[Vwoolf] More of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany online...Issues 1, 5, 44, 58, 60 and 61 are now scanned and searchable.

[Danell Jones]

Dear Vara,

Thank you so much for undertaking this wonderfully ambitious and useful 
project. As you say, it will be a terrific resource for both scholars 
and common readers.

Danell



On 7/17/2013 3:35 PM, Neverow, Vara S. wrote:
> Dear Woolfians,
>
> Just as the /Virginia Woolf Miscellany /is about to celebrate 
> its fortieth anniversary this fall, I have begun to work on making it 
> possible to access to all past issues of the publication online.
>
> For those of you not familiar with the history of /Miscellany/, the 
> periodical was originally launched at Sonoma State University where it 
> was published for almost thirty years under the auspices of J. J. 
> Wilson, who, with Peggy Comstock, Rebecca Davison, Ellen Rogat, and 
> Lucio Ruotolo, founded the publication. The publication transitioned 
> to Southern Connecticut State University in Spring 2003.
>
> I have begun the rather long, drawn-out process of the scanning by 
> converting six issues of the/Miscellany /that were originally 
> published in print format only in searchable PDFs. The accessibility 
> of the material should be of good use to scholars and common readers 
> alike---and to anyone interested in the history of the International 
> Virginia Woolf Society as well. For example, the /Miscellany 
> /pre-dated the founding of the Virginia Woolf Society--and now you can 
> read online Morris Beja's account of the initial stages of the plan to 
> launch a society (see "The Virginia Woolf Society: A Report" published 
> in the /VWM/ Summer 1976, Issue 5, page 6).  Similarly, Merry 
> Pawlowski's special issue on Woolf and fascism (/VWM/ 44 Fall 1994) 
> offers an early contribution to the increasingly important discussion 
> of Woolf and anti-Semitism (see for example the special topic in /WSA 
> /2013).
>
> As of now, I have scanned only Issues 1, 5, 44, 58, 60 and 61 (for the 
> record, Issue 60 is actually Issue 59, accidentally mis-numbered). I 
> have almost all of the issues in hand in reasonably good condition, 
> but to make the collection of online issues whole, I will need some 
> generous Woolfians to contact me privately if they possess hard copies 
> of Issues 2, 4, 25, 38 in their original print format, not a photocopy.
>
> The issues listed above that I have already scanned can now be 
> accessed at: 
> http://www.home.southernct.edu/~neverowv1/VWM_Online_Fall1973_Fall2002.html 
> <http://www.home.southernct.edu/%7Eneverowv1/VWM_Online_Fall1973_Fall2002.html>. 
> And, of course, all issues published from Spring 2003 to the present 
> are accessible in searchable PDF format online at: 
> http://www.home.southernct.edu/~neverowv1/VWM_Online.html 
> <http://www.home.southernct.edu/%7Eneverowv1/VWM_Online.html>.
>
> Happy reading!
>
> Best,
>
> Vara Neverow
> Managing Editor, /Virginia Woolf Miscellany/
> /
> /
>
>
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