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University Relations – Broadcast Services Records – WUIS/WIPA “Skirting Convention” Program records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0084

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of material relating to the WUIS/WIPA FM radio program "Skirting Convention: Twelve Women Who Changed Springfield". It includes background research materials on each of the women as well as a press release and a program that contains the audio CD of the radio broadcasts.

Also included are the audio tapes of the interviews conducted with several of the women as well as a video recording of Velma Carey. The cassette tapes of the interviews are in the oral history collection.

Dates

  • 1985-2007

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois- Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

History

This program was an oral history series that was produced by WUIS 91.9 FM and was funded by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. The program, authored by Kavitha Cardoza, profiled twelve women who influenced history and worked for social change in Springfield, Illinois. The segments ran on air starting on March 8, 2007. On September 27, 2007, a CD of the program was released.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Unknown date of transfer to the archives, most likely after 2007.

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in March 2025. The order was kept as close to the original as possible.

Title
Finding Aid to the University Relations – Broadcast Services Records – WUIS/WIPA “Skirting Convention” Program records
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520