Parents' Information Bureau.
Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. fonds : accrual 2005. - 1935-1992, predominant 1935-1979.
.5 m of textual records. - 3 photographs.
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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: accrual consists of material belonging to A.R. Kaufman relating to the incorporation and operation of the Parents' Information Bureau in Kitchener, 1935 to 1976.
Includes letters patent, financial and accounting records, publications issued by the Bureau, photographs and clippings. Arranged in six series: 1. Incorporation; 2. Financial records; 3. Literature: numbered; 4. Literature: unnumbered; 5. Photographs; 6. Clippings.
Donated in 2005 by the Kaufman family.
Finding aid available: file level.
Material relating to the Parents' Information Bureau can be found in the original accession, Parents' Information Bureau fonds.
Material relating to the Dorothea Palmer trial can be found in Dorothea Palmer collection.
Some of Mr. Kaufman's personal birth-control related material can be found in A.R. Kaufman fonds, including scrapbooks he maintained relating to birth control in general, to the Bureau, and to the trial of Dorothea Palmer.
Call number: GA172