidy, add image and expand info
- Marion Edwards Park needs citations
- Katharine Elizabeth McBride link to publications, expand, add image, external links
- Mary Patterson McPherson link to publications, expand, add image, fix references
- Harris Wofford add information about holdings in Special Collections
- Albert M. Greenfield add mention of The Greenfield Digital Center
- Marianne Moore link holdings in Special Collections
- Mary Garrett expand and add citations, links, link holdings in Special Collections
- Constance Applebee expand and add link to holdings in Special Collections
- Carrie Chapman Catt link holdings in Special Collections
- Laurence Housman link holdings in Special Collections
- Richard Lattimore link holdings in Special Collections, perhaps add expanded bibliography of his works
- Katharine Sergeant Angell White link holdings in Special Collections
- Field Hockey add mention of Constance Applebee and citation
- Josephine Clara Goldmark add her book of poems to a list of works (http://tripodclassic.brynmawr.edu/record=b4118713~S10)
- Rhys Carpenter improve record and citations
Images to Upload or Link to Existing Records
[edit]- Ruth R. Benerito needs photo
- Marjorie Constance Caserio needs photo
- June Zimmerman Fullmer needs photo
- Mimi Lee needs photo
- Mary Bidwell Breed needs photo
- Dorothy Hahn needs photo
- Frances Hardcastle needs photo
- Jennet Conant needs photo
- Katharine Elizabeth McBride
- Jane Dammen McAuliffe
- Mary Patterson McPherson
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy
- Nancy J. Vickers
- Bryn Mawr College in general: http://photos.brynmawr.edu/Campus-Images
- Hilda Worthington Smith
- Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Resources
[edit]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
- Wikipedia:Why create an account?
- Help: Cheatsheet
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia for Libraries Archives Museums
Participants
[edit]Sign your name using four Tildes (~) after a bullet point.
- Evan McGonagill (talk)
- Marianne Weldon (talk)
- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk)
- Dorevabelfiore (talk) 12:42, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
- Richardjames444 (talk) 02:31, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
- Monica Mercado (talk)
- Rachel Appel (talk)
- Jlspohrer (talk) 21:39, 22 October 2014 (UTC)jlspohrer
Outcomes
[edit]Records Created
[edit]- Elaine Surick Oran - Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:39, 22 October 2014 (UTC) -- Nominated for DYK
Records Edited
[edit]- Mary Patterson McPherson. Added references and inbox, reorganized info. -- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 23:57, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Josephine Clara Goldmark -- Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:03, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
- M. Carey Thomas. Added link to the M. Carey Thomas Papers. --Elpumroy (talk) 22:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Marion Edwards Park. Added link to the Marion Edwards Park Papers. --Elpumroy (talk) 22:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Theatre Guild. Added link to the Theresa Helburn Theatre Collection. --Elpumroy (talk) 22:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Laurence Housman. Added link to the Laurence Housman Papers. --Elpumroy (talk) 22:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ida Helen Ogilvie
- Florence Bascom
- Ethel D. Allen