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Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Barbara Clark

Titles: Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Barbara Clark (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Barbara had been a book group member for ten years, participating in as many as eight book groups at a time. She had been volunteering with the Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. [MWP] for approximately four years in the company's eight thousand volume lending library. Barbara lived in St. Cloud throughout her high school years. She was trained as a concert pianist, and attended Macalester College as a music major. She was married and living in Minneapolis. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Description of first and subsequent Sunday Together book group meetings; operation of MWP book groups; selection of books in book groups; impact of book groups; types of book groups; interaction with authors; selection of Great Books; discussion in book groups; description of MWP "Book Groups on the Road", with emphasis on New Mexico, Maine, and England/Scotland trips; donations and source of library books; construction of book shelves; organization of library; usage of library; lending requirements of library; internal dynamics of MWP; staff at MWP; feminism at MWP; personal impact of MWP.

Dates

  • 08/17/1999 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 75
  • Accession Number: AV2001.34.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 18 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 60 minutes length

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