Archives

ALICE KANLIAN MIRAK ARCHIVES

The AIWA Archives and Information Center was established to

• increase awareness of the lives and contributions of Armenian women and the issues of importance to them;
• enable and encourage the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about their history and status, both in the homeland and the diaspora;
• collect, preserve, exhibit, and make available for research information about them.

To these ends the Archives and Information Center seeks published and unpublished materials that document the lives of Armenian women of all countries, religions, and socio-economic classes and elucidate the many viewpoints surrounding issues of concern to them.

In view of the scarcity of readily available material, AIWA has embarked on efforts to encourage research and to publish and distribute information dealing with the past history and current status of Armenia women.

AIWA’s initiates in this area have been facilitated through a cooperative arrangement with the Armenian Cultural Foundation in Arlington, Massachusetts, which houses our archives and provides the facilities for many of our programs.

In 2001 the Archives were named in memory of Alice Kanlian Mirak, an active AIWA Board member during our early years and an enthusiastic supporter of the Archives.

Annual programs during Women’s History Month in March provide a forum for program focusing on the status and role of Armenian history.