Series VIII. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL, ca.1957-2008 (#T-405.1-T-405.407, DVD-24.1-DVD-24.3, CD-71.1-CD.71.9)

Series VIII. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL, ca.1957-2008 (#T-405.1-T-405.407, DVD-24.1-DVD.24.3, CD-71.1-CD-71.9) contains audiocassettes, audio reel to reels, DVDs and CDs. This series documents the early women's movement, Toni Carabillo's and Judith Meuli's place in that movement, and the early years of NOW, particularly from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. Topics addressed in this series include abortion; efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; activities, direction, and priorities for national NOW and the California chapters of NOW; the status of women and discrimination in the United States; and affirmative action. Audio includes lectures and workshops at the Los Angeles Women's Liberation Center; NOW meetings, retreats, and conferences; panels, rallies and demonstrations; small group discussions, "rap" sessions, and classes; theater productions; and multiple telephone conversations that Carabillo conducted with activists in the feminist movement, particularly NOW officers. There are also numerous presentations and talks, including Toni Carabillo speaking at the University of Wisconsin campuses in 1971; and local and national radio and television program segments, such as from the "Merv Griffin Show," Ralph Story television show, the Hilly Rose radio show, and the "Bob Grant Show," featuring interviews with NOW officers and feminist activists about the movement. These activists include Toni Carabillo, Meuli, Aileen Hernandez, Betty Friedan, Lana Phelan, Gene Boyer, Wilma Scott Heide, Joyce Snyder, Nancy Knaak, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Bernard, Jacqui Ceballos, Tish Sommers, and Inka O'Hanrahan. There are multiple tapes featuring conversations or debates between feminists and anti-feminists, particularly Helen and Aubrey Andelin from the anti-feminist group Fascinating Womanhood. Other materials of note are the audio and visuals for Carabillo's slide presentation: "The Beginnings of a Long and Real Revolution: Documentary on the New Feminism"; an interview with Meuli conducted in 2007 where she recounts the early days of the movement (DVD #24.2-24.3); documentation from the National Women's Political Caucus Southern California conference, October 1971 (#T-405.74a - T-405.76a); "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Recorded Portrait" with Arnold Michaelis, originally recorded in ca.1957 (#T-405.280a - T-405.280b); and Coretta Scott King speaking about civil disobedience and civil rights in 1969 (#T-405.45b, T-405.345). Also included are audio from Carabillo's and Meuli's feminist projects, such as a Women's Heritage Corporation board meeting (#T-405.116) and conversations with Marion Dickerman regarding their research for a book about Eleanor Roosevelt and Rose Kennedy (#T-405.336a - T-405.338a). Multiple events are often recorded on a single cassette. Most of the audiocassettes arrived at the Schlesinger Library arranged in three-drawer storage units. This original arrangement has been maintained; note that some similar tapes may not be listed together. For instance, the tapes containing the production The Liberated Muse are not in sequential order: T-405.137-T.405-141, T.405-146, T-405.150. Along with the audiocassettes and reel to reels are DVDs containing digital copies of many of these audio files. Meuli arranged to have some of these audiotapes digitized by a vendor in 2006, prior to the Library acquiring the materials. These digital files will be available online and linked to this finding aid. The DVDs containing digital copies of the audio are not listed in this inventory. The series is arranged by format (audiocassettes, reel to reels, DVDs, CDs), and within each format the materials have mostly retained their original order. For instance, the arrangement of those audiocassettes and reel to reels with corresponding digital files, matches the order of the corresponding digital files on the DVDs.