Corky, Oral History by Jessica Lancia, Ph.D. Tape 2 of 2
Corky is interviewed at her home by Jessica Lancia, Ph.D. , for a University of Florida oral history project, Part 2 of 2.
Tag Archives: Lesbians
Mixed Reel, c. 1992-1993
Moral Hazard, a women’s band from Atlanta, plays for gay pride in Gainesville, Florida; water videos; gay rights hearing.
Mary Lu Lewis Collection
Womanist observer Mary Lu Lewis interviews Audre Lorde in her hotel room after the Broadside Press 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1975. Michelle Citron kibitzes from behind the camera and then, at Audre Lorde’s invitation, sits down and joins the conversation.
Jere Van Syoc Collection
Sculptor, painter, filmmaker and a founder of the legendary Aradia, Jere Van Syoc (1935-2018) shot Super 8 footage throughout her life as an artist and devotee of high play. She edited her footage into two finished films, the early “Lebisia” and the late “The Brothel, the Temple, and Art,” which she assembled from her footage
Aradia Susan Wiseheart Collection
A 1/2″ open reel collection of concerts & playlets sponsored by Aradia, a womyn’s community that formed in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the 1970s and incorporated as an educational nonprofit in May 1977. The collection includes two Alix Dobkin concerts and two Aradian plays. The earliest Dobkin concert in the collection took place December 28, 1979,
Caren’s Collection
Caren began her film memoir in the late 1970s when she came upon a Super 8 camera in a pawnshop soon after she ceded custody rather let her young daughter’s life be torn apart in a vicious legal battle. Caren retained visitation rights and used the camera to film visits with her daughter and other
Corky Culver Collection
Corky Culver lives in a log cabin on a lake with eagles, egrets, herons, and her cat, Pele. Her mother was an English teacher, her father a poet. She holds a Ph.D. in English & American Literature and is a specialist in Henry David Thoreau. She taught English at the University of Florida, University of
Judith Jerome Collection
One VHS tape, “Chicken ‘n Dumplings,” at once a home movie record of a group of friends in Idledale, CO, making & enjoying a meal on Valentine’s Day 1989 and a spoof on the tv shows “French Chef” and the “Andy Griffith Show.”
Ruth Storm Collection
Ruth Huntington Storm (1888-1981) was a New York City schoolteacher who filmed friends, lovers, and places she visited from the mid-1930s until the mid-1960s with a 16mm Model K Cine Kodak. She spent many summers in Corea, Maine, where she had a cabin. In retirement she edited her Maine, Greater NY footage, & vacation footage
Margaret Whalen Collection
Home movies and tapes shot by lesbian teacher, aunt, and painter Margaret Whalen. Rare footage of May Sarton (1912-1995).