Arquivo 10-P - Collection de périodiques Archives des Femmes / Women's Archives Periodicals Collection

Collection de périodiques Archives des Femmes / Women's Archives Periodicals Collection

Arquivo

CA ON0034 10-P

25.44 m of textual records

The base of the Women's Periodicals Collection was inherited from the Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA) Collections in 1994. ARCS has been growing this collection through the transfer of published material received with archival material from donors.

The Archives and Special Collections has the largest collection of feminist publications in Canada, comprising of periodicals and newsletters produced by feminist groups and associations across Canada. It currently stands at just over 1400 titles and includes national publications like Branching Out and Broadside, as well as newsletters from smaller groups like Open Door, and Rural Lesbian Newsletter of British Columbia, etc. These periodicals represent women from diverse regions of the country, and cover social action in all its forms, and include subjects such as women’s health, the right to abortion, child-care services, as well as literature, art, culture, and assistance for immigrants. The coverage of these periodicals varies from several years of issues to other times just one or two issues.