Her Own Version of History A Case Study of the Guerrilla Girls Oral Histories at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Introduction Vague problem statement from abstract Erin Dickey UNC-Chapel Hill MS Information Science/MA Art History, 2018

Questions with changing answers: Anonymous participants + privacy? Clear copyright vs. ethics? Transcript review? Web access? Introduction Vague problem statement from abstract

Study Participants Artifacts Jennifer Snyder, AAA Oral History Archivist (then Archives Technician) Liza Kirwin, AAA Deputy Director (then Acting Director) Emily Terrell, then AAA curatorial staff member Anna C. Chave, Professor Emerita, CUNY Graduate Center Justin Brancato, then staff member at AAA’s New York research Center Oral History Collections Processing Form Procedures for Oral History Interviewers: A Summary (2016) Oral History Interview Procedures (2011) Current and past Consent & Gift forms Introduction Vague problem statement from abstract

Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? 1989 Cover, Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? 1989 Guerrilla Girls Collection of Smith College Museum of Art Image via ARTStor Larger issues + who are Guerrilla Girls

AAA records Guerrilla Girls interviews 1985 Guerrilla Girls form 2000-2001 Formation of Guerrilla Girls on Tour; formation of Guerrilla Girls BroadBand Fall 2011 Letters to the Editor of Art Journal published 2007-2008 AAA records Guerrilla Girls interviews Summer 2011 Chave’s Art Journal article published October 2010 “Kahlo” and “Kollwitz” interview goes online October 2011 Transcript revised and replaced March 2012 Transcript with addenda published 2003 Lawsuit against splinter groups 1999 Incorporation of Guerrilla Girls, Inc. by “Frida Kahlo” and “Käthe Kollwitz” Detailed description of case

Letters. (2011). Anna C. Chave Art Journal 70 (3): 113–14. Guerrilla Girls at Cal Arts Valencia, Ca. 1987 Image via ARTstor Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz method

Explanatory text added by AAA in March, 2012 https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-guerrilla-girls-frida-kahlo-and-kathe-kollwitz-15837 Analysis

Lessons Learned Implement deadlines, clearer communication for transcript review Show changes in transcript versions Make changes apparent (if permitted) in online transcripts Encourage verbatim transcripts Continually review procedures as well as associated documentation and access technologies Introduction Vague problem statement from abstract

Acknowledgements Soon accessible via: Justin Brancato Anna C. Chave Liza Kirwin Ryan Shaw Jennifer Snyder Emily Terrell Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution “Learning from Artists’ Archives” Program From What’s New and Happening at the Guggenheim? Collection of Bucknell University, Samek Art Museum Image via ARTStor Soon accessible via: cdr.lib.unc.edu Introduction Vague problem statement from abstract Contact: erinad@live.unc.edu @edickey