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No restrictions except that photocopying is limited to twenty pages per interview transcription.

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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Washington Press Club Foundation oral history interviews #4579, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Vivienne H. Chapman of the Women in Journalism Oral History Project, in July 1991 (Acc. 91079); December 1991 (Acc. 91158); May 1992 (Acc. 92072); and September 1997 (Acc. 97129).

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• Anderson, Marie, 1916-
• Bluford, Lucile H.
• Carter, Betty.
• Castleberry, Vivian, 1922-
• Cooke, Marvel, 1903-
• Eads, Jane, 1901-
• Garber, Mary, 1916-2008.
• Harris, Katherine Beebe Pinkham.
• Journalism--United States--History.
• Journalists--Biography.
• Jurney, Dorothy Misener, 1909-
• Leary, Mary Ellen.
• McClendon, Sarah.
• Meserand, Edythe, 1909-
• Milbank, Helen Kirkpatrick, 1909-
• Montgomery, Gladys Taylor, 1896-
• Nash, Ruth Cowan, 1901-
• Paxson, Marjorie Bowers, 1923-
• Payne, Ethel L.
• Richards, Margaret Plummer, 1909-
• Short, Beth Campbell, 1908-
• Washington Press Club Foundation.
• Women in the mass media industry--United States.
• Women journalists--United States--History.

Copies of typed transcriptions of oral history interviews produced by the Women in Journalism Oral History Project of the Washington Press Club Foundation, which is interviewing women who have played important roles in all aspects of the profession. The Southern Historical Collection, in cooperation with the UNC School of Journalism, is serving as a depository for transcriptions of these interviews.

Transcriptions of interviews are added as received. The biographical information that is attached was supplied by the staff of the Women in Journalism Oral History Project. Some transcriptions are accompanied by photocopies of photographs or other supporting material.

• VT-4579/1-2 Videotapes of interview with Mary Garber.