Veuve, Viuda, Viduam and other Representations of Women’s Bibliographic Labor Recovered in Wilson Library’s Rare Book Collection

The purpose of this study is twofold: To recover and add to existing research concerning books printed, published, and sold by widows performed by former Wilson Library catalogers and to uncover potential reasons why this research was eliminated or effaced in the OPAC system. Through enumerative bibliography and comparative analysis this master’s paper seeks to document and demonstrate the ways in which prioritization of information effects scholarship related to Print Culture, Labor History, Women’s Studies, and Book History. In addition to advocating for the critical examination of contemporary cataloging practices with regards to women’s labor, this bibliography will seek to make plain the kinship of Library History and Book History.Master of Science in Library Scienc