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Series: Audiovisual materials: Most of the videos in the Wendy Clarke collection were digitized in 2024 with funding
from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding was provided by
Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries to digitize 17 Love Tapes
recorded at the World Trade Center in 1980. All the digital files, with exception to
those containing sensitive content, are publicly available on the Love,
Links, Archives project website. : Video call numbers are listed by titles or subjects.
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Amen, 1992
6 video recordings (MiniDV,
U-matic, VHS)
: VBC 821, VBC 879, VBD 040, VHC 540-VHC 541, VMA 075
: A group autobiography of inmates at the California Institution for Men in Chino,
California, who have HIV/AIDS. The men recount their lives, the high and low points
from the time they were born to the present, and what their futures may hold.
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The American Tapestry, 2004
9 video recordings
(MiniDV)
: VMA 131-VMA 139
: In 2004, Wendy Clarke attended two massive citizenship ceremonies in California.
One at the Los Angeles Convention Center and another at the Pomona Fairplex. Clarke
set up a booth with an American flag outside of each location, inviting people to
take a photo to mark the occasion. She captured one photo of each person and
recorded their name, address, and email. She then sent each participant the photo
and asked if they would like to share their immigration story. A few hundred people
participated at both locations. Clarke's initial plan was to receive stories and
release forms in the mail, but she later sent a letter outlining a revised plan: "I
am now visualizing a fuller project, which would include your photo, written story
and video oral history." These tapes include footage of the citizenship ceremonies,
photobooth, and a handful of the video oral histories.
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Camarillo State Hospital
26 video recordings (Hi8, VHS,
Video8)
: V8A 110-V8A 114, V8A 116-V8A 117, V8A 128, V8A 255-V8A 256, V8A 259, V8A 378, V8A
381, V8A 384, V8A 386-V8A 389, V8A 402, VHC 527-VHC 530, VHC 533-VHC 534, VHC
682
: Made in partnership with the California Arts Council, Wendy Clarke was an
artist-in-residence at the Camarillo State Hospital in Camarillo, California
crafting art-based workshops for patients. She spent a year working with 4 groups of
participants creating videos, puppets, paintings, and more. These tapes must be
viewed on-site at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison,
Wisconsin.
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CIM Prison
171 video recordings (Hi8,
MiniDV, U-matic, VHS, Video8)
: V8A 080-V8A 081, V8A 084-V8A 092, V8A 095-V8A 109, V8A 115, V8A 118-V8A 119, V8A
122-V8A 124, V8A 129, V8A 142, V8A 144, V8A 186-V8A 187, V8A 213-V8A 218, V8A 224,
V8A 385, V8A 393, V8A 398, V8A 422, VBC 854, VBC 960, VHC 300, VHC 308, VHC 322-VHC
346, VHC 348, VHC 350-VHC 357, VHC 359-VHC 361, VHC 363-VHC 366, VHC 368-VHC 375,
VHC 388-VHC 389, VHC 406-VHC 409, VHC 411, VHC 414-VHC 420, VHC 432-VHC 439, VHC
454-VHC 455, VHC 466-VHC 470, VHC 476, VHC 480-VHC 489, VHC 496-VHC 508, VHC 510-VHC
521, VHC 524, VHC 676-VHC 677, VHC 683, VMA 066
: Originally part of her dissertation for her Ph.D., the recordings document men at
the California Institute for Men in Chino, California, who have HIV/AIDS. Videos
range from personal reflections to creative interactions. As part of her art therapy
series, the men elected to take courses with Wendy to explore the vastness of their
lives– the good and the bad– to emotionally heal and prepare for a life outside of
prison. The men can be seen across multiple titles in the collection, such as "Amen"
and "One-on-One." The recordings must be viewed on-site at the Wisconsin Center for
Film and Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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CYA Girls
28 video recordings (MiniDV,
VHS)
: VHC 525-VHC 526, VHC 667, VMA 076, VMA 092-VMA 115
: For 5 months, Wendy Clarke held workshops with incarcerated young women at the
Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camarillo, California. Every week, the women
would take turns sitting in front of the camera recording a video diary entry. This
video is a compilation of selected diary entries. These tapes must be viewed on-site
at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Death Project, 1983
8 video recordings (Betamax,
U-matic)
: VBC 874, VBC 876-VBC 878, VBC 927, VTA 168, VTA 170-VTA 171
: This project captures participants as they discuss feelings of grief, loss, and
fear of death.
