The Herland Archive

The Herland Archive houses a rare collection of feminist and LGBTQ+ material, including zines, newsletters, journals, and more. The physical collection is located at the University of Central Oklahoma's Women's Research Center and BGLTQ+ Student Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The Herland Archive's digital collection site has multiple pages that provide different avenues of exploration and education.

  • On the Explore page, users will find an unstructured gallery of select items from the Herland Archive's collection. Using the advanced search feature on that page allows users to query metadata and use keywords to search for specific items. 
  • The Faceted Browse page provides a structured table of items that can be filtered by decade or theme. 
  • On the Browse Titles page, users can navigate through different item sets based on specific titles and themed sets. Clicking on one of these sets will take the user to a gallery of all items in that set. 
  • The Herstory page provides a multiple page essay on the origins, mission, and trajectory of Herland Sister Resources.
  • On the Oral History page, users can browse interviews with members of the Herland Sister Resources.
  • Visualizing the Archive displays multiple data visualizations of items in the archive, providing different avenues of exploration.
  • The About page provides additional information about the Herland Archive and this digital site.

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