IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
MARLENE BOOTH (1948- )
PAPERS, 1951, 1955
0.5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 740) were donated by Marlene Booth in 2000. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In file. |
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AUDIOVISUAL: |
Videocassette in
videocassette collection. (VR7537VHS) |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Margaret Richardson, 2001.
[BoothMarlene.doc] |
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Biography
Marlene Booth was born in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa, attending public school there and graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1966. During her childhood Booth’s family lived in the old Jewish neighborhood near the former Jewish Community Center. When she was ten years old her family moved to the neighborhood near Roosevelt High School. She attended Beloit College in Wisconsin, graduating in 1970, and earned her M.F.A. in film at Yale. During her junior year in college she married Avi Soifer, with whom she has two children. Booth is an independent filmmaker who owns her own company, Raphael Films. Her 1998 film “Yidl in the Middle” explores her memory of growing up Jewish in Middle America, which in her case is Des Moines, Iowa. This film was funded by a grant from the Iowa Humanities Board.
Scope and Content Note
The Marlene Booth papers consist of a family photo of the women in Booth’s family taken on Passover in 1955, and a Hebrew workbook for children entitled Shalom Yeladim (1951). There are also three news clippings, an article from Muses ( a publication of the Iowa Humanities Board Winter, 1997), and the videocassette of “Yidl in the Middle.”
Box no. Description
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Booth, Marlene
“Yidl in the Middle” [videocassette collection VR7537 VHS]