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Disarmament Video Survey, 1982
16 video recordings (Betamax,
U-matic)
: VBC 872, VBC 929, VTA 127-VTA 128, VTA 130-VTA 132, VTA 145-VTA 148, VTA 154-VTA
157, VTA 219
: Created in response to the United Nations Second Special Session on Disarmament
approaches, this project provides a space for the public to share their thoughts,
fears, and wishes regarding Nuclear weapons and the rising issue of disarmament.
Participants can say whatever they want; the Survey does not take an editorial stand
on the issue. Disarmament Video Survey's primary goal is to encourage the public to
think critically about their views on the complex issue.
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Goddess 2000, 2002
28 video recordings (MiniDV,
Video8, VHS)
: V8A 423, VHC 525, VMA 050, VMA 052, VMA 056-VMA 063, VMA 070-VMA 071, VMA 073-VMA
074, VMA 078-VMA 083, VMA 085-VMA 090
: Over 4 months in 2002, Wendy Clarke led a discussion and creative circle of young
women, ages 14 to 17, at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility. Done in
conjunction with the California Arts Council and the California Youth Authority,
participants learn about self-expression and achievement through filmmaking, mask
making, and dancing. These video diaries were recorded every week, allowing the
participants to look back to see how they have changed. These tapes must be viewed
on-site at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison,
Wisconsin.
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HeArt Project, 2002
5 video recordings (MiniDV,
VHS)
: VHC 532, VMA 053-VMA 055, VMA 069
: Made in partnership with the HeArt project in Los Angeles, California, these videos
were created with and by local teens. As a part of a series of multimedia workshops
called "Exploring Histories: Personal Portraits & Community Stories by Los
Angeles Teenagers," Wendy Clarke was the designated artist for Lincoln Memorial High
School and Central High School Tri-C CDS, teaching the students basic concepts of
filming and artistic expression. Many of the videos are shot from the teenagers'
point of view, following them as they skateboard, talk about their lives, and listen
to music.
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Installation
2 video recordings (U-matic,
VHS-C)
: VBC 962, V8A 360
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L.A. Link, 1995-1998
120 video recordings (Betacam
SP, Hi8, MiniDV, VHS)
: V8A 240-V8A 248, V8A 260-V8A 344, V8A 409-V8A 410, VFA 389, VFA 401, VHC 542-VHC
546, VHC 669-VHC 675, VMA 044-VMA 045, VMA 072, VTA 184-VTA 190
: L.A. Link was a video peer support network for young people. In 1996, the project
connected youth from diverse cultural backgrounds in Crenshaw and Santa Monica
through a real-time network. Two years later, L.A. Link connected Jewish and
Japanese American teens who had family members in concentration camps.
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Learning Center, 1989
18 video recordings (Hi8, VHS,
Video8)
: V8A 134-V8A 135, V8A 146, V8A 162, V8A 396-V8A 397, V8A 424, VHC 421-VHC 429, VHC
479, VHC 522
: In 1989, Wendy worked with people with mental illnesses at the Learning Center in
Los Angeles. There, she worked alongside other artists to create multiple art-based
workshops, including mask making, theatrical performances, painting, and
drawing.
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The Link, 1984
89 video recordings (Betacam,
U-matic, VHS, VHS-C)
: V8A 349-V8A 358, V8A 363, V8A 366, VBC 802-VBC 809, VBC 887, VBC 923, VBC 975-VBC
983, VBC 992, VBD 016-VBD 025, VFA 365-VFA 369, VHC 286-VHC 288, VHC 292-VHC 293,
VHC 297, VHC 309, VHC 376-VHC 387, VHC 390-VHC 398, VHC 412, VHC 430- VHC 431, VHC
456-VHC 465, VHC 473
: The Link is an interactive video sculpture connecting two public places separated
geographically. With one stage at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan and the
other at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office building in Harlem, performers
could sing, dance, stand up comedy, play music, or just talk, and their images would
become intertwined with that of the other stage across the city. The images are
combined using a special effects generator, superimposing one image over the other.
In this, people participating in the piece can see themselves on a video monitor,
but what is present on the screen differs from their physical experience, placing
the participants in the dimension of "videospace".
