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2 New Stainforth Books at SCU

Archives and Special Collections at Santa Clara University are thrilled to announce that we have acquired two new Stainforth books (bib records forthcoming, they are being cataloged): Philips, Katherine. Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the Matchless Orinda. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane. 1710. *This is … Continue reading 2 New Stainforth Books at SCU

DH “Book Talk” on the Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing with ARC

For International Women’s Day 2023 #IWD2023: Just released, the Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing‘s “DH book talk” with ARC (Advanced Research Consortium), 18thConnect, and NINES editors featuring Kirstyn Leuner, Deborah Hollis, Chad Marks, and Susan Guinn-Chipman of the Stainforth project; and Emily Friedman, Laura Mandell, Lauren Liebe, and Elizabeth Brissey of ARC.   This conversation was an absolute delight for me personally, … Continue reading DH “Book Talk” on the Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing with ARC

MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions Awards Its Seal to The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing

I am excited to share that the Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarly Editions awarded its Seal to The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing on Monday, July 11, 2022. This award and seal mean that our project will be indexed with MLA’s CSE Approved Editions here, https://www.mla.org/Resources/Guidelines-and-Data/Reports-and-Professional-Guidelines/Publishing-and-Scholarship/CSE-Approved-Editions. Additionally, we will receive a prize at the 2024 MLA meeting in Philadelphia. … Continue reading MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions Awards Its Seal to The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing

Mission Impossible? Dating the Catalog Manuscript, Acquisitions, and the Library Project

One longstanding set of questions that Stainforth editors have been unable to answer (among many such questions) relates to the origins of Francis Stainforth’s collecting project. When did he begin collecting books, and why? And relatedly, when did he begin cataloging his library in the manuscript catalog that is the fount of what we know … Continue reading Mission Impossible? Dating the Catalog Manuscript, Acquisitions, and the Library Project

The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing Passed Peer Review by Advanced Research Consortium (ARC)

On October 12, the Stainforth editors learned that we passed peer review by the Advanced Research Consortium (ARC), and we are preparing the Stainforth data and website for ingestion in 18thConnect.org. It was a very big day, and we are super proud. This project began in Special Collections in 2012, at CU-Boulder during my PhD, where I … Continue reading The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing Passed Peer Review by Advanced Research Consortium (ARC)

Podcast Introduction to the Stainforth Project, “Collected, Catalogued, Counted”

Are you having the kind of day where instead of reading articles or books you would rather listen to three scholars on a podcast laugh and share data conundrums they have in common, all while recovering women’s book history? Or have you been longing for a conversational introduction to the Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing … Continue reading Podcast Introduction to the Stainforth Project, “Collected, Catalogued, Counted”

New pub: “Locating Women’s Book History in The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing” in SEL 60.4 (Autumn 2020)

After a long production delay during this pandemic year, it’s here! Leuner, Kirstyn J. “Locating Women’s Book History in The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing.” SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, vol. 60 no. 4, 2020*, p. 651-671. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/sel.2020.0026. *The Autumn 2020 issue was delayed due to the pandemic and released in Summer 2021. This … Continue reading New pub: “Locating Women’s Book History in The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing” in SEL 60.4 (Autumn 2020)

New pub: “Restoring Authority for Women Writers: Name Authority Records as Digital Recovery Scholarship” in HLQ 84.1 (Spring 2021)

I’m very happy to share that my essay, “Restoring Authority for Women Writers: Name Authority Records as Digital Recovery Scholarship,” now appears in Huntington Library Quarterly‘s special issue on Women in Book History, 1660-1830, edited by Betty Schellenberg and Michelle Levy. My section also features essays by Kandice Sharren and E. J. Clery, and our … Continue reading New pub: “Restoring Authority for Women Writers: Name Authority Records as Digital Recovery Scholarship” in HLQ 84.1 (Spring 2021)

Some Lessons from Counting Names, Person Records, and Short Person Records

In 2019-2020, we completed the project of counting the editions in the library catalog, and we concluded that there are 7,122 editions. This month, after completing a massive multi-year effort to editorially address every name in the catalog listed as an author, our most recent counts tell us that there are: 3320 names listed in … Continue reading Some Lessons from Counting Names, Person Records, and Short Person Records

Technical Description of The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing

[Note: This post was originally published on January 18, 2020. It was updated significantly for peer review submission on August 14, 2020.]   The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing project is hosted on the DH server at Santa Clara University and uses PHP for its source code. The project is conceptually divided into two parts: … Continue reading Technical Description of The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing