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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # |
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| Psychic stress analysis of Patty Hearst / by Larry Atterbury |
Unidentified interviewer talks with Larry Atterbury of KTTV Channel 11 Television in Los Angeles and Jim Barnes, who has performed a before-and-after psychological stress test on the voice of Patty Hearst based on two communiqués from the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Barnes used a machine called the Psychological Stress Evaluator which measures the amount of stress in various phrases and words, to see if there was any difference in Patty Hearst's voice between the first SLA tape and the last. |
Atterbury, Larry., Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), Hearst, Patricia, 1954-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Psychology and psychotherapy | KZ1173 | |
| Disarmament now! / Dr. Helen Caldicott (Episode 2 of 4) |
Disarmament Now! Episode 2 of 4. Dr. Helen Caldicott, a pediatrician and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, gives her horrifying account of what the world will be like after a nuclear war, giving examples of the radiation disease resulting from the bombs dropped on Japan. Then she gives some chilling statistics about bombs and who makes them. Note on label: Opens & closes with Dylan. See record AZ0421 for ordering audio. |
Caldicott, Helen, Peace., World politics -- 1975-1985., Radiation -- Physiological effect., Nuclear disarmament., Antinuclear movement, Nuclear warfare., Disarmament now? / produced by Laurie Garrett., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, KPFA Stop The War Teach-In | American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ0417.02 | |
| Women in film / Siew-Hwa Beh and Sharon Smith ; interviewed by Judy Chicago. |
Women in Film is the title of a new magazine edited by Saunie Salyer and Siew-Hwa Beh. Editor Siew-Hwa Beh and contributor Sharon Smith, University of Southern California graduate student, are interviewed by Judy Chicago about the magazine and women in film. |
Salyer, Saunie., Smith, Sharon P., Beh, Siew-Hwa., Chicago, Judy, 1939-, Film industry., Periodicals, Publishing of., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Film and television | BC0612 | |
| The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 2, 1980: WREE Seminar on Racism |
Production reel for the July 2, 1980 episode of the Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains excerpts from the Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) Seminar on Racism- a conference on racial discrimination (1980). First speaker (unnamed) introduces the seminar. Second speaker (unnamed). The second speaker (unnamed, possibly South African), asking for world to enforce U.N. mandate against Apartheid. The third speaker (unnamed) talks about the link between sexism and racism, and the need to commit to eradicating both. Goal of "decade of women" is to end these and militarism and other negative forces. The fourth speaker (unnamed) talks about exploring the effects of racism on minority and white women's employment. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, RACISM, Racism -- Economic aspects., Women for Racial and Economic Equality (Organization), Sex discrimination against women, Race discrimination -- Economic aspects. | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Work and unions | IZ1510 | |
| Tribes of Topanga |
Anthropological examination of the life and social customs among the current inhabitants of Topanga Canyon, a secluded suburb of Los Angeles, California. The documentary is on Topanga as it existed at the time of recording, ambient noise and all. The music is mostly by Ba-Ca-Da, a Topanga music group. Produced by Clare Loeb and Phil Twitchell. Engineered by Ron Garson. The audio quality of this recording is mostly pretty poor. |
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs., Spark, Clare., Topanga Canyon (Calif.), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Art and artists | BB5240 | |
| Other people's houses |
The half-hour serial reading program “Continued tomorrow” featured “Other people’s houses” by Lore Segal in December 1972 and January 1973. It was an autobiographical novel, written and read by Lore Segal, about her childhood in Hitler’s Vienna, growing up in English foster homes, three years in the Dominican Republic, and her first years as a young woman in New York. The first installment was broadcast on December 14, 1972, and weekdays thereafter until it was complete. After concluding her reading, Segal interviews her mother Franzi Groszmann, who is also a character in the novel, on the last reel. |
Segal, Lore Groszmann, Autobiography--Women authors, United States -- History -- 1933-1945, Vienna (Austria)--History--20th century, Continued tomorrow, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | BC1539 | |
| International women's day (1978) music (Part 1 only) |
Aircheck of Morning Music on International Women's Day with Eileen Kane and Manya La Bruja. Features women's music, particularly women classical composers. Station break at :30 on this reel. Part 1 of 2. Part 2 not currently held by Archives. |
International Women's Day, Women's music, Women composers., Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | IZ1368 | |
| Battered women |
Recordings from a conference on battered women sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee in February 1977. The recording includes testimony from battered women as well as historical information on the oppression of women, legal aspects, and ways of overcoming this problem. Produced by Kimberly Willis for WBAI. |
Battered women., Domestic violence, Family violence, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Violence against women | IZ1450 | |
| Impotence and frigidity : is there a cure? / Earle Marsh and Alex Finkle. |
A rebroadcast of the Medical Radio Conference which was broadcast live on KPFA on March 5, 1968 from the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (UCMCSF) and re-aired due to popular demand. The topic is sexual dysfunction as it affects men and women. The speakers are Dr. Earle M. Marsh, assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, UCMCSF, and chief department of gynecology, Franklin Hospital, SF; and Dr. Alex L. Finkle, associate clinical professor of urology and chief of urologic research, UCMCSF. Moderator is Dr. L. S. Kimbrough. |
Marsh, Earle M., Sex counseling and therapy, Finkle, Alex, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Infertility, Male, Infertility, Female | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Men's commentary and experiences | BB4452 | |
| Sex, sex, sex (Episode 2) |
Dr. Nancy Rosser, a resident psychiatrist at the neuropsychiatric institute at University of California, Los Angeles, speaks of the psychological aspect of being female, intercourse, pregnancy, contraception, sexual orientation, menstruation, menopause and theories of sexuality. Bo Siewert, a representative of the Daughters of Bilitis, also speaks of the problems of discrimination and alienation for the female homosexual. The lecture was recorded April 1970. Announcer is Stephanie Powsner. |
Rosser, Nancy, Women's movement -- United States., Lesbians -- Personal narratives, Gender, sexuality & culture, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Sex, American Women -- Lesbians | BB4475.02 |