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The Love Tapes, 1977-
408 video recordings (1/2" open
reel, Betamax, D2, DigiBeta, Hi8, MiniDV, MPEG-4, U-matic, VHS, Video8)
: BAA_221-BAA_245, V8A 082-V8A 083, V8A 125-V8A 127, V8A 131-V8A 132, V8A 140, V8A
143, V8A 145, V8A 150-V8A 152, V8A 160-V8A 161, V8A 184, V8A 192-V8A 202, V8A
249-V8A 252, V8A 376-V8A 377, V8A 380, V8A 382, V8A 394-V8A 395, V8A 400-V8A 401,
V8A 411-V8A 414, V8A 425, VBC 810-VBC 811, VBC 813-VBC 816, VBC 818, VBC 825-VBC
836, VBC 840-VBC 853, VBC 855, VBC 861-VBC 864, VBC 883-VBC 886, VBC 890, VBC 895,
VBC 898-VBC 906, VBC 914-VBC 922, VBC 930-VBC 956, VBC 958-VBC 959, VBC 961, VBC
963, VBC 966, VBC 971-VBC 973, VBC 985, VBC 990, VBC 993, VBC 995-VBC 999, VBD
001-VBD 008, VBD 026-VBD 039, VCA 853, VCA 858, VCA 866, VCA 877-VCA 887, VCA 891,
VCA 902-VCA 907, VCA 936, VDA 481, VEA 210-VEA 212, VFA 364, VFA 371-VFA 374, VFA
379-VFA 381, VFA 383-VFA 388, VFA 392-VFA 397, VFA 399-VFA 400, VGA 005, VHC 290-VHC
291, VHC 294, VHC 298, VHC 310-VHC 311, VHC 313-VHC 321, VHC 367, VHC 401-VHC 405,
VHC 410, VHC 413, VHC 490-VHC 492, VHC 536-VHC 539, VMA 041-VMA 043, VMA 046-VMA
048, VMA 068, VMA 077, VMA 091, VMA 140-VTA 092, VTA 098-VTA 108, VTA 110, VTA
112-VTA 125, VTA 129, VTA 134-VTA 144, VTA 149-VTA 153, VTA 158-VTA 163, VTA 165-VTA
167, VTA 169, VTA 172, VTA 174-VTA 183, VTA 191-VTA 192, VTA 205-VTA 215, VTA
220-VTA 222, VTA 164
: In 1977, Wendy Clarke shared her video diaries with her mother Shirley Clarke's
graduate students at UCLA, which led five of them to create their own tapes. The
format for the Love Tapes was a result of this session with the UCLA students:
people watch other "love tapes" and then record their own by sitting in front of a
camera and monitor so that they can look at themselves while they talk about love
for three minutes. After recording their tape, the participant would view it and
decide either to have it erased or to sign a release and add it to the collection.
Between 1977 and 1989, over 2,500 tapes were made around the world, illustrating the
vast range of interpretations, meanings, and memories prompted by the word "love."
Through this process, Wendy Clarke found that video operates as both an apparatus
for intimacy and a facilitator for self-examination. The project's scope revealed a
rare glimpse of humanity communing through shared experience, albeit one mediated by
video technologies of both recording and exhibition. Released on public television
stations in the 1980s, the Love Tapes marked a milestone for the advancement of the
medium. The Love Tapes have been exhibited extensively around the world since 1980,
including shows at the Museum of Modern Art (1980), the World's Fair in New Orleans
(1984), on KCET/28 TV in Southern California (1989), as part of a Wendy Clarke
retrospective at Anthology Film Archive in New York City (2001) and most recently at
LUX in London, England (2019).
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Magic Makeup
1 video recording
(DVD)
: VDA 482
: A formative video featuring Wendy Clarke and her mother, Shirley. It is in this
video that Wendy saw the potential to use video as a tool for self-discovery since
you could see yourself in real time captured on screen rather than having to wait
and process film. After this video was finished, Wendy told her mother that she
wanted a Portapak, starting her career with digital exploration.
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New York Tapes
13 video recordings (Hi8,
U-matic, VHS)
: V8A 074-V8A 079, V8A 147-V8A 148, V8A 399, VBC 893, VBC 896-VBC 897, VHC 284
: In coordination with the New-York Historical Society, Wendy Clarke sought out
participants all over the city, from all five boroughs, from different age groups,
socio-economic standings, professions, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and countries
of origin, to talk about their lives in the city. By working with participants in
their neighborhoods, Clarke also documents the sights and sounds of the city, adding
depth to contemporary understandings of life in New York City. Stories told in the
collection include participants' reflections about the city's changes, their social
ties to its neighborhoods or organizations, their various professional
responsibilities, or in some cases, their experiences in immigrating the city and
the U.S.
