1. Hidden Treasures
Digital Initiatives of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Donna Campbell,
Washington State University
ALA, May 27, 2016
Session 9-E Roundtable: Teaching Recovered Women Writers: Digital Options

2. SSAWW Mission Statement
The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) was established in 2000 to promote and advance the study of American women writers through research, teaching, and publication. It is the goal of the Society to strengthen relations among persons and institutions both in the United States and internationally who are undertaking such studies, and to broaden knowledge widely among the general public about American women writers.
The Society is committed to diversity in the study of American women writers — racial, ethnic, gender, class, sexual orientation, region, and era — as well as of scholars participating in the Society.

3. SSAWW site, 2012

4. SSAWW on the web, Facebook, and Twitter

5. 2008 Committee Report Conclusions
The committee was unable to come to a conclusion about online publication of 19th-century women writers’ texts, citing a variety of advantages
availability of resources to teachers;
cost-effectiveness for students;
access to reliable texts for scholars far from research libraries;
and disadvantages
the potential for reducing the already slim audience for printed recovery texts;
logistics/cost/editorial direction and standards;
who would have access.
The committee concluded, however, that “a system that could allow print- on-demand versions for a reasonable price would be worth investigating.”

6. Hidden Treasures 1: Reading Lists, http://ssaww.org/archives/materials

7. Hidden Treasures 2: Assignments using archival materials (under Links -> Teaching)

8. Hidden Treasures 3: Resource Links, http://ssaww
Hidden Treasures 3: Resource Links, (under Links)

9. Hidden Treasures 4, E-Texts (under Links -> Etexts) http://www

10. Hidden Treasures 5: DH projects in progress http://www. ssaww
Hidden Treasures 5: DH projects in progress (under DH)

11. Conclusions
SSAWW has a role to play in recovering texts, especially if it proceeds with an editorial committee.
As supported by its members and their institutions, it should pursue the online dissemination of texts, possibly with print-on-demand capabilities.
For now, however, SSAWW has an even greater role as a centralized information space, an information clearing house, about recovery projects:
SSAWW site, with Facebook and Twitter
Ssaww-l listserv:
Ssaww-dh listserv and list of projects: