COVID-19 Collection

Voices of the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Chancellor Carine M. Feyten Collection

Help us tell the story of our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are experiencing history in the making and living in a time that will one day be written about in the next generation’s history books. Your story is our history.

We invite you to document and share your COVID-19 story in either digital or physical format. Submissions will be archived and preserved as a personal and historical account of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.

Donate your COVID-19 story

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What to Submit

This project seeks to capture the experiences of the TWU community and people around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants may submit in either physical or digital formats:

Diaries, journals, reflections, poems, or other writings
- Read Katherine Landdeck's, TWU associate professor of history and political science, TIME Magazine piece on Why We Should All Be Keeping Coronavirus Journals
Artwork and drawings
Audio files
Photos
Videos
Social media posts
Clothing/Textile (ex: face mask)
Artifact (ex: face shield, PPE, hand sanitizer, gloves)

The collection is supported by the TWU Libraries and the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership. The collection is managed by TWU Special Collections and the University Archives.

Who Should Donate

A TWU student and resident assistant wears a face mask on the Denton campus near Parliament Village. — Theodora SamBrew worked as a resident assistant on TWU's Denton campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are seeking donations from individuals around the world including our own TWU community. It is important that this collection reflect the global diversity of our communities and include voices from all perspectives.

As one of the largest collections on the history of American women, we are especially interested in collecting women's experiences.

Digital Submissions

Fill out our submission form
Attach files to form

Each additional submission will require a new submission form.

For problems or questions contact Corynthia Dorgan, Special Collections Processing Librarian at cdorgan2@twu.edu or via phone at 940-898-3778

Physical Submissions

Fill out our submission form
Mail submissions to:

Texas Woman’s University

Attn: Woman’s Collection/Library

PO Box 425528

Denton, TX 76204

If you would like to drop off your materials in person please call 940-898-3751 to schedule an appointment.

For questions, contact us at womenshistory@twu.edu

Donation Guidelines

Physical or digital formats accepted.
Donations must be original; plagiarized works will not be accepted.
Special Collections staff may not include all submissions in this collection (for example, a blurry photograph).
All accepted material will be cataloged following review and processing.
All donated materials will become the property of the TWU Special Collections and made publicly available to researchers in a time designated by the donor- immediately, 1 year, or 5 years.

Digital file formats

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Digital files will only be accepted in the following formats to ensure preservation.

Type	Preferred Format	Acceptable Format
Text/word processing applications	PDF, PDF/A	RTF (text), TXT
Images/graphics	TIFF (uncompressed)	JPG, DNG, PNG, JP2
Video	Motion JPEG 2000, MOV, AVI	MPEG-4
Audio	BWF-Broadcast WAV (.wav is the extension)	WAV, AIFF, FLAC
Websites and social media records	WARC	ARC

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership