Rebecka Sheffield

Rebecka Sheffield
Born	1976
Citizenship	Canadian
Occupation(s)	archivist, scholar, records manager
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Toronto, University of Saskatchewan
Thesis	The Emergence, Development and Survival of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives [1] (2015)
Doctoral advisor	Patrick Keilty
Academic work
Institutions	Archives of Ontario, Simmons University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto

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.[7]

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]

References

1. "The ArQuives welcomes new Executive Director/Archives Manager". The ArQuives. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
2. "Rebecka Sheffield Steps Down". The ArQuives. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
3. "Association of Canadian Archivists - Board of Directors". archivists.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
4. "Rebecka Sheffield". rebeckasheffield.academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
5. ORCID. "Rebecka Sheffield (0000-0003-0762-2550)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
6. Sheffield, Rebecka Taves (2020). Documenting rebellions a study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times. ISBN 978-1-63400-113-7. OCLC 1178650880.
7. 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". The Toronto Star. p. L2. 1692907136 – via Proquest Canadian Major Dailies.
8. Leong, Melissa (19 Feb 2011). "Queer & far; As many in the community move elsewhere, the Gay Village works to develop a new identity". The National Post. p. TO 01. 853016993 – via Proquest Major Canadian Dailies.
9. "Bedside Table Archives". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
10. "Documenting rebellions". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
11. "Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity | ALA Store". www.alastore.ala.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
12. MacNeil, Heather; Eastwood, Terry (2017). Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition. OCLC 1084967228.
13. "Jen Agg, Catherine Hernandez nominated for Toronto Book Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
14. "Queers Online". Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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. doi:10.1215/01636545-2703751. ISSN 0163-6545.

External links

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