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G1/6/2. "Skirting Convention: 12 Women Who Changed Springfield" Program

 Collection — Container: Tapes
Identifier: G-01/06/02

Scope and Contents

Consists of material relating to the WUIS/WIPA FM radio program "Skirting Convention: Twelve Women Who Changed Springfield" which premiered on March 8, 2007 and ran on-air for several months; a CD of the program was released on September 27, 2007. The program, authored by Kavitha Cardoza, profiled twelve women who influenced history and worked for social change in Springfield. The file contains background research materials on each of the women as well as a press release and a program that contains the aforementioned 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. WUIS (Radio Station: Springfield, IL; Rich Bradley/ Kavitha Cardoza); Radio interviews; Funded by grant from IL Humanities Council. 3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Compact discs, inserted in back cover pocket of accompanying descriptive booklet ([24] p.

Dates

  • Created: 2007
  • Other: Date acquired: 10/03/2007

Creator

Extent

0.48 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Note: Background material and CD located on compact shelving. The audio cassette tapes are located in the Tape Collection cabinet.

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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