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Free abortion in Los Angeles / Sheila Smith interviewed by Don Porsche

Program Title:
Free abortion in Los Angeles / Sheila Smith interviewed by Don Porsche
PRA Archive #: 
BB2441
pbcoreAssetType: 
Program
pbcoreAssetDate: 
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL): 
1970-04-24~
dateType: 
created
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1970-04-24
dateType: 
broadcast
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1970-06-17
dateType: 
broadcast
Date Recorded on: 
April 1970
Date Broadcast on: 
KPFA, April 24, 1970
Station: 
KPFA
Item duration: 
1 reel (13 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Keywords: 
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Smith, Sheila
Abortion
Health facilities -- Los Angeles (Calif.).
Reproductive rights
Abortion -- Law and legislation.
Karman, Harvey
Gwynne, John
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982
Description: 

Sheila Smith, a volunteer worker at a short-lived free abortion clinic in Los Angeles, talks with KPFA Public Affairs director Don Porsche. Dr. John Gwynne opened the Community Service Center and Women's Abortion Clinic, an abortion clinic in Los Angeles, on March 16, 1970 in defiance of the abortion laws, and in hopes of testing the law's constitutionality. The clinic operated for five days, after which Gwynne, psychologist Harvey Karman, and other clinic employees were arrested.

Genre: 
American Women -- Reproductive rights
American Women -- Activists
pbcoreInstantiation: 
instantiationIdentifier: 
3261_P01
PRA item ID: 
BB2441
instantiationDate (partial OK): 
1970-04-24~
instantiationPhysical: 
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationDimensions: 
7 inch
instantiationLocation: 
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDuration: 
00:12:34
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: audio
instantiationIdentifier: 
3261_D01
PRA item ID: 
PRA_NHPRC1_BB2441_00_000_00
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2014-04-10
instantiationLocation: 
Y:Pacifica Wave\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528_Batch 1_B
instantiationDuration: 
00:12:39
instantiationDigital: 
audio/x-wav
instantiationFileSize: 
458 542 285
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: preservation
Contributor: 
Don Porsche
Role: 
Interviewer
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1970
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information: 
Grant ID: 
NHPRC: American Women Making History (1963-1982)
Shipping Batch Number: 
Batch 1B
Assessment Completed Date: 
2014-02-18
Box and labels scanned: 
2014-02-18
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?: 
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed): 
2014-03-13
Pre-digitization cataloging done (Date): 
2014-03-13
Pre-digitization cataloging done (INITIALS): 
jmb
Possible restriction issues: 
No
Sensitive language: 
No
First level catalog completed by (Initials): 
jmb
Date first level cataloging completed: 
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Portable HD ID: 
Touro_02_NHPRC1_Batch1B
HD Receipt Date: 
2014-05-28
Location on PRA drive: 
Y:Pacifica Wave\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date: 
2014-07-09
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials: 
HRL
Post dig--dup, numbering issue, etc.: 
Post dig--Complete songs in intro/outro: 
Post dig--Mostly pre-recorded music: 
Post dig--Contains reading of published materials: 
Post dig--Other rights issues: 
Post dig--Major audio issues: 
Post dig--Editing required for bcast: 
Post dig--Minor audio issues (see notes): 
CD Receipt Box ID: 
Batch 1_B Spool 2
CD Receipt Date: 
2014-05-28
CD plays: 
Second Level Cataloging completed Date: 
2015-03-13
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials: 
HRL
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment): 
Reels Rewound: 
Production CD (copy) created: 
Reel removed for contamination: 
No
Plastic insert put in box: 
Reel sent to Univ. Maryland: 
View Folio here (at Archive.org): 
KPFA Folio, June-July 1970, p. 24
American Women Grant Project
This recording is currently on a 1/4” reel tape and has not been digitally preserved. If you would like to contribute to the cost of transferring this recording, and receive your own personal copy on CD, please complete this form and we will return your request with pricing information. You will hear from an archive staff member once your request has been researched. We can also be reached by phone at 800-735-0230.
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