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One-on-One
56 video recordings (Betacam
SP, D2, Hi8, MiniDV, VHS, Video8)
: V8A 120-V8A 121, V8A 133, V8A 137-V8A 139, V8A 141, V8A 149, V8A 163-V8A 172, V8A
188, V8A 208-V8A 212, V8A 219-V8A 223, V8A 225-V8A 239, V8A 421, VFA 390, VGA
002-VGA 004, VHC 347, VHC 349, VHC 358, VHC 362, VHC 509, VHC 523, VMA 084
: Wendy Clarke produced the One-on-One project while an artist-in-residence at the
California Institute for Men in Chino, California. She provided tapes for inmates to
send a video message to the outside world. Outsiders, specifically residents of the
Crenshaw neighborhood and members of the Church in Ocean Park in Santa Monica, then
selected tapes and composed video responses. The two in conversation were otherwise
prohibited from communicating, leaving the tape as an enabler, allowing seemingly
cursory exchanges to develop into profound observations on connection, (in)equality,
and the realities of the prison industrial complex.
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The Out Tapes, 1995
6 video recordings (Hi8,
VHS)
: V8A 072-V8A 073, V8A 189-V8A 191, VHC 285
: Wendy Clarke collaborated with psychologist Ralph Bruneau on Growing Up Gay: Out
Tapes, a 1995 project highlights LGBTQ stories. In this video project, each
participant would hold up a photo from their past, usually from childhood, and talk
about what they see in that person and how they have changed.
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Personal Journal
172 video recordings (1/2" open
reel, Betacam SP, Betamax, DigiBeta, Hi8, MiniDV, U-matic, VHS, VHS-C,
Video8)
: V8A 173-V8A 183, V8A 359, V8A 367-V8A 375, V8A 383, V8A 390, V8A 416, V8A 435-V8A
448, V8A 452-V8A 455, V8A 457-V8A 459, VBC 969-VBC 970, VBC 994, VCA 837, VCA
839-VCA 842, VCA 845-VCA 852, VCA 854-VCA 857, VCA 859-VCA 865, VCA 867-VCA 872, VCA
875-VCA 876, VCA 888, VCA 890, VCA 892-VCA 893, VCA 895-VCA 899, VCA 908-VCA 912,
VCA 914-VCA 935, VCA 937-VCA 950, VCA 952-VCA 958, VFA 375-VFA 378, VFA 382, VFA
391, VFA 398, VHC 681, VMA 049, VMA 051, VMA 064-VMA 065, VMA 117-VMA 130, VTA
093-VTA 095, VTA 109, VTA 111, VTA 126, VTA 133, VTA 173, VTA 193
: In 1972, Wendy Clarke began a personal video diary that she used "as a tool for
expressing my true feelings, needs, and wants, and to see if I was being honest."
Tapes from Wendy Clarke's video journal are a part of the collection but not
available for online viewing. These tapes must be viewed on-site at the Wisconsin
Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Remembrance
31 video recordings (Hi8,
S-VHS, VHS)
: V8A 185, V8A 207, V8A 253-V8A 254, V8A 257-V8A 258, V8A 403-V8A 408, VHC 301-VHC
307, VHC 450-VHC 452, VHC 477-VHC 478, VHC 493-VHC 495, VHC 547-VHC 550
: Remembrance was introduced as part of the "What About AIDS?: Science, Art &
Human Stories" exhibition at the Exploratorium in San Francisco in 1996. The project
gave people the opportunity to express their feelings by videotaping personal
stories about how HIV and AIDS had affected their lives. Throughout these videos,
participants share stories of queer life and community in the mid-1990s,
particularly in their intersections with HIV/AIDS.
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Shirley Clarke Material
2 films (16 mm), 31 video
recordings (1/2" open reel, MiniDV, U-matic, VHS)
: AE 691, AE 692, VBC 795, VBC 800, VBC 812, VBC 822, VBC 823, VBC 837, VBC 838, VBC
839, VBC 873, VBC 875, VBC 882, VBC 908, VBC 909, VBC 910, VBC 911, VBC 912, VBC
924, VBC 925, VBC 926, VBC 986, VBD 009, VBD 010, VCA 889, VHC 289, VHC 448, VHC
449, VHC 453, VHC 471, VHC 475, VHE 286, VMA 116
: This series includes Wendy Clarke's personal copies of her mother Shirley Clarke's
films. Most of the titles (Portrait of Jason, Ornette: Made in America, The
Connection, The Box, Tongues, Savage/Love, and Shirley's appearance in Varda's
Lion's Love (...and Lies)) are available here on U-matic or VHS, but there are also
16mm prints of In Paris Parks and Bridges-Go-Round.
