Fashions in funerals: interview with Jessica Mitford

PRA Archive #:

BB5547

Jessica Mitford, author of “The American Way of Death” (Buccaneer Books, 1963), talks with Elsa Knight Thompson about recent developments in legislation and public attitudes on death in America. Produced by KPFA and Elsa Knight Thompson. Box says recorded and broadcast on February 20, 1966, but folio listing appears in the October 1965 KPFA folio.

Date Recorded On:

ca. Oct. 1965.

Date Broadcast On:

KPFA, 8 Oct. 1965; 20 Feb. 1966.

Item Duration:

00:27:00

Total Duration (All Reels):

Station:
View Folio: KPFA Folio, October 1965, p. 5
Program: Fashions in funerals: interview with Jessica Mitford
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Contributors:
Interviewer: Elsa Knight Thompson
Interviewee: Jessica Mitford
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Asset Type:
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:

RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

Availability Notice:

This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.


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  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: BB5547
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Program: Fashions in funerals: interview with Jessica Mitford
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1965
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Interviewer: Elsa Knight Thompson
    • Interviewee: Jessica Mitford