Linda Morra is a full professor at Bishop's University. She was the Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies (2016-2017) at University College Dublin and a visiting scholar at Berkeley, University of California (2016). Her book Unarrested Archives (2014) was a finalist for the Gabrielle Roy Prize.Jessica Schagerl's research focuses on Canadian studies, drawing heavily on archival material; she is also invested in questions of professional concern, including mentoring and the futures of arts and humanities. She is the alumni and development officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Western Ontario.

`` Basements and Attics theorizes archives as non-neutral sites, and articulates archival work as open to critical interpretations and methodologies.... Each section explores alternative research by highlighting the resourcefulness of publishers' archives, private collections, or digital repositories. The contributions included in "Reorientations" and "Responsibilities," for instance, constitute excellent "how-to" guides for researchers interested not only in how archives problematize (dis)location, representation, and cultural translation, but also in ethical (re)readings of an author's literary career.... Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace ...serves as an essential guide in defining what constitutes an archive-as an ideologically and culturally constructed site-and in addressing pertinent challenges encountered both in the creation and study of Canadian women's archives, and also those presented by the advent of new technologies.'' -- Cristina Ivanovici -- Canadian Literature, 219, Winter 2013

• Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace: Explorations in Women's Archives, edited by Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlIntroduction: No Archive is Neutral Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlI. ReorientationsOf Mini-Ships and Archives Daphne MarlattFinding Indian Maidens on eBay: Tales of the Alternative Archive (and More Tales of White Commodity Culture) Cecily Devereux""Faster Than a Speeding Thought"": Lemon Hound's Archive Unleashed Karis Shearer and Jessica Schagerl""I remember""I was wearing leather pants"": Archiving the Repertoire of Feminist Cabaret in Canada T.L. Cowan""In the hope of making a connection"": (Re)Reading Archival Bodies, Responses, and Love in Marian Engel's Bear and Alice Munro's ""Meneseteung"" Catherine BatesAn Archive of Complicity: Ethically (Re)Reading the Documentaries of Nelofer Pazira Hannah McGregorPsyche and Her Helpers, under Cloud Cover Penn KempII. RestrictionsArchival Matters Sally ClarkKeeping the Archive Door Open: Writing about Florence Carlyle Susan ButlinThe Oral, the Archive, and Ethics: Canadian Women Writers Telling It Andrea BeverleyHalted by the Archive: The Impact of Excessive Archival Restrictions on Scholars Ruth Panofsky and Michael MoirPersonal Ethics: Being an Archivist of Writers Catherine HobbsInvisibility Exhibit: The Limits of Library and Archives Canada's ""Multicultural Mandate"" Karina VernonIII. ResponsibilitiesRat in the Box: Thoughts on Archiving My Stuff Susan McMasterLetters to the Woman's Page Editor: Francis Marion Beynon's ""The Country Homemakers"" and a Public Culture for Women Katja ThiemeArchival Adventures with L.M. Montgomery; or, ""As Long as the Leaves Hold Together"" Vanessa Brown and Benjamin LefebvreThe Quality of the Carpet: A Consideration of Anecdotes in Researching Women's Lives Linda M. Morra""I want my story told"": The Sheila Watson Archive, the Reader, and the Search for Voice Paul Tiessen""You can do with all this rambling whatever you want"": Scrutinizing Ethics in the Alzheimer's Archives Kathleen VenemaLocking Up Letters Julia CreetAfterword Janice FiamengoContributorsIndex

Linda Morra is a full professor at Bishop's University. She was the Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies (2016-2017) at University College Dublin and a visiting scholar at Berkeley, University of California (2016). Her book Unarrested Archives (2014) was a finalist for the Gabrielle Roy Prize.Jessica Schagerl's research focuses on Canadian studies, drawing heavily on archival material; she is also invested in questions of professional concern, including mentoring and the futures of arts and humanities. She is the alumni and development officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Western Ontario.

`` Basements and Attics theorizes archives as non-neutral sites, and articulates archival work as open to critical interpretations and methodologies.... Each section explores alternative research by highlighting the resourcefulness of publishers' archives, private collections, or digital repositories. The contributions included in "Reorientations" and "Responsibilities," for instance, constitute excellent "how-to" guides for researchers interested not only in how archives problematize (dis)location, representation, and cultural translation, but also in ethical (re)readings of an author's literary career.... Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace ...serves as an essential guide in defining what constitutes an archive-as an ideologically and culturally constructed site-and in addressing pertinent challenges encountered both in the creation and study of Canadian women's archives, and also those presented by the advent of new technologies.'' -- Cristina Ivanovici -- Canadian Literature, 219, Winter 2013

• Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace: Explorations in Women's Archives, edited by Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlIntroduction: No Archive is Neutral Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlI. ReorientationsOf Mini-Ships and Archives Daphne MarlattFinding Indian Maidens on eBay: Tales of the Alternative Archive (and More Tales of White Commodity Culture) Cecily Devereux""Faster Than a Speeding Thought"": Lemon Hound's Archive Unleashed Karis Shearer and Jessica Schagerl""I remember""I was wearing leather pants"": Archiving the Repertoire of Feminist Cabaret in Canada T.L. Cowan""In the hope of making a connection"": (Re)Reading Archival Bodies, Responses, and Love in Marian Engel's Bear and Alice Munro's ""Meneseteung"" Catherine BatesAn Archive of Complicity: Ethically (Re)Reading the Documentaries of Nelofer Pazira Hannah McGregorPsyche and Her Helpers, under Cloud Cover Penn KempII. RestrictionsArchival Matters Sally ClarkKeeping the Archive Door Open: Writing about Florence Carlyle Susan ButlinThe Oral, the Archive, and Ethics: Canadian Women Writers Telling It Andrea BeverleyHalted by the Archive: The Impact of Excessive Archival Restrictions on Scholars Ruth Panofsky and Michael MoirPersonal Ethics: Being an Archivist of Writers Catherine HobbsInvisibility Exhibit: The Limits of Library and Archives Canada's ""Multicultural Mandate"" Karina VernonIII. ResponsibilitiesRat in the Box: Thoughts on Archiving My Stuff Susan McMasterLetters to the Woman's Page Editor: Francis Marion Beynon's ""The Country Homemakers"" and a Public Culture for Women Katja ThiemeArchival Adventures with L.M. Montgomery; or, ""As Long as the Leaves Hold Together"" Vanessa Brown and Benjamin LefebvreThe Quality of the Carpet: A Consideration of Anecdotes in Researching Women's Lives Linda M. Morra""I want my story told"": The Sheila Watson Archive, the Reader, and the Search for Voice Paul Tiessen""You can do with all this rambling whatever you want"": Scrutinizing Ethics in the Alzheimer's Archives Kathleen VenemaLocking Up Letters Julia CreetAfterword Janice FiamengoContributorsIndex

Linda Morra is a full professor at Bishop's University. She was the Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies (2016-2017) at University College Dublin and a visiting scholar at Berkeley, University of California (2016). Her book Unarrested Archives (2014) was a finalist for the Gabrielle Roy Prize.Jessica Schagerl's research focuses on Canadian studies, drawing heavily on archival material; she is also invested in questions of professional concern, including mentoring and the futures of arts and humanities. She is the alumni and development officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Western Ontario.

`` Basements and Attics theorizes archives as non-neutral sites, and articulates archival work as open to critical interpretations and methodologies.... Each section explores alternative research by highlighting the resourcefulness of publishers' archives, private collections, or digital repositories. The contributions included in "Reorientations" and "Responsibilities," for instance, constitute excellent "how-to" guides for researchers interested not only in how archives problematize (dis)location, representation, and cultural translation, but also in ethical (re)readings of an author's literary career.... Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace ...serves as an essential guide in defining what constitutes an archive-as an ideologically and culturally constructed site-and in addressing pertinent challenges encountered both in the creation and study of Canadian women's archives, and also those presented by the advent of new technologies.'' -- Cristina Ivanovici -- Canadian Literature, 219, Winter 2013

• Basements and Attics, Closets and Cyberspace: Explorations in Women's Archives, edited by Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlIntroduction: No Archive is Neutral Linda M. Morra and Jessica SchagerlI. ReorientationsOf Mini-Ships and Archives Daphne MarlattFinding Indian Maidens on eBay: Tales of the Alternative Archive (and More Tales of White Commodity Culture) Cecily Devereux""Faster Than a Speeding Thought"": Lemon Hound's Archive Unleashed Karis Shearer and Jessica Schagerl""I remember""I was wearing leather pants"": Archiving the Repertoire of Feminist Cabaret in Canada T.L. Cowan""In the hope of making a connection"": (Re)Reading Archival Bodies, Responses, and Love in Marian Engel's Bear and Alice Munro's ""Meneseteung"" Catherine BatesAn Archive of Complicity: Ethically (Re)Reading the Documentaries of Nelofer Pazira Hannah McGregorPsyche and Her Helpers, under Cloud Cover Penn KempII. RestrictionsArchival Matters Sally ClarkKeeping the Archive Door Open: Writing about Florence Carlyle Susan ButlinThe Oral, the Archive, and Ethics: Canadian Women Writers Telling It Andrea BeverleyHalted by the Archive: The Impact of Excessive Archival Restrictions on Scholars Ruth Panofsky and Michael MoirPersonal Ethics: Being an Archivist of Writers Catherine HobbsInvisibility Exhibit: The Limits of Library and Archives Canada's ""Multicultural Mandate"" Karina VernonIII. ResponsibilitiesRat in the Box: Thoughts on Archiving My Stuff Susan McMasterLetters to the Woman's Page Editor: Francis Marion Beynon's ""The Country Homemakers"" and a Public Culture for Women Katja ThiemeArchival Adventures with L.M. Montgomery; or, ""As Long as the Leaves Hold Together"" Vanessa Brown and Benjamin LefebvreThe Quality of the Carpet: A Consideration of Anecdotes in Researching Women's Lives Linda M. Morra""I want my story told"": The Sheila Watson Archive, the Reader, and the Search for Voice Paul Tiessen""You can do with all this rambling whatever you want"": Scrutinizing Ethics in the Alzheimer's Archives Kathleen VenemaLocking Up Letters Julia CreetAfterword Janice FiamengoContributorsIndex