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Scope and Contents
The Marlene Booth papers measure five linear inches and are split into 3 series: Personal, Film Making, and Audio/Visual.
The Personal series consists of a family photo of the women in Booth's family taken on Passover in 1955, and a Hebrew workbook for children entitled Shalom Yeladim (1951), a Hebrew pimer Boker Tov and a book entitles Mother Goose Rhymes for Jewish Children.
The Film Making series covers the film making career of Marlene Booth with particular emphasis on the late 1990s. The series includes contracts, film festival entries, publicity, and newspaper clippings having to do with Booth’s films.
The Audio/Visual series contains DVD copies of several of Booth’s films from the 1980s-2009 including Yidl in the Middle, which focuses on growing up Jewish in Iowa, and Pidgin: The Voice of Hwai’I, which won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Dates
- Creation: 1951- 2009
Creator
- From the Collection: Booth, Marlene (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.00 linear inches
From the Collection: 1 videocassette [VR7537]; 6 DVD [d0305 - d0310] boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Iowa Women's Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5068
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-women@uiowa.edu