Audiovisual collection of Ann P. Meredith, 1976-2011 (inclusive), 1985-2011 (bulk)

The audiovisual collection of Ann P. Meredith primarily contains unedited interviews and events recorded by Meredith which supplement and document her larger photography projects, while other footage was shot to be part of multi-media performance pieces and stand-alone documentary films, or were works in-progress. Final edits and completed works, as far as the processor can determine, are described in a separate series. There is also material of a more personal nature such as birthday and therapeutic rituals, conversations with relatives and family gatherings, and footage of her own gallery shows and performances. Subseries are organized chronologically. Media formats include film, a variety of video formats, DVDs, audiocassettes, and a CD-R; and all are combined within each series, with format type noted. Titles in quotes and/or italics were transcribed from tape labels. All other titles were devised by the processor. For related papers, see the finding aid for the Ann. P. Meredith papers, MC 685.

Series I, Personal and Family Recordings, 1976-2005 (T-387.1-22, 61, and 71, Vt-193.1-2, MP-63.1-3), contains small-gauge film, video recordings, and audio recordings featuring family members (particularly her grandmother Lucy Lee Meredith "Tushu"), and other close friends and relatives. Also included is an unpublished interview with Meredith, recordings of her 40th birthday ritual, psychic readings, and more. Although much of Meredith's art is often personal in nature, Series I is primarily material pertaining to Meredith's personal life and family, and some of this footage may have been used in the following projects: In Passing: The Death of Lucy Lee Meredith, Climb Every Mountain, as well as Relativity in the Eighties: Women and the Aging Process.

Series II, Completed Projects, 1988-2004 (T-387.23, Vt-193.3-10, #CD-66.1), contains recordings of entire performances by Meredith, seemingly final edits of video works, and finally radio and television press coverage of her work.

Subseries A, Live performances, final edits, press coverage, 1988-2004 (T-387.23, Vt-193.3-10, #CD-66.1), includes published or final edits of Meredith's video work, as well as radio press coverage.

Subseries B, Other projects, 1997-2002 (Vt-193.11-17), contains entire episodes of the program.

Series III, Raw Footage and Recordings, 1985-2011 (T-387.24-88, Vt-193.18-153, #DVD-69.1-2), contains nineteen subseries, alphabetized by project name, whether the materials serve as further documentation of subjects Meredith photographed, or are videos, film footage or audio recordings made specifically for a media project, or both. For a fuller description of the photography projects to which some subseries are related, please refer to the Ann P. Meredith papers and the Biography section of this finding aid. Subseries G, Forgotten Angels, A Matter of Honor: Women Who Serve in the Military, reel Vt-193.63, "ANGELS-DC-March 2011," contains almost three hundred digital movie files, retained as Meredith organized it. Although all interviewees give their names and/or military rank on camera, for the most part, only people with professions in the public sphere, or of high rank, are listed by name. Regarding subjects interviewed in Subseries R, Until That Last Breath: Women and AIDS/Breathe/The Global Face of AIDS: Photographs of Women, with the exception of women who speak in an open forum, surnames of interviewees have been shortened to the first initial, although full names and ages are solicited by Meredith on each tape. Topics of discussion include: contracting AIDS or HIV, drug use, family relations, etc. Reels T-387.43-44, and T-387.46-48 are closed until January 1, 2037. Subseries R, Miscellaneous projects, may contain material related to other series of photographs such as Women in Mining, Without Reservation: Women on Native Land, Don't Call Me Honey: Photographs of Women and Their Work, women in sports, events Meredith photographed such as the NOW conference in June 1986, and public appearances by Angela Davis, Corazon Aquino, the Sweet Honey in the Rock, and others.

Subseries A, ...And No One Heard Me Scream: An Exhibition on Incest, Boundaries, Abuse, and Betrayal, 1990-1998 (T-387.224-27, Vt-193.18-24), contains audio recordings for and possibly video recordings of the performance.

Subseries B, Art, Sex, Gender, and Race: The Drag King Revolution, 2002-2004 (Vt-193.25-32), contains video footage documenting the scene, some of which was also used in a short documentary film.

Subseries C, The Big Picture: The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995 (Vt-193.33-38), contains video documentation of conference events and Meredith's visit to Beijing.

Subseries D, Climb Every Mountain, 1997 (T-387.28), includes music for the piece.

Subseries E, Don't Call Me Honey: Photographs of Women and Their Work, 1985 and 1989 (T-387.29-30), contains audiotaped interviews.

Subseries F, Other projects, 2000-2001 (Vt-193.39-49), contains raw footage edited into other productions.

Subseries G, Forgotten Angels, A Matter of Honor: Women Who Serve in the Military, 1999-2011 (Vt-193.50-66), contains videotaped interviews, some of which were included in a documentary on the topic. Also includes some preliminary edits of the final version.

Subseries H, Girls in Women's Lives - Female Survivors of Incest & Sexual Abuse, 1997 (Vt-193.67-68), contains videotaped interviews.

Subseries I, In Passing: The Death of Lucy Lee Meredith, 1999 (Vt-193.69), includes video footage for or of the project.

Subseries J, Number One Killer, 2000 (Vt-193.70-75), includes unedited video footage.

Subseries K, On Fire! Faggots, Fairies, Dykes, and Queens, 1993-1999 (Vt-193.76-84), includes videotaped interviews and footage of festivities on Fire Island, New York, in particular the community of Cherry Grove.

Subseries L, Portraits of Survivors: Ruma Village and The Sitting Room: Ruma Village / Sacred Circles, Sacred Sites, 1993 (T-387.31-34, Vt-193.85-86), contains audiotaped and videotaped documentation of local activities, performances by Kenyan artists, Meredith, and others, as well as audio recordings used in her works.

Subseries M, Reaching Common Ground: United Nations End of the Decade, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985 (T-387.35-36), contains audio recordings of select conference activities.

Subseries N, The Right to Marry: Our Right to Love, 2004 (Vt-193.87-92), contains a videotape that may be the entire documentary, or only raw material.

Subseries O, Special, 1991 and 2005 (Vt-193.94-96), contains a raw videotape footage that serve intended for a final project.

Subseries P, Tall in the Saddle: Cowgirls, Ranch Women & Rodeo Gals, 1991-2009 (T-387.37-38, Vt-97-126, #DVD-69.1-2), contains primarily videotaped interviews, but also footage of rodeos, ranches, the countryside, and some national parks.

Subseries Q, 24/7: Women Imprisoned, 1991 (T-387.39-40, Vt-193.127), contains both an audio- and a videotaped interview with an incarcerated woman.

Subseries R, Until That Last Breath: Women and AIDS/Breathe/The Global Face of AIDS: Photographs of Women, 1987-1993 (T-387.41-76, Vt-193.128-141), includes audiotaped and videotaped interviews, group meetings, and preliminary edited versions of a documentary film.

Subseries S, Miscellaneous projects, 1986-2010 (T-387.77-88, Vt-193.143-153), includes interviews and public events recorded on a variety of formats.

Series IV, Events, 1984-2002 (T387.89-95, Vt-193.154-186), includes live events that either feature Meredith in some way, or were recorded by her.

Subseries A, Gay and Lesbian film festivals, marches, Gay Pride celebrations, and Gay Games, 1984-2002 (Vt-193.154-176), includes videotape recordings of events.

Subseries B, Other, 1987-2002 (T-387.89-95, Vt-193.177-186), includes events either featuring Meredith in some way, or recorded by Meredith, such as press conferences for activities in which she was involved, interviews with Meredith, documentation of gallery shows, and other material that do not seem to directly relate to a project.