Wikipedia:GLAM/Bryn Mawr College
This is the project page for Wikipedia activities at Bryn Mawr College
Upcoming events
[edit]Seven Siblings Wikipedia-edit-a-thons throughout the month of March
[edit]Details on the event page here: Wikipedia:Meetup/SevenSisters/March2014SevenSisters
- When: March 25, 4 - 7:30pm,
- Where: Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Library Room 205, or remotely: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/7sisterswiki
- Who: All are welcome to come and learn to edit and contribute to articles related to the holdings of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Project Aims
[edit]- 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 Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.
Tasks
[edit]Records to Create
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy - (See below)
- Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
- The Woman's Column
- Seymour Adelman
- Alma A. Clarke
- Mamie Gwinn
- Julia Ward
- Elaine Surick Oran
- Mariam Coffin Canaday
Records to Edit or Improve
- Draft:Kimberly Wright Cassidy (draft article by --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:26, 15 March 2014 (UTC)) 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
Images to Upload or Link to Existing Records
- 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
- Machteld Mellink (Link Tarsus materials in triarte)
- File:Deanery interior Bryn Mawr College PAB Deanery 044.jpg
- File:Deanery aerial Bryn Mawr College PAB Deanery 008.jpg
Resources
[edit]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
- 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.
- Eric Pumroy (talk)
- DThomsen8 (talk) 23:29, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
- Leigh-Anne Yacovelli (talk) 02:07, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
- Jeremy Blatchley
- Joelle Collins
- Kimberly Blessing
- DThomsen8 (talk) 20:07, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Outcomes
[edit]Articles created
[edit]- Catherine Clarke Fenselau (nominated for DYK)
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy
- Bryn Mawr College Deanery
- The Woman's Column (in progress)
- Seymour Adelman (in progress)
Articles edited
[edit]- Hilda Worthington Smith
- Kimberly Wright Cassidy
- Mary Garrett
- Nancy J. Vickers
- Machteld Mellink
- Stephanie Jallen
- Mary Hamilton Swindler
- James E. Rhoads
- Katharine Hepburn
- Bryn Mawr College
- Hudson's
- Bryn Mawr Painter
