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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Governor : a national tragedy / by Frank Dwyer ; produced by Suzan Shown Harjo and Frank Harjo |
This is a New York Chamber Theatre production of "The Governor: a National Tragedy" by Frank Dwyer, presented in June, 1972 at the Lincoln Center LMPA Theatre. The play concerns the first Black governor of the state of Mississippi. Directed by Suzan Shown [Harjo], and including the following cast members: Russell Costen, Charles Lutz, Frank Ryan, Frank Bara, and Tony Elitcher. Technical production by Caryl Ratner. Produced by Suzan Shown [Harjo] and Frank Harjo. |
Dwyer, Frank., Radio plays., Harjo, Suzan Shown, African American politicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Theater | BC1197 | |
| The Great goddess / produced by Joanna Brouk. (Episode 1 of 7) |
An examination of the goddess as creator and the facts and discoveries concerning the role of women in ancient times. In ancient myth throughout the world, from Asia to Ireland, to the islands of the Pacific, to ancient Crete, Babylonia and Phoenicia, the first creator of all was the Goddess. Her names were as varied as the people who worshiped her--Tanith, Metis, Gaea, Tiamet, Nammu, Anat, Astarte, Eurymone, Atira, Ishtar. This program goes back to a time when the Great Goddess was honored as the first principle and examines some of the facts and discoveries concerning the role of women in ancient times. Includes original music from Joanna Brouk, and was collectively produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy, Augusta Del Zotto, Darcell King, Nancy Briggs and Joanna Brouk. |
Women -- History -- to 500., Goddesses., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Brouk, Joanna, 1949 | American Women -- New age/Wicca, American Women -- Women's history | AZ0471.01 | |
| The Greek press and people / Helen Vlachos interviewed by Don Porsche |
Mrs. Helen Vlachos, publisher of a conservative Greek newspaper, who ceased publication in 1967 rather than submit to the censorship imposed by the Greek junta, talks with KPFA public affairs director Don Porsche about censorship of the Greek press and the fight to end it. Recorded at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco on May 18, 1970. The first half of the program was originally broadcast during the open hour on May 19, 1970. |
Vlachos, Helen, 1911-, Greece -- Civil rights., Censorship -- Greece., Greece -- Politics and government -- 1967-1974, KPFA open hour, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- International women | BB2480 | |
| The History of England / Jane Austen ; read by Penelope Dellaporta. |
Penelope Dellaporta reads Jane Austen's "The history of England from the reign of Henry IV to the death of Charles I" (1791). Written when she was fifteen, Austen characterized the work as written "by a partial, prejudiced and ignorant Historian," and "N.B.: There will be very few dates in this history." |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817., Dellaporta, Penelope., England -- History -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BC2518 | |
| The lady's maid / by Katherine Mansfield; read by Pat Franklyn |
The Lady's Maid. By Katherine Mansfield. Performed by Pat Franklyn. Produced for radio by Erik Bauersfeld. Technical production by Danny McClosky. Self contained. |
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923., Franklyn, Pat., Radio programs -- Fiction., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BB2074 | |
| The lesbian in literature and other poems |
Dramatic reading: "The Lesbian in Literature," and other poems. Recorded at WBAI-FM in 1975 by Chana (Karen) Wilson. Aired on "Radio Free Lesbian" on KPFA-FM in Berkeley in 1975. This recording has two separate dramatic readings of poetry and prose. The first is "The Lesbian in Literature" read by Elizabeth Amada, Lucina Kathman, and Rose Jordan. Includes the following: "My world is a world of women," mixed with flute music (author not credited); Excerpt from "The woman identified woman" by Radicalesbians; "The other face of love" by Raymond de Becker; Poem by the Greek poet "Anacreon; Excerpt from August Strindberg's "The Vampire Wife"; Excerpt from the diary of Vita Sackville-West; Excerpt from "Patience and Sarah" by Isabel Miller; Gertrude Stein "The song of Alice B."; "In Our Struggle" by Rose Jordan; "To Lesbians Everywhere" by Judy Greenspan. The second is "Poetry read by Elizabeth Amada and Deanna Alida". Includes the following: Untitled poem by Elizabeth Amada; Untitled poem by Birch Alsop; "In the place where" by Judy Grahn; "If you lose your lover" by Judy Grahn; "Monogamy is an incorrect political alternative" (author uncredited); Elizabeth Amada "Wymoon". Music by Berkeley Women's Music Collective [?]. |
Lesbians, Lesbianism, Lesbian authors, Lesbians -- Poetry, Lesbian literature, Lesbian poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians, American Women -- Authors and journalists | AZ1765 | |
