Subseries A. Women's Encampment, 1979-1987 (#T-299.1-T-299.92, Vt-283.1-Vt-283.136, DVD-139.1-DVD-139.3)
Scope and Contents
Subseries A. Women's Encampment, 1979-1987 (#T-299.1-T-299.92, Vt-283.1-Vt-283.136, DVD-139.1-DVD-139.3), includes audiocassettes and videotapes of daily activities, meetings, civil disobedience actions and events, singing and gathering, orientation and local outreach, etc. at the Encampment. Related events are also documented including interviews with Encampment women on local radio stations, peace marches in New York and Washington, D.C., Barbara Deming's memorial in New York, and gatherings of women in other cities prior to the opening of the Encampment, including in Seattle, Washington, and at other peace camps, including Greenham Common in England. This series include Women's Video Collective tapes. See series IX for log sheets detailing content for these tapes. Subseries is arranged chronologically, except for Women's Video Collective videotapes which are arranged by Women's Video Collective number.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-2016
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1980-2008
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. Researchers must sign a statement promising to abide by the following restriction: if an individual is clearly and specifically identified in a letter, an interview, in minutes of a meeting, in a photograph (other than a group photograph obviously made in a public place), or in any other document, then the researcher must make a reasonable effort to contact that person and obtain her permission before publishing the material in question. This obligation shall apply for 75 years after the date of the material in question. Researchers wishing to use born-digital content (#E.1-E.37) must contact Research Services.
Extent
35.53 linear feet (59 file boxes, 1 card file box, 2 folio boxes, 1 folio+ box, 3 oversize boxes, 1 supersize box) plus 5 supersize folders, 82 photograph folders, 3 folio photograph folders, 209 audiocassettes, 234 videocassettes, 1 compact disc, 14 DVDs, 1 phonograph record, and 1 reel of microfilm (M-117)1.083 Gigabytes (37 files)
Creator
- From the Collection: Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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