Contents
Collection Overview
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Contents list
Birth control, general
Assessment of Need and Attitude of Birth Control and Family Planning Services in Hampshire County, Massachusetts January, 1972
Baum, Margaret: correspondence about Planned Parenthood and miscellaneous 1953-73
"Bellagio IV Population Conference," Working Papers1977
Birth rates: clippings 1971-78
Bradlaugh, Charles and Annie Besant, Fruits of Philosophy: A Treatise on the Population Question 1896
Brook Advisory Centers: Annual Report 1970
Center for Population Options: printed materials n.d.
Cleary, Barbara, The Fight for Birth Control in America 1974
Cowles, Elizabeth Bates, Birth Control Clinic, Des Moines, IA 1934-74
Day, Alice Taylor, "Persuasion or Coercion: Alternatives in Population Control" 1969
Family Planning Digest, vol. I, no.6 Nov 1972
India
International Planned Parenthood Federation: article and wall chart 1979, n.d.
Ireland: clippings 1973
Massachusetts Family Planning Consortium 1971-72
"Oral Contraceptives and the Walnut Creek Study Controversy," National Women's Health Network 1980
Population: pamphlets 1949-78
Population Reference Bureau: pamphlets, mailings n.d.
Sawyer, Annita P., "The Two-Child Family: A Look at the Future" 1970
"The Human Population," Scientific AmericanSept 1974
Sterilization: articles, clippings, and correspondence 1971-2005
UNICEF and family planning: "The Woman Physician," vol. 25, no.9 Sept 1970
"Women in a Hungry World: A Study/Action Kit," World Hunger/Global Development Project (4 vols.) 1979
Zero Population Growth: pamphlets, periodical ("National Reporter"), and mailings 1971-79, n.d.
BOOKS ON SHELF
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Population Problems Collection, 1896-1979
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Kelsey Radwilowicz.
2008
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Title:
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Population Problems Collection |
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Dates:
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1896-1979 |
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Abstract:
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The Population Problems Collection contains mainly printed materials on issues pertaining to world population problems in the 20th century; family planning and the birth control movement in the United States; the international birth control movement; and development programs and agencies that assist poorer women and their families. Related issues such as sterilization and eugenics are also documented. Types of materials include books, pamphlets, booklets, newspaper clippings, articles, and essays. Published books include: The Salon and the Royal Academy Booklet on Eugenics (1908); Proceedings of the International Congress on Population and World Resources in Relation to the Family (1948); and Birth Control and the Americas, 1830-1970 (1974). The collection dates from 1896 to 1979, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1970s.
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Extent:
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3 boxes, 4 volumes(2 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English |
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Identification:
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MS 438 |
Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.
Finding aid revised by Kelsey Radwilowicz, May 2008
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Population Problems Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
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The Population Problems Collection contains mainly printed materials on issues pertaining to world population problems in the 20th century; family planning and the birth control movement in the United States; the international birth control movement; and development programs and agencies that assist poorer women and their families. Related issues such as sterilization and eugenics are also documented. Types of materials include books, pamphlets, booklets, newspaper clippings, articles, and essays. Published books include: The Salon and the Royal Academy Booklet on Eugenics (1908); Proceedings of the International Congress on Population and World Resources in Relation to the Family (1948); and Birth Control and the Americas, 1830-1970 (1974). The collection dates from 1896 to 1979, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1970s.
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Folder
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1-2 |
"Bibliography of Family Planning and Population," Simon Population Trust, vols. 1-2
1972-73
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6-8 |
Pamphlets
1905-81, n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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"Birth Control Handbook," Medicine for the People(2 copies)
1972
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2 |
Miscellaneous printed materials
1961-80
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Box
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Folder
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3 |
Assessment of Need and Attitude of Birth Control and Family Planning Services in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
January, 1972
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Box
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Folder
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| 2 |
4 |
Baum, Margaret: correspondence about Planned Parenthood and miscellaneous
1953-73
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Box
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Folder
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"Bellagio IV Population Conference," Working Papers
1977
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Box
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Folder
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Birth rates: clippings
1971-78
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Box
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Folder
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Bradlaugh, Charles and Annie Besant, Fruits of Philosophy: A Treatise on the Population Question
1896
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Box
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Folder
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8 |
Brook Advisory Centers: Annual Report
1970
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Box
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Folder
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| 2 |
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Center for Population Options: printed materials
n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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| 2 |
10 |
Cleary, Barbara, The Fight for Birth Control in America
1974
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Box
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Folder
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11 |
Cowles, Elizabeth Bates, Birth Control Clinic, Des Moines, IA
1934-74
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Box
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Folder
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12 |
Day, Alice Taylor, "Persuasion or Coercion: Alternatives in Population Control"
1969
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Box
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Folder
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| 2 |
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Family Planning Digest, vol. I, no.6
Nov 1972
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Box
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14 |
Sixth All India Conference on Family Planning: Report of the Proceedings
1968
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15 |
Miscellaneous printed materials
1970-74
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Box
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Folder
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International Planned Parenthood Federation: article and wall chart
1979, n.d.
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Ireland: clippings
1973
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Box
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Folder
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Massachusetts Family Planning Consortium
1971-72
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Box
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19 |
"Oral Contraceptives and the Walnut Creek Study Controversy," National Women's Health Network
1980
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1-2 |
Population: pamphlets
1949-78
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Box
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Folder
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3 |
Population Reference Bureau: pamphlets, mailings
n.d.
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Box
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Folder
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4 |
Sawyer, Annita P., "The Two-Child Family: A Look at the Future"
1970
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Folder
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5 |
"The Human Population," Scientific American
Sept 1974
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Box
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Sterilization: articles, clippings, and correspondence
1971-2005
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Box
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Folder
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UNICEF and family planning: "The Woman Physician," vol. 25, no.9
Sept 1970
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Box
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Folder
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8 |
"Women in a Hungry World: A Study/Action Kit," World Hunger/Global Development Project (4 vols.)
1979
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Folder
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9-10 |
Zero Population Growth: pamphlets, periodical ("National Reporter"), and mailings
1971-79, n.d.
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BOOKS ON SHELF
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Proceedings of the International Congress on Population and World Resources in Relation to the Family (2 copies)
1948
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Reed, James Wesley. Birth Control and the Americans: 1830-1970 (2 vols.)
1974
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