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Sit-in inside Sproul Hall.

Actuality from renewed protest of students against new campus rules at University of California, Berkeley's Sproul Hall on October 1, 1964. Precursor to the Car Top Rally. The recording features students discussing sit-in strategies, singing protest songs and chants.

Dear doctor ain't so dear / Ellen Frankfort and Laura Brown ; produced by Kathy McAnally.

A program examining the sexism of the (mostly male) medical profession, how this results in women patients receiving either poor treatment, or no treatment, for their medical problems, and the struggles being waged to deal with these issues. Contains interviews with three women who carry scars from their dealings with the medical profession.

Women and breast cancer / Rose Kushner ; interviewed by Kathy McAnally.

Kathy McAnally talks with Rose Kushner, author of Breast Cancer, A Personal History and an Investigative Report (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1975). Kushner discusses breast cancer as it affects women's relationships with men, her own personal experience with breast cancer, and the general lack of literature on the subject.

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."

The Diary of Alice James / read by Eleanor Sully ; introduced by Erik Bauersfeld.

Three readings of the diary of Alice James, the invalid sister of author Henry James and psychologist William James. She kept her journals from the year 1889 until a few days before her death in 1892. The journals tell the story of a woman struggling against life during the Victorian Era, and the experience of being diagnosed with "hysteria".

The San Francisco mime troupe (Part 1 of 2)

The first of two programs presenting the history of the San Francisco Mime Troupe during its first ten years. The programs document the new publication on the troupe's history by its founder, R.G. Davis.

The Christo kid

Marilyn Hagberg interviews the controversial artist Christo (1935 - ) on the occasion of his Oakland Museum exhibition. Called the Cecil B. DeMille of conceptual art, Christo created "the most publicized work of art in the last decade," a 1300-foot nylon curtain stretched across a Rocky Mountain valley in Colorado.

Inferno / by August Strindberg ; read by Erik Bauersfeld.

Reading of Strindberg's autobiography, exploring the author's experiences from 1894-1896.

Corridors of meaning / Manto Aravantinou interviewed by Nanos Valaoritis

The distinguished Greek poetess Manto Aravantinou reads and discusses her work with Nanos Valaoritis. Among other things, Aravantinou is known for her translations of James Joyce's work. Previously cataloged as Manta Arovantinou.

The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters / by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Theresa Horta, and Maria Fatima Velho Da Costa ; directed by Rena Down. (Part 2 only)

Reading of the book "The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters." The book is a collection of letters written by three Portuguese women authors about their lives, relationships, and about being women, which exposed the oppression of women in Portugal. Their work was seized by the government and banned, and the authors arrested.

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