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Title proper
Parents' Information Bureau Ltd. fonds.
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Physical description area
Physical description
.5 m of textual records
3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Archival description area
Name of creator
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
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,... »
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Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 2005 by the Kaufman family.
Arrangement
Arranged in six series:
1. Incorporation;
2. Financial records;
3. Literature: numbered;
4. Literature: unnumbered;
5. Photographs;
6. Clippings.
Availability of other formats
Select items are available online as part of the Parents' Information Bureau fonds on the Waterloo Digital Library.
Associated materials
Material relating to the Dorothea Palmer trial can be found in WA 17.
Some of A.R. Kaufman's personal birth-control related material can be found in GA 173, including scrapbooks he maintained relating to birth control in general, to the Bureau, and to the ... »
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
Description by Jane Britton.