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Series II: Shopping Bag Ladies: Homeless Women Speak About Their Lives, 1977-1985, inclusive

Scope and Contents

This series contains material related to Ann Marie Rousseau's 1981 book Shopping Bag Ladies: Homeless Women Speak About Their Lives. During her time working at the Shelter Care Center for Women in New York City in the 1970s, Rousseau conducted extensive interviews with and took photographs of women experiencing homelessness. She used this material as the basis of her book.

The bulk of this series is made up of copies of photographs from the book, arranged in the same order in which they appear in the publication. There are often many copies of the same image in various sizes. Some of the photographs are signed and/or captioned by Rousseau on the reverse.There are also 3 copies of the book Shopping Bag Ladies: Homeless Women Speak About Their Lives, 2 softcover and 1 hardcover. In addition, there are copies of the book contract, book reviews, and letters from readers.

This series also contains some material related to "Stone Pillow," the 1985 TV movie inspired by the "Shopping Bag Ladies" book, for which Rousseau served as a technical advisor.

Shopping Bag Ladies: Homeless Women Speak About Their Lives

Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

3 copies of the book by Ann Marie Rousseau.

SBL Book - Contracts, 1980-1984, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SBL Book - Correspondence, 1980-1997, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SBL Book - Reviews, 1981-1995, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "The Benediction" [image from preface], 1980

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "The Benediction" [image from preface], 1980

Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Helen Trenton", 1980

Box: 1, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Helen Trenton", 1980

Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Rayna Landry", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Rayna Landry", 1980

Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Streets", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Streets", 1980

Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Going Inside", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "A Shelter for Women", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "A Shelter for Women", 1980

Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Train Station, New York" [Penn Station], 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Train Station, New York" [Penn Station], 1980

Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "On the Subways", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Eating", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Eating", 1980

Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Drinking", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Drinking", 1980

Box: 10, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Darian Moore", 1980

Box: 2, Folder: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs - "Darian Moore", 1980

Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Negatives of SBL book images, 1970s-1980, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides of SBL book images, 1970s-1980

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Stone Pillow" TV Movie - Script and notes, 1985

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Stone Pillow" TV Movie - Articles and reviews, 1985

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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