| | 1 | Author: | Buss, Fran Leeper, 1942- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Work And Family:
Low Income And Minority Women Talk about their Lives Interviews,
1976-1990 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1976-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of photocopies of transcripts of
interviews with fifty-six low income and minority women. Includes a Master
Index by Patricia Seavey, with an introductory essay by Karen Anderson. The
indexes to the collection are organized by racial/ethnic group, geographic
area, and subject. The topics of the interviews concern the diversity in the
lives of women mainly in their work experiences, especially labor struggles,
the health care professions, and family lives, particularly problems of family
violence. The interviews were conducted by Fran Leeper Buss between 1976 and
1990. They were transcribed as a collaborative project, directed by Janice
Monk, of The Southwest Institute for Research on Women and The Schlesinger
Library on the History of American Women. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Family violence -- United States | Labor disputes -- United States | Minority women -- United States | Poor women -- United States | Women -- Employment -- United States | Working class women -- United States -- Case studies | Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States | Women's studies -- United States -- Case studies | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Corey, Jill | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Jill Corey Collection
1953-2004
(bulk 1953-1989) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1953-2004 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains magazines, newspapers, sheet music, photographs, DVDs, CDs, records, and other documents relating to the life of Jill Corey. Jill Corey was a famous singer, television star, film actress, and radio personality in the 1950s and 1960s. In the latter half of the twentieth century she made a name for herself in musical theatre. Materials pertaining to both careers are found in the collection. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Television and Popular Music | Television and Women--United States | Popular music radio stations --United States | Popular music--United States--1951-1960 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 6 | Author: | Ross, Margaret Wheeler, 1867-1953 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Margaret Wheeler Ross Papers
1889-1951
1930-1950 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1889-1951 | | | | Abstract: | The Margaret Wheeler Ross Papers consist of typescript and manuscript short stories and poetry, correspondence, biographical information, and scrapbooks. Although the collection extends from 1889 to 1951, the bulk of the material consists of Ross' short stories concerning southwestern pioneer life written between 1930 and 1950. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | American literature -- Societies, etc. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona. | Music -- Arizona -- Societies, etc. | Women authors, American -- Arizona -- Societies, etc. | Women -- Arizona -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Sargent, Claire King | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Claire Sargent Papers
1962-2001
1979-2001 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1962-2001 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses notes, correspondence, calendars, photographs, video and audio tapes, maps, posters, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting the United Nations Nairobi Womens' Conference, the Phoenix Indian School, the Phoenix Commission on the Status of Women, the Desert Cities Task Force Mayors' Conference, Senator John McCain, and Claire Sargent's political campaigns. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Arizona -- Politics and government -- 1951-. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. | Women legislators -- Arizona. | Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 12 | Author: | Brooks, Laurie | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Laurie Brooks Papers
1991-2005 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1991-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The Laurie Brooks Papers, 5 linear feet, contain the papers of Laurie Brooks, playwright for young audiences, young adult fiction author, dramaturg, periodical editor and professor, from 1991 through 2005. The majority of the collection consists of drafts of plays written by Laurie Brooks for young audiences and associated production materials, 1996-2005. The remainder of the materials documents her professional life. The papers are divided into the following two series: Professional History and Plays. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Theatre for Youth and Community Collection | | | | Subjects: | Women dramatists -- United States. | Young adult drama, American. | Playwriting -- Study and teaching. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | Swarthout, Glendon Fred | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Papers
1942-1994 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1942-1994 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, scrapbook materials, typescripts, and galley proofs documenting Glendon Swarthout's literary career. Also included are screen plays for novels that were made into movies, including They Came to Cordura, Bless the Beasts and the Children, and The Shootist, (co-scripted with Miles Swarthout, Glendon Swarthout's son). | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts | | | | Subjects: | American fiction -- Film adaptations. | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives. | Children's literature, American. | Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives. | Women journalists -- United States -- Archives. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 15 | Author: | Treadwell, Sophie, 1885-1970 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Sophie Treadwell paperscirca
1860-1970
(bulk
1910-1960) ead | | | | Date(s): | circa
1860-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Contains chiefly Personal Materials, Diaries, Correspondence,
Scrap-books, Plays, Novels, and Photographs relating to her career as an American
playwright, author, and journalist from the 1910s through the 1960s. Diaries include her
travels to Europe and Moscow in the 1930s, and daily activities for selected years
spanning 1942 to 1970. Noted correspondents include Louise and Walter Arensberg, Arthur
Craven, Maynard Dixon, Helena Modjeska, Robert A. Parker, family and friends,
colleagues, employers, and inter-view-ees, including Sarah Bernhardt and Francisco
Villa. Scrapbooks document her private life; college years at University of California,
1901-1906; early acting, writing, and employment in California, New York, Europe, and
Mexico, 1909-1932; and critical coverage of the productions of her dramatic works from
1918-1949. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors -- Labor unions | American drama -- Women authors | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources | Drama -- 20th century -- Stories, plots, etc. --
Sources | Feminism and literature -- United States | Manuscripts, American | Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century --
Sources | Women dramatists, American -- Sources | Women journalists -- United States -- Sources | Actors -- United States -- Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
|
Arizona Archives Online