Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Weiner (Marli) Papers
Scope and Contents
Many of the source files include Dr. Weiner's research notes and provide page numbers, quotations, and responses to each text. Other source files, listed by title and author, contain photocopied and clipped articles but no annotation. The manuscript of Sex, Sickness, and Slavery in Series 3 is a considerably more extensive draft than what was published after editing. Additional material in this record group relates to professional associations, course development and teaching, and the process of tenure and promotion.
Dates
- 1988-2004
Creator
- Weiner, Marli Frances, 1953-2009 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Kept in Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Marli Frances Weiner was born January 9, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Walter and Phyllis (Hirsch) Weiner. She was raised primarily in Stamford, Connecticut, and received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, a master's degree in history from Sarah Lawrence College, and a doctorate in history from the University of Rochester in 1986. Dr. Weiner taught at Cornell University, St. Lawrence College, the University of Vermont, Grinnell College and the University of New Hampshire before accepting a position in 1988 as a professor of history at the University of Maine. She died on March 2, 2009, in Bangor, Maine.
Dr. Weiner's published books include Mistresses and Slaves: Plantation Women in South Carolina, 1830-1880; A Heritage of Woe: The Civil War Diary of Grace Brown Elmore; My House Has Been a Hospital: The Experience of Illness in the Antebellum South; and a book edited for publication following her death, published in 2012, Sex, Sickness, and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South. She also edited a volume for the University of Maine Press titled Of Place and Gender: Women in Maine History. Courses taught by Dr. Weiner included 19th century history, women's history, history of the South, and African-American history.
Extent
11 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Many of the source files include Dr. Weiner's research notes and provide page numbers, quotations, and responses to each text. Other source files, listed by title and author, contain photocopied and clipped articles but no annotation. The manuscript of Sex, Sickness, and Slavery in Series 3 is a considerably more extensive draft than what was published after editing. Additional material in this collection relates to professional associations, course development and teaching, and the process of tenure and promotion.
Arrangement
The Records Group is broken down intellectually into the following record series: 1. Body Sources, 2. Southern Women Sources, 3. Manuscript, notes and revisions for book Sex, Sickness and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South, 4. Published Reference Sources / Articles, 5. Resource and Professional Activity Files, and 6. Course Materials and Professional Documents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items were transferred to the Special Collections Department from the Women's Studies Department. Additional syllabi and assignments were transferred to the Special Collections Department by Mazie Hough on December 9, 2022 and merged with the contents of folders in Box 11.
Appraisal
Copies of student reviews were not retained.
General
Formerly SpC MS 1735.
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Source
- Hough, Mazie (Person)
- Title
- University of Maine. Weiner (Marli) Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew Revitt
- Date
- May 16, 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
