Paul Bowman Popenoe papers, 1874-1991.

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Paul Bowman Popenoe papers, 1874-1991.

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The Paul Bowman Popenoe Papers contain extensive information about the American Institute of Family Relations, a marriage and family counseling practice, which Paul Popenoe founded in 1929. The files regarding the institute, 1929-1977, contain case files and correspondence regarding its administration. The National Newspaper Syndicate files contain the correspondence between Mr. Popenoe and the Syndicate, letters from readers, and the printed columns that he wrote. There are scripts from radio and television programs, 1932-1962. There is also correspondence, contracts, and publicity for the institute's program "Divorce Hearing," 1957-1962. There are many correspondence files, 1875-1978, regarding Paul Popenoe's family and professional and casual acquaintances. There are files about his army career in World War I and manuscripts of his books and articles. There is biographical information, photographs, and scrapbook material, 1874-1991, regarding the Popenoe family. There are many subject files, 1912-1976, regarding human relations, marriage counseling, and sex education in schools.

85 cubic ft. (189 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Popenoe, Paul, 1888-1979

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Paul Bowman Popenoe was born in 1888. He was an author, lecturer, and research worker in biology, eugenics, heredity, social hygiene, and family relations. He attended Occidental College from 1905 until 1907. He transferred to Stanford University in 1907 for his junior year but had to leave school to care for his father and run the family business - a fruit farm in the Coachella Valley, California. In 1911, on behalf of his father he traveled through the Middle East, South Africa, India, and Eur...