Pre-apprenticeship program. 4 U-Matics, circa 1990s

This series primarily consists of Dr. Price’s raw footage and some of her completed documentaries depicting women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds performing and succeeding in male-dominated trades in the United States and Asia (1992-2000). Films also feature the historical background and activities of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (1991-1998). Titles of her completed documentaries include: Against All Odds, In My Own Words,1992 (a joint production with Lynn Shaw and Neshtey Crudup) featuring the first African American woman, Neshety Crudup, to enter the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Faces of Tradeswomen , 1995 (a 15-minute piece commissioned by the Dept. of Labor Women's Bureau) portraying the experiences of five female construction workers from diverse ethnical backgrounds and trades, and Hammering It Out: Women in the Construction Zone, 2000, the story of many tradeswomen involved in the construction of the Century Freeway in Los Angeles throughout the 1990s. Other videocassettes consist of news broadcasts portraying tradeswomen as well as safety and technical instruction. The moving images are composed of recordings which are arranged by a scheme devised by Dr. Price: completed documentaries along with the most relevant raw footage appear first according to their release date followed by raw footage materials categorized under different subjects. The final subseries is comprised of unknown raw footage taken by Vivian, and documentaries and television shows by other filmmakers. Video recordings are available in VHS, U-Matic, HI-8, and Mini DV formats. The series is divided into six suberies: Series VII.a Documentaries, 1990-2000; Series VII.b Transnational Trades women; Series VII.c Century Freeway I-105; Series VII.d Tradeswomen; Series VII.e International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IEBW), ; Series VII.f Other Videos