Accession GA512-1 - Parents' Information Bureau kit.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Parents' Information Bureau kit.

Level of description

Accession

Reference code

SCA88-GA512-1

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Date(s)

Physical description area

Physical description

1 cm of textual records

Archival description area

Name of creator

([1930-197?])

Administrative history

The Parents' Information Bureau (PIB) 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. Kaufman became interested in birth control during the Great Depression after ... »

Scope and content

One kit sent to parents who were prescribed contraceptive jelly and pessaries from the Parents' Information Bureau by their doctor. Includes: one item of correspondence signed by Anna Weber, R.N.; contraceptive price list; pamphlet on birth control ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated in 2021.

Language of material

  • English

Availability of other formats

Select items are available online as part of the Parents' Information Bureau fonds on the Waterloo Digital Library.

General note

The views expressed in Parent's Information Bureau records reflect the era in which they were produced. They include family planning thinking rooted in eugenics, the belief that the genetic makeup of the human population can be improved by limiting the ... »

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Created JB 2024.