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A midwife's tale / a film by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; directed by Richard P. Rogers ; written and produced by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt ; Blueberry Hill Productions.
LIBRA VHS F29.H15 U472 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938---Film adaptations.
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher.
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-.
- Midwives.
- Biography.
- Maine--Augusta.
- Maine--Hallowell.
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812.
- Ballard, Martha.
- Hallowell (Me.)--Biography.
- Hallowell (Me.).
- Augusta (Me.)--Biography.
- Augusta (Me.).
- Kennebec River Valley (Me.)--Social life and customs.
- Kennebec River Valley (Me.).
- Midwives--Maine--Hallowell--Biography.
- Midwives--Maine--Augusta--Biography.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Television programs.
- Biographical films.
- Television adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : PBS Home Video : PBS Video, [1998]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS; stereo.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- The life of Martha Ballard, a frontier midwife in Hallowell, Maine, is reconstructed from her diary by historian Laurel Ulrich, with comments on research methods and analysis.
- Participant:
- Kaiulani Lee (Martha Ballard).
- Credits:
- Photography, Peter Stein, Steven Poster; editors, William A. Anderson, Susan Korda; music, Todd Boekelheide; key advisor and collaborator, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
- Broadcast as a segment of the television series: The American experience.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- OCLC:
- 48004041
- Publisher Number:
- B37225 PBS Home Video
- AMER103 PBS Video
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