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Series 9: Sirleaf Market Women's Fund Records, 2003-2012
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
These materials document the activities of the Sirleaf Market Women's Fund (SMWF), an organization dedicated to supporting female traders in post-war Liberia and the larger market women movement in Africa. The records, often annotated by Snyder, include internal and external reports; minutes; memoranda of understanding and legal documents; work plans; personnel documents; email correspondence; grant proposals; financial documents such as budgets and tax returns; and other administrative materials. These records reflect SMWF's cooperative work with the Liberian government, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (also known as UN Women), and the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) to implement various support programs in attempts to bolster the economic development and empowerment of market women. Of particular note are the market surveys conducted in 2006 and 2007 of 83 different markets in Liberia. The materials also document the creation and internal workings of SMWF as a nonprofit organization.
Researchers should note that the initials "FGE" stand for the Fund for Gender Equality, a grant-making program of UN Women. "RBA" stands for Regional Bureau for Africa, a project of the UNDP.
- Arrangement
The original order of materials has been maintained.
Collection History
- Appraisal
A box of David Sweetman research files that accompanied the 2008 donation was separated and recycled, except for a typed draft of Chapter 1 of an unpublished Sweetman manuscript. No materials were separated from the 2014 donation or the 2018 donation. No information about appraisal is available for other donations.
- Sponsorship:
These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Cheryl Oestreicher in July 2005. Finding aid written by Cheryl Oestreicher in July 2005. Additional donations added by Mudd Library Staff in 2008-2014. Digital materials were processed by Elena Colon-Marrero in June 2015 and finding aid was updated. The December 2018 accession was processed by Kelly Bolding in June 2019, at which point the finding aid was updated and materials were intellectually integrated into existing topical series. The collection was reprocessed to include the 2023 accession and the finding aid was updated in July 2023 by Caitlin Abadir-Mullally.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, any copyright vested in the donor has passed to The Trustees of Princeton University and researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of donor-created materials within the collection. For materials in the collection not created by the donor, or where the material is not an original, the copyright is likely not held by the University. In these instances, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have a question about who owns the copyright for an item, you may request clarification by contacting us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection contains materials acquired from a DVD. Researchers are responsible for meeting the technical requirements needed to access these materials, including any and all hardware and software.
- Credit this material:
Series 9: Sirleaf Market Women's Fund Records; Margaret Snyder Papers, MC096, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Boxes 59-61; S-000514; S-000521; S-000520
Find More
- Names:
- Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs United Nations
African Training and Research Centre for Women
Women and Food Cycle Technologies Project (Zimbabwe)
Women's World Banking
World Assembly of Youth.
World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (1985 : Nairobi, Kenya)
United Nations
Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
Maathai, Wangarĭ
Snyder, Margaret C. (1929-2021)