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pamphlet cover from the Marysa Navarro papers, Collection MS-1174, Rauner Special Collections Library

Digitizing The Marysa Navarro Papers

Among Professor Emerita of History Marysa Navarro's collected papers, photos, memorabilia, and audio/visual materials meticulously archived by the Rauner Library team, Jill Baron examined a wealth of primary resources from the 1980s to the early 2000s. The special collection highlights Navarro's role in establishing a women’s studies and Latin American studies program at Dartmouth, her involvement in international organizations, and her work on women's rights and women's health.

Until now, anyone wanting to view Navarro's papers would have had to access them in person at Rauner Library. Inspired by expanding the possibilities of research, Jill, in collaboration with Digital by Dartmouth Libraries (DxDL) and Princeton University Library, digitized a small subset of the collection — namely, flyers, pamphlets, and brochures pertaining to women's health and women's rights — for inclusion in Princeton's Digital Archive of Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera.

As the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies librarian, I routinely guide students to the Princeton Digital Archive for Latin American and Caribbean Ephemera. It contains digital primary sources that express the perspectives of organizers, activists, nonprofits, and government officials on a broad range of topics from across the region. It’s thrilling to be able to contribute these materials on women’s rights and women’s health to this resource and expand the possibilities of research. Collaborating with colleagues in DxDL as well as at Princeton to achieve this cross-institutional digitization project was especially rewarding.

Jill Baron

You can now view the flyers, pamphlets, and brochures pertaining to women's health and women's rights via Princeton's Digital Archive.

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