Activist Women Oral History Project
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents of the Oral History Project
The ongoing and growing Activist Women Oral History Project contains over 40 oral history interviews.
Dates
- Creation: 2005-2016
Creator
- Samantha Harvell (Interviewer, Person)
- Gerrard, Morna (Interviewer, Person)
- Riddle, Mary, 1949- (Interviewer, Person)
- Abbott, Franklin (Interviewer, Person)
- Brown, Amanda (Interviewer, Person)
- Rink, Hillery (Interviewer) (Interviewer, Person)
- Paulk, Janet, 1932- (Interviewer, Person)
- Wilder, Terri (Interviewer, Person)
- Duncanson, Mary Jo, 1947- (Interviewer, Person)
- Morrish, Hilary Jane (Interviewer, Person)
- Bowdoin, Natalia Taylor (Interviewer, Person)
Restrictions on Access
Access to some interviews restricted. See notes in Contents List for access details.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
History of the Activist Women Oral History Project
The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research on Women. This project is broad in scope, and the subject matter includes domestic violence, women's health and reproductive justice, politics, policy making and the law, child sex trafficking, philanthropy, community activism, art and culture, equality in the workplace, civil rights, and LGBTQ activism.
Early interviews were recorded on audio cassettes, and more recent interviews have been recorded using either a digital audio recorder or a video recorder, or a video recorder in conjunction with an audio recorder.
Extent
43 Item(s) (43 oral history interviews)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research on Women. This project is broad in scope, and the subject matter includes domestic violence, women's health and reproductive justice, politics, policy making and the law, child sex trafficking, philanthropy, community activism, art and culture, equality in the workplace, civil rights, and LGBTQ activism. The ongoing and growing Activist Women Oral History Project contains over 40 oral history interviews.
Arrangement
Interviews listed alphabetically by last name of interviewee.
Acquisition Information
Some oral histories are donated while some were created by Special Collections personnel from the beginning in 2006.
Online Access
A number of interviews are available in GSU Digital Collections or the University Library Youtube page.
Topical
- Title
- Activist Women Oral History Project
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the Interviews at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Hal Hansen
- Date
- September 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
404-413-2881 (Fax)
archives@gsu.edu