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GA 58 : Parents' Information Bureau fonds.
Parents' Information Bureau fonds. - 1930-1976. - .5 m of textual records.
The Parents' Information Bureau was a clinic for family planning and birth control set up by A.R. Kaufman of the Kaufman Rubber Company in the 1930's in Kitchener, Ont.
Contents: Fonds consists of publications and ephemera issued by the Parents' Information Bureau, correspondence, biographical and autobiographical material about A.R. Kaufman in the form of clippings, reminsiscences, interviews, speeches, etc.
Title from contents of the collection.
Donated by the estate of A. R. Kaufman.
Arranged in five series:
1. Forms, Publications : Numbered
2. Forms, Publications : Unnumbered
3. General Files
4. Correspondence
5. Gerald Stortz Research Materials
Finding aid available.
Related materials are located in an earlier donation by Mr. Kaufman: The Dorothea Palmer collection.
Series 1 : Forms, Publications : Numbered Series
Forms, publications : numbered series. - [196-].
Series consists of numbered publications and printed material issued by the Parents' Information Bureau primarily in the 1960's.
File 1
Report No. 1 : Report on family planning activities and the Parents' Information Bureau / by A.R. Kaufman. - [196-?].
Contents: 4 p. printed leaflet.
File 2
No. 2 : Birth control methods, compiled by Parents' Information Bureau Ltd., 410 King St. West, Kitchener, Ont. - [196-?].
Contents: 14 p. printed pamphlet.
File 3
#5 : General information on sterilization. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 leaf mimeographed sheet. Not on PIB letterhead.
File 4
[#5] : Planned parenthood progress in Canada. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf, signed by A.R. Kaufman (signature original), on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead. This sheet has an ms. "#5" written in the top left-hand corner. However, printed in the bottom left-hand corner is "Encl. #21." This item probably goes with the Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. sheet # 21, "Re: legality of sterilization."
File 5
#7: untitled form : vasectomy follow-up. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 6
#7A: untitled form : vasectomy follow-up. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 7
#10 : Vasectomy : sterilization of the male. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 8
#11 : untitled form : consent for vasectomy. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 printed leaf .
File 9
#15 : form letter : acknowledging request for information about vasectomy. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N.
File 10
#16 : Application and history card. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 printed form with ms. "#16" written in bottom left-hand corner. Form is an application for birth control information; appears to be intended to accompany #18.
File 11
#17 : form letter : vasectomy information forwarded to surgeon. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N.
File 12
#18 : form letter : acknowledging request for information about birth control information. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N. Refers to application form (#16).
File 13
#20 : An alternative to female sterilization. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 14
#21 : RE: legality of sterilization. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 mimeographed leaf, signed by A.R. Kaufman, on Parent's Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 15
#23 : form letter : confirming appointments for preliminary examination and for operation [vasectomy]. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N.
File 16
#25 : form letter to doctor re vasectomy request. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N. Refers to encosures: request and consent forms, application and history card.
File 17
#31 : form letter to "registered mothers" re EMKO foam. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form letter on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead, signed M.E. Scott, Reg. N.
File 18
#37 : Instructions for use of pessary and jelly." - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form with ms. number written in top left-hand corner (photocopy).
File 19
#38 : Instructions for use of condom and jelly." - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form with ms. number written in top left-hand corner (photocopy).
File 20
#44 : form re request for intrauterine device. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 21
# 46 : Sterilization advocated by Magone Commission [missing]. - [19--?].
File 22
#48 : H.L. Mencken, "Raid on Public health" (1940?) and "Utopia by Sterilization" (1935?). - [196-?].
Contents: tss. (photocopies) of works by H.L. Mencken. "Raid on public health" was an address for presentation at Duke University; "Utopia by Sterilization" appeared in The American Mercury, Aug. 1937.
File 23
# 54 : Contraceptive price list for "properly recommended people". - [19--?].
Contents: two price lists, one English, one French.
Note on verso of English list: "List of exhibits. In box Ex. 1B."
