Ruth Mountaingrove videotape autobiography, ca. 1988-1997.

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Ruth Mountaingrove videotape autobiography, ca. 1988-1997.

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Collection consists of 21 autobiographical VHS tapes. Ruth recorded her video-autobiography between approximately 1988 and 1997. Ruth talks about her life, occasionally plays the guitar and sings her songs, or reads one of her poems. She tapes other rooms or objects, such as artwork and special possessions. Also taped are her art studios, photographs, paintings and art exhibitions, as well as her performance art. For most of the video tapes, Ruth uses a borrowed video camera set on a tripod to tape herself. Most of the recordings take place in her living room. The quality of the video and audio recordings varies and some are low quality. Most focus on Ruth's life as a country lesbian in Oregon and her work as a writer, publisher, and photographer. She also discusses her experience with WomanSpirit magazine, the Ovulars (workshops for feminist photographers), and Blatant image magazine, as well as her life as an art student at Humboldt State University.

.75 linear ft. (3 containers; 21 VHS videotapes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7677153

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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...

Mountaingrove, Jean

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