Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, 1995-2003, undated
Series Scope and Content Summary
Materials in this series include VHS and master videotapes, photographs, negatives, and slides. Many of the videos were produced by Open Shutter Productions. Some videos focus on the museum, while others profile famous women. Titles include California Women's Suffrage, Women and the American Railroad, Margaret Jenkins, Red Emma Goldman, and the Julia Morgan Interview. While most of the tapes are VHS, some are master or broadcast versions.
Box 50 contains a list of videotapes with the following titles: Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer, Berenice Abbott: A View of the 20th Century, Kate Chopin's: The Story of an Hour, World of Light: Portrait of Mary Sarton, In Memoriam: HBO Special NYC 9/11/01, Dream Spoken, Mother Wove the Morning, Learning Our Legacy, The Cable Car and How it Works, Votes for Women, Women's Heritage Series: Jazz Women, One Fine Day, Take the Power, Women of Wisdom and Power, Amy L. Hill 510-653-2583, Mary Sarton Live 1987, Shana's Reading 4/14/87, Petticoat Politics, BIBBS on Research 3/8/95, IMOW Sponsored Interview with Heidi Kuhn, The Museum Business, The Art of the Matter, IMOW Commercial, Introduction to IMOW, IMOW Celebrating Women, Safeway Employee Video, 75th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage, Nichelodeon, Stop Sweatshops, Yes on Proposition B, Women Beyond Borders. The list also gives a short description and category for each title. However, this is not a comprehensive list of the videotapes in this series.
The photographs and slides document Women's Heritage Museum/International Museum of Women (W.H.M./I.M.O.W.) events and exhibits. There are photographs of the W.H.M. Book Fair and the I.M.O.W. at the Feminist Expo.
Dates
- Creation: 1995-2003, undated
Access
Collection is open for research, with the exception of the following materials: financial documents in Boxes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Extent
From the Collection: 53 boxes (87.58 linear feet)
From the Collection: 4 flat file drawers
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)
special.collections@sjsu.edu