Overview
Letters, list of participants, viewer comments about the television show, "Your Place or Mine," directed by Eunice West, editor, publisher and feminist.
Dates
- Creation: 1973-1984
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Eunice West as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
.42 linear feet (1 file box)This collection consists of papers concerning Eunice West's work in television and as a publisher and editor. Included are lists of participants in and viewer comments about "Your Place and Mine," West's television show on WCVB-TV, Boston, which focused on issues relating to women. There are also letters about Equal Times, the feminist newspaper published by West, and the results of the Women's Opinion Survey, which was conducted by the Women's Department of Issues and Involvement of WCVB-TV; West directed both the department and the survey.
BIOGRAPHY
Editor, publisher and feminist, Eunice West had a television show on WCVB-TV, Boston, "Your Place or Mine" that focused on women’s issues, directed the Women’s Dept. of Issues and Involvement of WCVB-TV, and edited and published Equal Times, a feminist newspaper in Boston.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 85-M73
These papers of Eunice West were given to the Schlesinger Library by Eunice West in April 1985.
Processing Information
Preliminary inventory: October 1985
By: Anne Engelhart, Christine Fasano
- Title
- West, Eunice. Papers of Eunice West, 1973-1984: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00959
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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