American Birth Control League records, 1917-1934 and undated (inclusive), 1921-1928 (bulk).

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American Birth Control League records, 1917-1934 and undated (inclusive), 1921-1928 (bulk).

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Bulk of this collection contains files of New York office of ABCL from its founding in 1921 to Sanger's withdrawal in 1928, including a considerable correspondence of Margaret Sanger, Anne Kennedy and James Fryer Cooper, conference materials, and a large clippings file. Topics relate to business of ABCL office, including the following: doctors, medical societies and general public in search of information on birth control; lecture engagements and travel plans; organizing branch offices; organizing conferences relating to birth control, eugenics, genetics and population; financial matters; efforts to change laws on various state and federal levels; mailing lists of supporters and doctors; requests for financial support; clippings and some printed materials; drafts of articles and conference papers; form letters; itineraries; notes; press releases; reports; and statistics. There is a manuscript journal (possibly by Dorothy Bocker) recording interviews with major social agencies in New York City. There are also materials concerning the ABCL's: Clinical Research Bureau (but not medical records); Washington Office; Congressional Committee; Birth Control Review; and the Speaker's Bureau, all interfiled with the records of the New York office. Correspondents include staff of ABCL as well as major figures in national and international birth control and eugenics movements.

31 boxes (10.2 linear ft.)

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Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

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Margaret Louise Higgins was born in Corning, New York, on September 15, 1879, the sixth of eleven children and the third of four daughters born to Anne Purcell Higgins and Michael Hennessey Higgins, a stone mason. Her two elder sisters worked to supplement the family income, and financed her education at Claverack College, a private coeducational preparatory school in the Catskills. After leaving Claverack, Higgins took a job teaching first grade to immigrant children, but decided after a short ...

Cooper, James F. (James Fryer), 1880-1931

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American Birth Control League

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American Birth Control League (ABCL) was an organization founded in New York City in 1921 by birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger (1879-1966). It was a national voluntary organization to promote birth control via public education, legislative reform, medical contraceptive research, and provision of services. Affiliated units were: Birth Control Review, Clinical Research Bureau, American Birth Control League Congressional Committee, American Birth Control League Speaker's Bureau, American Birth ...

American birth control conference (1st : 1921 : New York)

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Bocker, Dorothy

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Birth Control Review

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Middle Western States Birth Control Conference (1923 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Kennedy, Anne.

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Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (New York, N.Y.)

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Clinical Research Bureau.

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