Note on verso of French list: "Erb 33B from box Exb 10B".
File 24
#55 : Price list for mothers. - [19--?].
Note on verso: "Erb 34B, Price list."
File 25
#57 : Extract from address given by Dr. H.B. Attlee [missing]. - [19--?].
File 26
Statement #58, Sept. 1976 by A.R. Kaufman. - [196-?].
Contents: 1 form on Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. letterhead.
File 27
# 60 : The hand that rocks the cradle from May 1943 issue of New Generation. - [19--?].
Contents: one leaf ts. photocopy.
File 28
# 61 : Untitled poem re vasectomy. - [19--?].
Series 2 : Forms, Publications : Unnumbered
Forms, publications : unnumbered. - 1969, 1976.
Series consists of printed and ts. material issued by the Parents' Information Bureau, but not as part of the numbered series, in 1969 and 1976. Two are tss. by A.R. Kaufman relating to birth control.
File 29
Progress of Birth Control in Canada : address by A.R. Kaufman to Class on Contemporary Religious Issues, Waterloo Lutheran University, Dec. 2, 1969. - 1969.
Contents: 6 p. ts. on Parents' Information Bureau letterhead (photocopy).
File 30
A.R. Kaufman's experience and observations in doing social work, Dec. 1976. - 1976.
Contents: 3 p. ts. on Parents' Information Bureau letterhead (photocopy).
File 31
Foam powder formulation and mixing instructions. - 1976.
Contents: 1 mimeograph leaf on Parents' Information Bureau letterhead (photocopy).
Series 3 : General Files
General files. - 1943-1976.
Series consists of material relating to the life and activities of A.R. Kaufman. Includes speech texts and travel reminiscences written by him, biographical information in the form of clippings and correspondence, as well as information relating to the Dorothea Palmer Birth Control trial.
File 32
Planned Parenthood dinner, Oct. 26, 1976, to honour A.R. Kaufman. - 1976.
Contents: material relating to a dinner held by Planned Parenthood to honour A.R. Kaufman as a birth control pioneer. Contains correspondence, speech text, clippings, A.R.K. speech notes, programme.
File 33
Brief by A.R. Kaufman, read before the Ontario Cabinet at its meeting in Kitchener, Ont., June 11, 1975. - 1975.
Contents: material relating to a brief by A.R. Kaufman on birth control, presented when the Ontario Cabinet met in Kitchener, June 11, 1975. Includes copies of the brief (1 ts. carbon autographed by ARK, drafts), correspondence to and from ARK, including a letter signed by William G. Davis. Also includes file copies of material found also in Series 1 and information on Margaret Sanger.
File 34
Ortho Museum opening. - 1972, 1978.
Contents: correspondence to and from ARK relating to pessary moulds donated to the Ortho Pharmaceutical Museum on the History of Contraception. Also contains a letter with attached photographs relating to the National Conference on Family Planning in 1972.
File 35
Rex vs. Palmer - 1943-1978.
Contents: material relating to the trial of Dorothea Palmer for distributing birth control information. Includes clippings about her and about the trial. Also contains a list of contents of "transfer cases" of trial material "expressed to A.R. Kaufman May 15, 1943." This material was later donated to Universityof Waterloo.
File 36
Kaufman, A.R. : biographical. - 1962, 1977-1979.
Contents: biographical information about A.R. Kaufman. Includes a photocopy of a 1962 article "The eccentric world of Alvin Ratz Kaufman," by Herc Munro and a photopy of a tribute by Dr. G. Liebbrandt, Aug. 1977. Also includes clippings and obituaries.
File 37
Kaufman, A.R. : Russian trip memories. - 1958-1963.
Contents: ts. carbon notes and photocopies of ms. and ts. materials relating to A.R. Kaufman's travels in 1929, 1958-1959 and 1963 to various destinations in the world including Englnd, India, New Zealand and Russia. Includes a photocopy of a CKCO TV interview about his trip to Russia in 1963.
File 38
Clippings. - 1973, 1976.
