Conference Agenda

Preserving history is an important part of making IAFFE and Feminist Economics sustainable in the future, as we face catastrophes including war, natural disaster, and political upheaval. This session addresses the process and problems of gathering, organizing, preparing and saving records as well as our experiences in using economic archives in research.

Duke University's David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library is currently slated to house the IAFFE Archives and possibly some member's personal papers. Archivists from the library give guidance to our scholars (young and mature) as they consider preserving and recording documents and documentation in the archival process.

The standard of modern open science is research reproducibility, which provides opportunities for new insights based on existing research or allows existing research to be further expanded and explored. As data sets and analytical software continually change, archiving quantitative research for future scholars presents challenges and requires forethought. This paper will explore those challenges, survey existing tools, and share advice on increasing the reproducibility of your own quantitative research by incorporating open data and code sharing practices and methods.

Research at Duke University examining the Barbara Bergmann Archives makes available original sources in examining her importance in IAFFE's history and in economics. Here, the process the materials and the research opportunities available within this archive will be summarized.

Between 1930 and 1959 Mable Newcomer made significant contributions to economics through her scholarship, professional and public leadership as well are her teaching. Her last book "A Century of Higher Education for American Women" gives a CSWEP worthy status report of the progress - and limits for female students encountered over this lengthy period of time. This paper reports on exploring the Newcomer Archives at Vassar College and the problems and surprises encountered while ferreting out information about the remarkable economist.