 Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda Papers
Collection DescriptionBiographical NoteIêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1936. She attended and her father taught at the Isabella Hendrix School, a prestigious private school for girls in Belo Horizonte. Wiarda was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State to attend a year of high school in Houston, Texas. She later attended Nebraska Wesleyan and received her PhD in International Relations from the University of Florida, where she met her husband, Howard J. Wiarda. The two married in 1964 and spent time in the Dominic Republic, the country which Howard Wiarda was studying. Both Iêda and Howard Wiarda then taught at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Both Howard and Iêda joined the faculty of the University of Georgia, and Howard became the founding head of the Department of International Affairs. In 2006, Iêda became the Luso-Brazil Specialist in the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress. Her research focused on Latin America, Brazil, Portugal, and women's health in Latin America. Scope and ContentThis collection consists of Dr.Iêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda's books and papers on Brazil, as well as her work on Latin America in general and other countries in South America. It also contains information on people, organizations, and subjects Dr. Wiarda studied, including women in Latin America. Other topics represented in the collection include her work at the Library of Congress and the research she and her husband, Dr. Howard J. Wiarda, conducted while at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. The collection also includes her oral histories about her collection and other audiovisual recordings. Organization and ArrangementThis collection is arranged into the following series, reflecting Dr. Wiarda's organization of the material: Series I: Brazil and Latin America, Series II: Around the World, Series III: Organizations, Series IV: People, Series V: Women and Women's Organizations, Series VI: Dr. Ieda Wiarda's Work and the Library of Congress, Series VII: Public and International Affairs at UGA and Howard J. Wiarda, and Series VIII: Audiovisual Recordings. Within each series and subseries, manuscript materials are listed before publications. Administrative InformationConditions Governing AccessThis collection contains audiovisual materials. Reference copies of the audiovisual recordings are available upon request. Research requests will be filled as soon as possible and will be dependent upon the condition of the recordings. This collection contains digital files. To access these files, please request the folders you would like through the finding aid using your research account. An archivist will be in contact with you to explain how to access the files. Please note that not all file formats are currently supported by the library for research use. Preferred CitationIêda de Barros Siqueira Wiarda Papers, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641. Processing InformationBooks, journals, and other publications listed in this finding aid have been individually cataloged and can be requested (for use in the Special Collections Library only) using the University of Georgia Libraries catalog. Copyright InformationBefore material from collections at the Richard B. Russell Library may be quoted in print, or otherwise reproduced, in whole or in part, in any publication, permission must be obtained from (1) the owner of the physical property, and (2) the holder of the copyright. It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain both sets of permissions. Persons wishing to quote from materials in the Russell Library collection should consult the Director. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. Finding Aid PublicationFinding Aid prepared by Madison Ingram and Brandon Pieczko, 2018. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this Repository
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