Ruth Mountaingrove videotape autobiography 1988-1997

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Ruth Mountaingrove videotape autobiography 1988-1997

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv27369

Ruth Mountaingrove is a photographer, writer and artist who moved to Oregon in 1971, settling in communes and eventually co-founding Rootworks, a lesbian community in Southern Oregon. The collection consists of 21 VHS videotapes of Mountaingrove relating the story of her life by talking, dancing, and singing.

0.75 linear feet, 3 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Mountaingrove, Jean

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Mountaingrove, Ruth

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Ruth Mountaingrove (1923- ) is a photographer, writer and artist who moved to Oregon in 1971, settling in communes and eventually co-founding Rootworks, lesbian land in southern Oregon. She graduated from Kutztown State Teacher's College and later attended Humboldt State University, in Arcata, Calif., where she studied photography and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1990 at age 68. While in college Ruth gained experience as a photographer and began writing poetry. A central theme in Rut...