Contents: material relating to the Ortho Pharmaceutical Museum on the history of Birth Control. Includes correspondence to A.R. Kaufaman, photocopies of clippings from the Catholic Register provided to the Museum, and material relating to a rection honouring Family Planning Pioneers in 1973.
Series 4 : Correspondence
Correspondence. - 1957-1980.
Series consists of correspondence to and from A.R. Kaufman of a variety of topics, including birth control.
File 39
Alderman, Philip M. - 1975.
File 40
Baird, Sandy : K-W Record. - 1975.
File 41
Bates, Robert : Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. - 1975.
File 42
Birch, Margaret. - 1977.
File 43
Bishop, Mary F. - 1977-1980.
File 44
Black, D.P. - 1976.
File 45a
Brunelle, René. - 1974.
File 45b
Cadbury, G.W., Mr. and Mrs. - 1974.
File 46
Canadian Medical Association Journal. - 1975.
File 47
Chandrasekhar, S. - 1979.
File 48
Children's Aid Society : Ottawa, Regional Municipality of Waterloo. - 1964, 1975.
File 49
Crispo, John. - 1975.
File 50
DePauli, Gale. - 1975.
File 51
Dodds, D.J. - 1975.
File 52
Ernst, David S. - 1972.
File 53
Evans, Gerard P.A. - 1976.
File 54
Gardom, Garde. - 1976.
File 55
Gray, Elizabeth. - 1975.
File 56
Greenland, Cyril. - 1976.
File 57
Ianni, Mary. - 1977.
File 58
Johnson, Nancy. - 1975.
File 59
Koya, Tomohiko. - 1975.
File 60
Liebbrandt, G. - 1975-1977.
File 61
McClure, Robert B. : moderator, United Church of Canada. - 1973-1975.
File 62
Maclellan, M.E. : Canadian Committee on the Status of Women. - 1975.
File 63
Metro Toronto Dept. of Social Services. - 1975.
File 64
Murthy, P.G. Krishna. - 1976.
File 66
Newman, David A. : National Film Board of Canada.
File 67
Oxfam of canada. - 1972.
File 68
Planned Parenthood, America. - 1973.
File 69
Planned Parenthood, London, Ont. - 1974.
File 70
Planned Parenthood, K-W. - 1977.
File 71
Planned Parenthood, Ontario. - 1975-1977.
File 72
Planned Parenthood, Toronto. - 1975.
File 73
Planned Parenthood World Population Inc. - 1957-1972.
File 74
Population Dynamics. - 1977.
File 75
Population Information Program, washington, Washington, D.C. - 1975.
File 76
Reader's Digest. - 1976.
File 77
Rintoul, Elizabeth. - 1974.
File 78
Sanyal, R.K. - 1974.
File 79
Schlesinger, Benjamin. - 1976.
File 80
Stortz, Gerald. - 1977.
File 81
Stoskopf, N.C. - 1975.
File 82
United Church Observer. - 1976-1977.
File 83
University of Waterloo. - 1966-1971.
File 84
Winnipeg Centennial Symposium Committee. - 1974.
File 85
World Vision of Canada. - 1976.
File 86
Yacowar, H.N. - 1976.
File 87
Young, Leontine : Child Services Association, Newark, N.J. - 1975.
File 88
Zero Population Growth. - 1970-1975.
File 89
Parents' Information Bureau : Miscellaneous. - 1961-1978.
Series 5 : Gerald Stortz Research Materials
Gerald Stortz research materials. - 1977, 1981.
Series consists of material accumulated and donated by Gerald Stortz relating to research on and interview of A.R. Kaufman.
File 90
Correspondence : Stortz-Kaufman. - 1977, 1981.
Contents : material relating to research on and interview of A.R. Kaufman by Gerald Stortz.
File 91
Stortz interview. - 1977.
Contents : material relating to research on and interview of A.R. Kaufman by Gerald Stortz.
File 92
Stortz research. - 1977.
Contents : material relating to research on and interview of A.R. Kaufman by Gerald Stortz.