Paula Kamen Collection
Scope and Contents
Paula Kamen interviewed men and women associated with the clandestine JANE abortion service in Chicago between 1969 and 1972 in order to obtain background material for a play, "JANE: Abortion and the Underground." Besides interviewing women who used the service, Kamen talked with Spencer Parsons, founder of Illinois and Chicago Clergy Consultation Services and dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, who referred women to JANE, and Paul Booth, one of the founders of Students for a Democratic Society. This collection includes transcripts of these interviews, the typescript of the play, and newspaper clippings and reviews of the play itself which opened at Imagine THeatre Co. in Chicago in January 1993.
Dates
- 1969-1972
Creator
- Kamen, Paula (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
All material is copyrighted by Paula Kamen and may not be used without her permission.
Biographical / Historical
Paula Kamen interviewed men and women associated with the clandestine JANE abortion service in Chicago between 1969 and 1972 in order to obtain background material for a play, “JANE: Abortion and the Underground.” Besides interviewing women who used the service, Kamen talked with Spencer Parsons, founder of Illinois and Chicago Clergy Consultation Services and dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, who referred women to JANE, and Paul Booth, one of the founders of Students for a Democratic Society.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Paula Kamen interviewed men and women associated with the clandestine JANE abortion service in Chicago between 1969 and 1972 in order to obtain background material for a play, “JANE: Abortion and the Underground.”
Arrangement
This collection includes transcripts of these interviews, the typescript of the play, and newspaper clippings and reviews of the play itself which opened at Imagine Theatre Co. in Chicago in January 1993.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Kamen in April 1993.
- Title
- Guide to the Paula Kamen Collection
- Author
- No author listed; transcribed by Nick Munagian, 2020-04-08.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Repository Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu