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This is a collection of scans and transcriptions of works by antebellum, abolitionist women writers. It is separated by the names of the archives where the materials were found and by the names of the collections. The site will grow, as more files are scanned in. I have around 300 pages left to scan. Two collections include transcriptions: the MacLean Collection in the Duke University section, and the Blackford Family Collection in the University of North Carolina section. Members of the Poetess Archive volunteered to help me with the transcriptions and the TEI encodings, but there are hundreds of pages, so volunteers are warmly welcomed. The goal is to create a resource for academics and students in this field, so that they can easily access them online. I copied these documents on a 2-week trip I took to North Carolina, DC and Philadelphia on a $1,000 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Research Grant. I present the research I gathered on abolitionist women at the Southern Women Writers Conference, in Georgia this past September, 2009. If I find an appropriate publisher at the MLA, I plan on publishing some of these documents in a printed book - potential co-editors, transcribers and encoders are encouraged to express their interest by email pennsylvaniajournal@gmail.com or by phone (724) 541-4444. Snail mail can be sent to: Anna Faktorovich, 1800 Lisa Dr., #2, Indiana, PA 15701.
Editor's Biography: I am a Graduate Assistant in IUP's English Literature and Criticism Ph.D. program. I have an M.A. from the University of South Carolina. You can view samples of my writing and my Curriculum Vita on my Career Porfolio. My associated venture, the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, publishes works in criticism and poetry.
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