Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona Collection, 1938-1987

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Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona Collection, 1938-1987

MS 371


Collection Summary

Creator: Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona
Collection Name:The Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona Collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1938-1987
Physical Description:1 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:The Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona collection contains newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs, including materials by and about Margaret Sanger.
Collection Number:MS 371
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Biographical Note

A small Tucson birth control clinic, known as Clinica para Madres or Mother's Clinic, located at 28 E. Corral Street opened in December 1934. Margaret Sanger, pioneer of the birth control movement, offered her support in the establishment of the clinic and its purpose to provide birth control information, products and services for woman. The Tucson birth control clinic changed names and location thru the decades - Planned Parenthood of Tucson, Inc., 1950s to Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson, 1970s and finally to Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona, serving two locations. This collection contains newspaper clippings, printed ephemera and photographs from the scrapbooks of Planned Parenthood of Tucson, which documents some of the history and people of the organization plus local and world events from 1938 to 1987.


Scope and Content Note

This collection is organized into two series, Series I: Scrapbooks. Series II: Margaret Sanger Materials, contains chiefly correspondence with Christine A. Bloom concerning the establishment of the clinic in Tucson; and miscellaneous materials by or about Margaret Sanger.


Organization

This collection is organized into two series.

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
Bloom, Christine A.
Gardner, B. Delworth, 1928-
Green, Ruth.
Murphy, Lew.
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 -- Correspondence.
Wattleton, Faye.

Subject(s)
Birth control clinics -- Arizona -- Douglas -- History.
Birth control clinics -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History.


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona Collection (MS 371). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.


Container List

Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1955-1987
Scrapbook #1, 1955-1966
boxfolder
11 Newspaper Clippings,1955 - 1960.
12 Photographs and Program, 1955 - 1966.
Scrapbook #2, 1959-1979
boxfolder
13 Newspaper Clippings,1959 - 1966.
14 Newspaper Clippings, 1967 - 1977.
15 Pamphlets and Reports, 1966 - 1979.
16 Photograph, ca. 1970.
Scrapbook #3, 1962-1965
boxfolder
17 Newspaper Clippings,1962 - 1963.
18 Newspaper Clippings, 1964.
19 Pamphlets and Reports, 1965.
Scrapbook #4, 1964-1969
boxfolder
110 Newspaper Clippings, 1966.
111 Newspaper Clippings, 1967.
112 Newspaper Clippings, 1967.
113 Newspaper Clippings, 1968 - 1969.
114 Printed Ephemera.
Scrapbook #5, 1965-1987
boxfolder
115 Newspaper Clippings, 1965 - 1966.
Scrapbook #6, 1959-1979
boxfolder
21 Newspaper Clippings, 1965 - 1971.
Scrapbook #7, 1976-1980
boxfolder
22 Newspaper Clippings, 1976 - 1980.
23 Photographs and Printed Ephemera, 1977 - 1978.
24 Photographs and Printed Ephemera, 1978 - 1979.
25 Photograph, 1979.
26 Photographs and Printed Ephemera, 1978.
Scrapbook #8, 1981-1982
boxfolder
27 Newspaper Clippings, 1981 - 1982.
28 Photographs and Printed Ephemera, 1981.
Scrapbook #9, 1982-1985
boxfolder
29 Photographs, ca. 1981 - 1983.
210 Photographs, ca. 1982 - 1985.
Series 2: Margaret Sanger Materials, 1938 to 1961
boxfolder
211 Correspondence and photographs, ca. 1938 - 1961.