Population Problems Collection, 1896-1979
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith College Northampton, MA
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collection
Population Problems Collection
Creation of Population Problems Collection
Time of Creation of Population Problems Collection
Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.
Scope and Contents of the Collection 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.
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Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns.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.
Finding aid revised by Kelsey Radwilowicz, May 2008
Birth control--Developing countries--History--20th century--Sources
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Birth control--Research--Sources
Birth control--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Eugenics--History--Sources
Population policy--History--20th century
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Contents list
Birth control, general
Bibliographies
"Bibliography of Family Planning and Population," Simon Population Trust, vols. 1-2 1972-73
Miscellaneous 1927-81
Articles 1941-78
Clippings 1970-81
Pamphlets 1905-81, n.d.
"Birth Control Handbook," Medicine for the People 1972 (2 copies)
Miscellaneous printed materials 1961-80
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
Sixth All India Conference on Family Planning: Report of the Proceedings 1968
Miscellaneous printed materials 1970-74
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.
series
BOOKS ON SHELF
Proceedings of the International Congress on Population and World Resources in Relation to the Family 1948 (2 copies)
Reed, James Wesley. Birth Control and the Americans: 1830-1970 (2 vols.) 1974