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Linda Pershing "Ribbon around the Pentagon" collection, 1984-2018

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Series 3: Other Ribbon project participants, 1984-1989 (continued)
Ribbon events
Photographs depicting the original "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., as well as the other events leading up to and following the ceremony between 1984 and 1989. Listed chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Photos of Justine Merritt, Lucile Merritt, Mary Frances Jaster, Mary Jo Peterson, and other Ribbon panel makers at an unidentified event, circa 1984 to 1989
4 black-and-white photographic prints (4 x 5 in.)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH027
BOX 5
Photo of David Kay and other Ribbon panel makers working on panels at Ithaca Commons in Ithaca, NY, June 1984
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
Photographs attributed to Mary Milne
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH028
BOX 5
Photo of a Ribbon ceremony in New York, NY, May 1985
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH029
BOX 5
Photos of an unidentified Ribbon event, circa June 1985
2 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH030
BOX 5
Photo of an unidentified Ribbon event, June 1985
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Photos of Justine Merritt at the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
2 color photographic prints (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Photographed by Judy Holzer and Carol Karnitsky
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH031
BOX 5
Photos of Justine Merritt at the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
2 color transparencies (35mm slides)
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Photo of David Kay displaying a panel by Mary Milne at the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
1 color photographic print (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Photographed by Mary Milne
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH032
BOX 5
Photo of David Kay and other Ribbon panel makers at the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
3 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Photographed by Mary Milne
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH033
BOX 5
Photos of the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
25 color transparencies (35mm slides)
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Photos of the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony in Washington, D.C., August 4, 1985
2 color photographic prints (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH034
BOX 5
Photo of Ribbon panels displayed at Ithaca Commons in Ithaca, NY, August 1985
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH035
BOX 5
Photos of Justine Merritt, Mary Frances Jaster, and other Ribbon panel maker at unidentified event, developed May 1986
3 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH036
BOX 5
Photos of a Hands Across America march, developed May 1986
3 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH037
BOX 5
Photos of Ribbon panels exhibited at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., June 1986
101 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Linda Pershing's description: "In 1986 artists Joan Monastero and Anita Wetzel curated an impressive exhibit of one hundred Ribbon panels at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. These slides are photos of that exhibition."
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH038
BOX 7
Photos of Ribbon panels exhibited at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. (partial frames), June 1986
3 color negatives (35mm)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH039
BOX 5
Photos of Ribbon panels on display around McElroy Fountain in Oakland, CA, developed April 1987
8 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH040
BOX 5
Photos of Ribbon panels on display around McElroy Fountain in Oakland, CA, developed April 1987
5 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Photographs attributed to June Thompson
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH041
BOX 5
Photos of Ribbon panels exhibited in the Blagg-Huey Library atrium at Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX, April 26 to 27, 1987
22 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH042
BOX 5
Photos of the Peace Fair in Austin, TX, May 1987
18 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH043
BOX 6
Photos of Ribbon panels exhibited at the 9th National Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, "Weaving Women's Colors: A Decade of Empowerment," at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, June 24 to 28, 1987
25 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH044
BOX 6
Photos of the Betty Mihalaros award ceremony in honor of Justine Merritt in San Francisco, CA, June 4 to 5, 1988
33 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Photographed by Mary Milne
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH045
BOX 6
Photos of the Betty Mihalaros award ceremony in honor of Justine Merritt in San Francisco, CA, June 4 to 5, 1988
18 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH046
BOX 6
Photo of a small gathering with Justine Merritt in Ithaca, NY, developed July 1989
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
Video programs featuring the "Ribbon around the Pentagon" ceremony
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: MV001 Ribbon 'Round the Pentagon, 1984
1 videocassette (120 min.)
Produced by Barb Britain
First recording on MV001. See also second recording.
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: MV001 The Peace Ribbon, 1986
1 videocassette (120 min.)
Produced by David Sabbath
Second recording on MV001. See also first recording.
Video program featuring other quilting activism projects
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: MV004 A Stitch for Time: The Boise Peace Quilt Project, 1987
1 videocassette (120 min.)
Produced by Nigel Noble
Second recording on MV004. See also first and third recordings.
Copies of study data collected by Gabriella Miller and Carol Cockrell, 1985
8 folders
Designed by Gabriella Miller and Carol Cockrell
Each folder contains the compiled responses to one question from a questionnaire created by Texas Woman's University researchers Gabriella Miller and Carol Cockrell. The researchers had the questionnaire printed in a 1985 issue of Ribbon Newsletter, and participants joined the study by returning their responses in the mail. Participants are anonymized as numbers 1-805.
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Question 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Question 9
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Question 10
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Question 12
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Question 13
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Question 14
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Question 17
Statements and photos submitted to Lark Books
A selection of 35mm slides and submission forms sent to the publisher Lark Books by Ribbon panel makers, for inclusion in the book The Ribbon: A Celebration of Life (1985).
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Forms submitted to Lark Books, circa January to May 17, 1985
1 folder
Written by Eileen R. Gavel, Martha Obenshain, Ethelyn G. Ormondroyd, Nancy Perry, Jane J. Smith, and anonymous
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH047
BOX 6
Photos of panels and events submitted to Lark books, May 8, 1984 to May 1985
5 color transparencies (35mm slides)
Photographs attributed to Ethelyn G. Ormondroyd, Nancy Perry, Jane J. Smith, and anonymous
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH048
BOX 6
Photo of panels and events submitted to Lark books / Eileen R. Gavel,, developed May 1985
1 color transparency (35mm slide)
Photographed by Jim Provine
Series 4: Research materials, 1985-1995
Original output from Linda Pershing's research. This series includes photographs originally collected from other sources but curated by Linda Pershing for her teaching lectures. Includes copies of Linda Pershing's scholarly publications on the Ribbon project. Also includes one cleaning microcassette.
Teaching materials
Item-ID: AFC 2018/007: PH049
BOX 6
"Excellent slides for presentations," circa August 1985 to 1989
12 color transparencies (35mm slides)
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