Newcomb Archives
Ellis, Cynthia
2007-43
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Creator
- Ellis, Cynthia
- Title
- Cynthia Ellis Collection
- ID
- 2007-43
- Date [inclusive]
- Between 1988 and 1992
- Extent
- 2.0 Cubic feet 2 cartons
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Cynthia Ellis' work focuses on rural women in developing countries, especially her home country of Belize. She received a BA from the University of the West Indies, and continued her academic study at the Institute of Social Studies in Hague, the Independent Study Program on Rural Development at the University of California Davis, and Antioch University. Ms. Ellis also served as a Fellow of the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women in 1991-1992. Also the mother of five children, Ms. Ellis is now working as director of the Belizean Rural Women's Association.
Scope and Contents note
The Cynthia Ellis Collection spans the years 1988-1992. Of her research on Belizean women, the collection includes photocopied articles, thesis, and bibliographies. File on the Belize Rural Women's Association (BRWA) include various materials from fliers and newsletters to budgetary statements, yearly reports, and proposals. The collection includes several files of photographs of Belizean women and their handicrafts, as well as working chapters of her thesis on handicrafts as an income-generating activity. Also included are materials from Ms Eliis' time as a fellow at Newcomb College Center for Research on Women and materials from her Oral History Projects. This collection offers insight into the conditions of women in a rural and developing country, as well as the effects of a women's organization on the quality of their lives.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in two boxes with folders labeled by subject.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives Spring '94
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
Permission from the author may be necessary to cite some manuscripts. Consult repository for details.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Belize Rural Women's Association. (BRWA)
Genre(s)
- Oral History Projects
Geographic Name(s)
- Belize
Occupation(s)
- Activists
Personal Name(s)
- Ellis, Cynthia
Collection Inventory
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NAC-244 Carton 1 of 2 1.0 Cubic feet 1 carton General noteThe finding aid only has information listed for the contents of Carton 1 of 2; no data is available for Carton 2 at all. General noteArticles Belize maps Belize Rural Women's Association (BRWA) Bibliography Collected Poetry Correspondence Correspondence and Handwritten notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 "Problem Background" |
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