SERIES VI. SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1908-1971, undated
Scope and Contents
SERIES VI, SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1908-1971, undated (#427-526), includes the speeches and articles of Van Waters, which cover a wide range of topics and span the length of Van Waters's career. Van Waters's articles and speeches are not titled individually in this inventory, but are listed in #463. Folders titled "Articles and speeches" can include radio and television scripts, book reviews, and letters to the editor. Folders titled "Books and proposed books: outlines" can includes outlines, drafts and notes related to Van Waters's autobiographical information and experiences as prison administrator. Notes, most labeled LB (Little, Brown and Company) or HM (Houghton Mifflin?) are mostly about the Reformatory for Women at Framingham experiences. Dates may refer to activities or observations on those days, or the days the notes were written. Folders titled "Courses" can include lecture notes with some correspondence, exam questions and programs.
This series includes Van Water's correspondence about her speeches (#428-462), and can include programs, articles and news clippings. See Series III for Van Water's correspondence about her articles and other writings. See also Series V for Van Water's speeches to students, staff and others at Reformatory for Women at Framingham.
This series also includes 14 reel to reel tapes of radio interviews with Miriam Van Waters on various topics about Reformatory for Women at Framingham. Radio transcriptions were originally made on nine oversize 33 1/3 r.p.m. discs. These were re-recorded on reel to reel tape at 7.5 inches per second, and are full-track monaural recordings. They have been cleared of some background noises from the original disc recordings. Some variations in pitch were caused by speed variations in the original recording and have been left unchanged. Original oversize discs have been discarded.
Dates
- Creation: 1861-1971
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
TERMS OF USE
Access. Collection is closed while being digitized.
An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Extent
21.89 linear feet ((51 file boxes, 4 half file boxes) plus 2 oversize folders, 1 folio+ folder, 16 folders of photographs)14 audiotapes
1 motion pictures (visual works)
Creator
- From the Collection: Van Waters, Miriam (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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