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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Group Four records
Creator:
Group Four
Identifier/Call Number: MS.152
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
12 boxes (10 half cartons, 1 carton, 1 flat)
Date (inclusive): 1989-2003 (Bulk 1990-1996)
Date (bulk): 1990-1996
Abstract: This collection contains the records
& activities of Group Four. It covers the formation of Group Four, the 1991-1992
conferences held at Esalen and the subsequent publishing project.
Physical Location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice
is required for access to the papers.
Language of Material:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication
or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or
educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility
for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Group Four records. MS 152. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Ilene Tuttle, 2003
In 1990, Dr. Peggy Downes Baskin, Patricia Faul, Virginia Mudd and Ilene Tuttle, formed a
business association, Group Four, for the purpose of conducting seminars on subjects of
current interest to women.
Group Four sponsored two one-week conferences at Esalen Institute in 1991 and 1992 under
the title
The New Older Woman. These conferences were designed to investigate
commonalities facing women over fifty, produce a possible pilot framework for participation
by a broader audience of women, and to propose ways women can plan ahead for changing life
patterns. The invitees were American women of achievement from a variety of professions.
They included 1991 participants: Ruth Asawa, Artist, Mary Catherine Bateson, Anthropologist,
Virginia Boyer, Gerontologist, Ruth Brinker, Community Activist & Founder of Project
Open Hand, Denise Scott Brown, Architect, Dr, Cecelia Hurwich, Psychologist, Dr. Mildred
Mathias, Botanist, Bette Mullen, Director of Women's Programs, AARP, Gail Sheehy, Author,
Harriett Woods, President National Women's Political Caucus, Marilyn Yalom, Professor French
& English Literature, Stanford University. The 1992 participants were Libby Cater, White
House Advisor, Dr. Syliva Earle, Oceanographer, Claire Falkenstein, Artist, Sally
Lilienthal, Director of Ploughshares Fund, Judith Paige, Nutritionist and Fashion Model,Dr.
Jane Porcino, Gerontologist, Judith Reemstma, TV Producer, Mary Louise Smith, Chair
Republican Party, Irene Tinker, Chair Women's Programs UCB, Gwen Yeo, Director Geriatric
Education, Stanford University, Dr. Eleanor Zucherman, Clinical Psychologist.
The conferences were taped, and transcribed and a book proposal was written by Group Four
and shopped to publishers. After initial hesitation by publishing community, an expanded
proposal was wrtten and the format of the book was decided. The book contract was signed
with Ten Speed Press/Celestial Arts Press on October 28, 1993.
After the publication of
New Older Woman, Group Four as an association did
not pursue any further conferences or activities and has been disbanded.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection covers the formation of Group Four, the 1991-1992 conferences held at
Esalen and the subsequent book project resulting in the publication of
The New Older
Woman
in 1996 by Celestial Arts Press.
The material is arranged in chronological order.
The new older woman: a dialogue for the coming century is availabe in UCSC
Library Search under call number HQ1064.U5 N356 1996.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Older women -- United States
Mudd, Virginia, 1949-
Tuttle, Ilene B., 1924-
Group Four
Downes Baskin, Peggy
Faul, Patricia