Class of 1971 Oral History Collection
Dates
- Creation: 2011
Creator
- Chew Matsuda, Fay (Narrator, Person)
- Elovitz Marshall, Linda (Narrator, Person)
- Hart, Michael (Narrator, Person)
- Howes, Candace (Narrator, Person)
- Kurze, Heather (Narrator, Person)
- Major, Mary Jane “Mitzi” (Narrator, Person)
- Patrick, Michelle (Interviewer, Person)
- Patrick, Michelle (Narrator, Person)
- Ricci, Carla (Narrator, Person)
- Santoniello Spencer, Carol (Narrator, Person)
- Solomon, Bob (Interviewer, Person)
- Spurlock-Evans, Karla (Narrator, Person)
- Stuart Bell, Ruth (Narrator, Person)
- Summers Carter, Dona (Narrator, Person)
- Taylor Robertson, Victoria (Narrator, Person)
- Alison Kilgour, Vajra (Narrator, Person)
- Baradi Pacis, Patria (Narrator, Person)
- BC Voices, Inc. (Organization)
- Bernstein, Barbara (Narrator, Person)
- Brewster, Katherine (Narrator, Person)
Access
Audio and visual materials must be accessed on-site, and transcripts of oral histories are available via the Barnard Archives and Special Collections digital collections. The oral history of Linda Elovitz Marshall is restricted. No copies of the audio and visual resources may be made or distributed until September 12, 2019.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Reproductions Restrictions
No copies of the audio and visual resources may be made or distributed until September 12, 2019.
Language
English
Acquisition Information
Gift of BC Voices, Inc., 2014.
Abstract
The Class of 1971 Oral History Collection currently contains 17 oral histories from members of Barnard College's class of 1971.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Class of 1971 Oral History Collection contains 17 oral histories of individuals who were part of Barnard College's class of 1971. Included in the collection are transcripts, audio recordings, and video recording of interviews. The oral histories discuss the experiences of students at Barnard contextualized within the social and cultural history of the time period. Narrators also discuss their individual life histories, including their paths leading to Barnard and their lives after college. Themes common across interviews include female friendship, feminism, political involvement during and after their time at Barnard College, issues of race and class among students at Barnard, and romance.
Processing History
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Dinah Handel, March 2015.
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository