Population Problems Collection, 1896-1979
3 boxes, 4 volumes (2 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 438
Terms of Access and Use:
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Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns.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.
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Copyright to unpublished materials may be owned by the creator, or their heirs or assigns.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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Population Problems Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.
Finding aid revised by Kelsey Radwilowicz, May 2008
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Contents list
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Box 1
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Birth control, general
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Bibliographies
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"Bibliography of Family Planning and Population," Simon Population Trust, vols. 1-2
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1972-73
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Box 1: folder 1-2
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Miscellaneous
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1927-81
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Box 1: folder 3
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Articles
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1941-78
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Box 1: folder 4
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Clippings
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1970-81
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Box 1: folder 5
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Pamphlets
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1905-81, n.d.
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Box 1: folder 6-8
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"Birth Control Handbook," Medicine for the People(2 copies)
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1972
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Box 2: folder 1
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Miscellaneous printed materials
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1961-80
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Box 2: folder 2
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Assessment of Need and Attitude of Birth Control and Family Planning Services in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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January, 1972
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Box 2: folder 3
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Baum, Margaret: correspondence about Planned Parenthood and miscellaneous
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1953-73
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Box 2: folder 4
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"Bellagio IV Population Conference," Working Papers
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1977
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Box 2: folder 5
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Birth rates: clippings
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1971-78
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Box 2: folder 6
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Bradlaugh, Charles and Annie Besant, Fruits of Philosophy: A Treatise on the Population Question
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1896
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Box 2: folder 7
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Brook Advisory Centers: Annual Report
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1970
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Box 2: folder 8
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Center for Population Options: printed materials
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 9
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Cleary, Barbara, The Fight for Birth Control in America
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1974
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Box 2: folder 10
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Cowles, Elizabeth Bates, Birth Control Clinic, Des Moines, IA
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1934-74
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Box 2: folder 11
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Day, Alice Taylor, "Persuasion or Coercion: Alternatives in Population Control"
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1969
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Box 2: folder 12
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Family Planning Digest, vol. I, no.6
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Nov 1972
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Box 2: folder 13
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India
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Sixth All India Conference on Family Planning: Report of the Proceedings
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1968
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Box 2: folder 14
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Miscellaneous printed materials
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1970-74
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Box 2: folder 15
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International Planned Parenthood Federation: article and wall chart
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1979, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 16
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Ireland: clippings
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1973
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Box 2: folder 17
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Massachusetts Family Planning Consortium
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1971-72
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Box 2: folder 18
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"Oral Contraceptives and the Walnut Creek Study Controversy," National Women's Health Network
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1980
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Box 2: folder 19
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Population: pamphlets
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1949-78
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Box 3: folder 1-2
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Population Reference Bureau: pamphlets, mailings
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 3
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Sawyer, Annita P., "The Two-Child Family: A Look at the Future"
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1970
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Box 3: folder 4
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"The Human Population," Scientific American
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Sept 1974
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Box 3: folder 5
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Sterilization: articles, clippings, and correspondence
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1971-2005
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Box 3: folder 6
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UNICEF and family planning: "The Woman Physician," vol. 25, no.9
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Sept 1970
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Box 3: folder 7
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"Women in a Hungry World: A Study/Action Kit," World Hunger/Global Development Project (4 vols.)
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1979
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Box 3: folder 8
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Zero Population Growth: pamphlets, periodical ("National Reporter"), and mailings
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1971-79, n.d.
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Box 3: folder 9-10
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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)
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1948
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Reed, James Wesley. Birth Control and the Americans: 1830-1970 (2 vols.)
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1974
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