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Tao
50 video recordings (Betacam,
U-matic, VHS-C, VHS, Video8)
: V8A 153-V8A 159, V8A 203-V8A 206, V8A 345-V8A 348, V8A 391, VBC 796-VBC 799, VBC
817, VBC 819-VBC 820, VBC 856-VBC 860, VBC 865-VBC 881, VBC 891-VBC 892, VBC 964,
VFA 360-VFA 363, VFA 370, VHC 441-VHC 445
: A Taoist cultivator herself, Clarke worked alongside Taoist doctors to document
classes offered on subjects such as the Eight Pillars of Tao and Tao of Sexual
Wisdom. Eventually, the videos would be used by the Taoists as a "library of tapes"
which could be used by the people who wish to study Taoist thought for self-healing
or the healing of others.
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Tarzana Treatment Center, 1971
5 video recordings (Hi8,
VHS)
: V8A 415, V8A 417-V8A 419, VHC 535
: In 1971, Clarke worked with patients at the Tarzana Treatment Center. At this
rehabilitation center, Clarke worked with patients who had HIV/AIDS by creating art
workshops. Participants made masks, drew portraits, and put on theatrical
performances that educated audiences about AIDS. Such performances offer guidance on
safe sex practices, and shows how support can be given to those living with the
diagnosis. Personal experiences are shared to exemplify the unjust treatment of
those living with HIV/AIDS. These tapes must be viewed on-site at the Wisconsin
Center for Film and Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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The Telephone Conversation, 1977
2 video recordings (1/2" open
reel)
: VCA 894, VCA 913
: In 1977, Wendy and Shirley shared a phone call. Each woman set up a camera in their
personal space and captured their side of the conversation, documenting the various
activities that occur while on the phone. They reflect upon many topics, including
their days, their artwork, and their friendships.
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Unknown
41 video recordings (Betamax,
Hi8, U-matic, VHS, Video8)
: V8A 093-V8A 094, V8A 130, V8A 136, V8A 379, V8A 392, V8A 426-V8A 427, V8A 456, VBC
824, VBC 894, VBC 907, VBC 957, VBC 987, VHC 295-VHC 296, VHC 299, VHC 312, VHC 399,
VHC 446, VHC 472, VHC 474, VHC 531, VHC 678, VTA 096-VTA 097, VTA 194-VTA 204, VTA
216-VTA 218
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Video Art Process Tapes
2 video recordings
(Video8)
: V8A 433-V8A 434
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Video Rotation
18 video recordings (Betamax,
U-matic, VHS, VHS-C)
: V8A 361-V8A 362, V8A 364-V8A 365, VBC 801, VBC 888-VBC 889, VBC 913, VBC 974, VBC
991, VHC 447, VHC 551-VHC 552, VHC 668, VTA 223-VTA 226
: Video Rotation is an interactive video sculpture in which the stage (two large
black circles) is set, and the audience enters to complete the scene. With one stage
horizontal and the other vertical, two cameras rotate slowly on their axes around
the participants. The two images are then superimposed, crafting a flying like
sensation in the art. It was displayed at the Artpark in Lewiston, New York in 1982.
This project inspired her later project, The Link.
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Video Toys
5 video recordings (1/2" open
reel, U-matic)
: VBC 988-VBC 989, VCA 838, VCA 900-VCA 901
: A collection of fun, interactive installations that allow participants to
experience video in a new way. Bingo Bango Video Jango, a theatrical game show,
starts the exhibit, then participants can interact with different installation
pieces, including Frog, Bicycle, Elephant, Hopscotch, Fish, and Movable Painting.
This hands-on experience with digital video creates a playground of experimentation
and creative thinking surrounding video art.
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Video Valentine, 1977
3 video recordings
(U-matic)
: VBC 965, VBC 967-VBC 968
: Filmed on Valentine's Day, the tape from Wendy Clarke's personal video journal
documents her thoughts on her current romantic relationship. As part of her personal
journal, this tape must be viewed on-site at the Wisconsin Center for Film and
Theater Research in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Vision Quest
3 video recordings
(Video8)
: V8A 449-V8A 451
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Whitney
6 video recordings
(U-matic)
: VBC 984, VBD 011-VBD 015
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Workshop
9 video recordings (1/2" open
reel, Hi8, U-matic, VHS)
: V8A 420, VBC 928, VCA 843-VCA 844, VCA 873, VCA 874, VCA 951, VHC 400, VHC 440
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