Papers of Marcia Deihl, 1965-2004 (inclusive).

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Papers of Marcia Deihl, 1965-2004 (inclusive).

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Collection includes correspondence, especially with Hope Hale Davis and Robert Gorham Davis and with feminist musicians; notes from interviews with women musicians including Kay Gardner and Holly Near; music, lyrics, contracts, photographs, and notebooks from the New Harmony Sisterhood Band; publicity, flyers, etc., concerning women's music in the Boston area and nationally; and collections of songs including All Our Lives.

1.5 linear ft. (1 carton, 1 file box)

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Near, Holly

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Holly Near, singer, songwriter, activist, and author, was born in Ukiah, California, in 1949, the daughter of Anne (Holmes) and Russell Near. She grew up on her parents' cattle ranch in Potter Valley, California, and began performing at age 7, singing at local events and conventions. Near was involved with acting and music at Ukiah High School. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in drama. During her studies at UCLA, Near auditioned for the Free the Army Sho...

New harmony sisterhood band

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Gardner, K. (Kay)

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Deihl, Marcia, 1949-

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Feminist, musician, and activist Marcia Deihl was a founding member of New Harmony Sisterhood Band and played with other Boston-area groups including Bunker Mountain Fiddlers, Otis Grove, and The Oxymorons. A graduate of Boston University (B.A.), Cambridge-Goddard Graduate School for Social Change (M.A.), and Harvard Extension School (C.P.C.), Deihl is also a writer and editor who contributes regularly to works on feminism, homophobia, and bisexuality. She was co-editor of All Our Lives: A Women...

Davis, Robert Gorham.

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Professor of English at Columbia University. From the description of Papers, 1778-1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122575338 Robert Gorham Davis (1908-1998), was a literary critic and a professor of English at Columbia University. He became a member of the Communist Party, but after the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939, he grew disillusioned with Communism. In 1953, Mr. Davis testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, gi...

Davis, Hope Hale

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Writer, feminist, one-time Communist, and teacher, Frances Hope Hale Davis was born on November 2, 1903, in Iowa City, Iowa, the fifth and youngest child of Hal and Frances McFarland Hale. Davis studied art and worked for the Stuart Walker Repertory Company as a scenery painter. After a short-lived marriage to scenery designer George Patrick Wood, Davis moved to New York City. She worked in the advertising industry, eventually becoming a freelance writer, publishing stories in magaz...