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Mary Beth Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7926

Content Description

Correspondence and documents that shed light on Mary Beth Ross's running of the Women’s Writers Center in Cazenovia, NY, 1975-1982, and the communication between her and prominent feminist writers including Kate Millett, with whom she had a relationship for some years, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Rita Mae Brown, Maxine Kumin, Marge Peircy, Olga Broumas, and Susan Griffin. Significant audiovisual material includes a documentary about the Center and a recording of a conversation between Brown and Millett at a Center event. Also, family photo albums, material from film and writing projects, and subject files on other interests of Ross, including John J. Kennedy, Jr., Gaelic literature, and the antiwar ideology of brothers Daniel and Philip Berrigan.

Dates

  • 1942 - 2022

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Mary Beth Ross was born in 1942. She was an educator, writer, and documentary filmmaker. She was the founder of The Women’s Writer’s Center (1975-1982) in Cazenovia, NY and she was a lifelong advocate for women's and girls' inclusion in education and employment. Mary Beth Ross passed away in 2022.

Extent

6 cubic feet.

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Related material located in collection 4602, Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection.

General

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.

Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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