Rebecka Sheffield Explained

Rebecka Sheffield
Alt:	Rebecka Taves Sheffield
Birth Date:	1976
Citizenship:	Canadian
Occupation:	archivist, scholar, records manager
Workplaces:	Archives of Ontario, Simmons University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto
Thesis Title:	The Emergence, Development and Survival of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/97285
Thesis Year:	2015
Doctoral Advisor:	Patrick Keilty

Rebecka Sheffield is an archivist, scholar, and policy advisor. She is a Senior Policy Advisor of the Archives of Ontario and teaches information science in American and Canadian universities.

Biography

Rebecka Sheffield is a previous director of the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives and vice-president of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA).^{[1] [2] [3]} She has a bachelor's degree in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master's Degree in archival studies from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Center for Sexual Diversity Studies.^{[4] [5]}

Sheffield is a scholar in archival science. She is the author of Documenting Rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times, which discusses the relationship between archives and social movements within the LGBTQ2+ community.^[6] She has also worked as a public advocate about the preservation of queer cultural history in Toronto.^{[7] [8]}

Intellectual contribution

Rebecka Sheffield's archival contributions focuses on community archives, and historical and cultural heritage movements in LGBTQ2+ communities.

Sheffield is the lead of an archival and artistic project The Bedside Table Archives, which documents objects found on the bedside tables of lesbian and queer women.^[9] The project focuses on the home as a space for identity construction while questioning the heteronormativity of such spaces.

She has also published Documenting rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times, which focuses on four institutions that preserve the records of queer folk.

Publications

• Documenting rebellions : A study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times. Litwin Books, 2020.^[10]
• "Archival Optimism, or, How to Sustain a Community Archives." Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity. Facet Publishing, 2020.^[11]
• "Community Archives." Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition. 2017.: 351–376.^[12]
• "Take Me Away to Another World ." Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. Toronto: CoachHouse Press, 2017.^[13]
• "Privacy, Context & Pride: The Management of Digital Photographs in a Queer Archives." Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Litwin Books, 2015.^[14]
• "The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture." Radical History Review, n°120 (2014): 108–120.^[15]

External links

• Interview with Dr. Rebecka Sheffield (2020)
• Panel Discussion on Diverse Histories in Toronto featuring Dr. Rebecka Sheffield (2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015-05-22. The ArQuives welcomes new Executive Director/Archives Manager. 2021-02-01. The ArQuives. en-CA.
2. Web site: 2016-05-18. Rebecka Sheffield Steps Down. 2021-02-01. The ArQuives. en-CA.
3. Web site: Association of Canadian Archivists - Board of Directors. 2021-02-01. archivists.ca. en.
4. Web site: Rebecka Sheffield. 2021-02-01. rebeckasheffield.academia.edu.
5. Web site: ORCID. Rebecka Sheffield (0000-0003-0762-2550). 2021-02-01. orcid.org. en.
6. Book: Sheffield, Rebecka Taves. Documenting rebellions a study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times. 2020. 978-1-63400-113-7. English. 1178650880.
7. News: Micaleff. Shawn. 3 July 2015. Taking pride in preserving Toronto's queer culture: Collection began 40 years ago with the files of the activist Body Politic newspaper. L2. The Toronto Star. 1692907136. Proquest Canadian Major Dailies.
8. News: Leong. Melissa. 19 Feb 2011. Queer & far; As many in the community move elsewhere, the Gay Village works to develop a new identity. TO 01. The National Post. 853016993. Proquest Major Canadian Dailies.
9. Web site: Bedside Table Archives . 2021-02-01. archive.wikiwix.com.
10. Web site: Documenting rebellions. 2021-02-01. archive.wikiwix.com.
11. Web site: Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity ALA Store. 2021-02-01. www.alastore.ala.org.
12. Book: MacNeil. Heather. Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition. Eastwood. Terry. 2017. 1084967228.
13. News: Jen Agg, Catherine Hernandez nominated for Toronto Book Awards CBC Books. en-US. CBC. 2021-02-01.
14. Web site: Queers Online. 2021-02-01. Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. en-US.
15. Sheffield. Rebecka Taves. 2014-10-01. The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture. Radical History Review. 2014. 120. 108–120. 10.1215/01636545-2703751. 0163-6545.