| The lesbian underground: on being a lesbian before the women's liberation movement |
Sabrina Sojourner hosts a discussion on the lesbian underground, or what it was like to be a lesbian before the feminist and gay liberation movement. Guests include Del Martin, author and Commissioner of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women; Phyllis Lyon, Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission in San Francisco; and Pat Bond, comedian who appeared in the film "Word Is Out." In addition to the discussion, a tape produced by Karla Tonella of interviews with lesbians who came of age before the beginning of the women's movement is featured. Lesbe Friends was introduced on KPFA in 1978 as a new program produced by the Lesbian Task Force of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women. It was broadcast on second and fourth Mondays of the month at noon. Note on box: Lots of studio noise due to poor miking, needs EQ and limiting. |
Gay rights--United States, Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Lyon, Phyllis, Martin, Del, Lesbians -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Lesbians | AZ0294 | The Lesbian Undergound (CD) |
| The Mad Mitfords / Jessica Mitford ; interviewed by Colin Edwards. |
English author, journalist, and political activist Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) discusses her book "Hons and Rebels" (V. Gollancz, 1960) about her unusual family with KPFA's Colin D. Edwards. |
Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996, Edwards, Colin, 1924-1994, MITFORD FAMILY., Women authors -- Personal narratives., England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BB0067 | |
| The murders of the children in Atlanta / produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-Ra |
The program is divided into 3 sections. It begins with a chronology of the events around the murders and disappearances of Atlanta's youth since 1979. The psychological effects of the murders on the children in Atlanta's communities is discussed. And the final section explores some of the theories around who is responsible for the murders. Actuality is provided by two of the mothers of the slain children: Venus Taylor and Camille Bell; political activists Dick Gregory and Angela Davis, and Stanford University psychologist Irvin Brown. There is also a poem by Ntozake Shange. Produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-RA. Technical assistance was provided by Kevin Vance. Originally aired on the Behind The News hour, and this recording includes the announcer from that program and a musical break. |
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions., Murder -- Atlanta (Ga.)., Crime and criminals -- Atlanta (Ga.)., Gregory, Dick., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Brown, Irvin., Shange, Ntozake., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ0560 | The murders of the children in Atlanta / produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-Ra |
| The music of Margaret Fabrizio and Elinor Armer / produced by April McMahon (Episode 29) |
This episode of Focus on Women Composers features harpsichord music composed by Margaret Fabrizio and Elinor Armer, recorded on October 29, 1976 at 1750 Arch Street in Berkeley, which is now the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. Bob Schumacher is recording engineer. Presented and produced by April McMahon. Margaret Fabrizio is a harpsichordist and composer who taught at Stanford University for 25 years. Her "Hologram" pieces heard in this program are built around progressions of repeated configurations on a theme, to create a spiritual, meditative frame of mind. McMahon shares Fabrizio's own description of a hologram and her intentions with these compositions. Holograms I and III are for solo harpsichord; Hologram II is for two harpsichords and is performed by Joan Ferguson and Margaret Fabrizio. Elinor Armer teaches at UC Berkeley. She has set two poems to music: first a poem from the 16th century, The Flea, by John Donne; and a 20th century poem, "Sonnet 11" by E. E. Cummings. These works were written specially for the Elizabethan Trio, a Bay Area group, comprised of Rella Lossy, narrator; Judith Nelson, soprano; and Laurette Goldberg on harpsichord. Track list: 1. theme "Hologram I," Margaret Fabrizio (faded down and out) -- 2. continuity -- 3. "Hologram III," Margaret Fabrizio -- 4. continuity -- 5. "Hologram II," Margaret Fabrizi. -- 6. continuity -- 7. "The Flea" and "Sonnet 11," Elinor Armer -- 8. continuity |
Armer, Elinor., Fabrizio, Margaret, Women musicians., Women composers., Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962, Donne, John, 1572-1631., Harpsichord music, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Music for meditation | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ0112 | The music of Margaret Fabrizio and Elinor Armer / produced by April McMahon (Episode 29) |