The Descriptive Notes editorial team is pleased to announce the publication of a new post in our relaunched Inclusive Description series.
In "Naming Women in the Johnson Publishing Company Archive," Jacob Wolf discusses the questions, problems, and procedures encountered and developed by archivists working on the Johnson Publishing Company Archive (co-owned by the Getty Research Institute and the National Museum of African American History and Culture) as they sought to identify women described by their husbands' names in JPC publications and archival materials.
Read it here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/naming-women-in-the-johnson-publishing-company-archive/
Descriptive Notes is the blog of SAA's Description Section, featuring articles related to all aspects of archival description. The editorial team is currently soliciting posts for a our Inclusive Description series, on inclusive and reparative projects and processes (and more) in archives and libraries. Read former entries in the series here (https://saadescription.wordpress.com/category/inclusive-description/). Read our submission guidelines here (https://saadescription.wordpress.com/guidelines/) or email us at saadescription@gmail.com.
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Katherine Madison
Lead Editor, Descriptive Notes
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