Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts records
Scope and Contents
The Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts papers include organization records, including financial material, conference materials, correspondence, fundraising material, publications, and other printed material.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1986 - 2007
Creator
- Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Closed until conditions governing access have been approved by the donor.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that they own copyright, the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts records has assigned to Smith College all intellectual property rights in these materials; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts records, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical Note
The Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts is a volunteer group that generates donations from individuals and foundations to make loans to low-income women seeking abortions. The group also works to increase public awareness of curbs on freedom of choice. It was a founding member of the National Network of Abortion Funds and participates in and helps organize regular conferences.
Extent
8.917 linear feet (11 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts is a volunteer group that generates donations from individuals and foundations to make loans to low-income women seeking abortions. The group also works to increase public awareness of curbs on freedom of choice. The papers include organization records, including financial material, conference materials, correspondence, fundraising material, publications, and other printed material.
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, 1994-2014.
Processing Information
Between September 2022 and February 2023, Smith College Special Collections renumbered many boxes to eliminate duplicate numbers within collections in order to improve researcher experience. A full crosswalk of old to new numbers is available.
Subject
- Lowenstein, Susan (Person)
- Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts (Organization)
- Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts (Organization)
- National Network of Abortion Funds (Organization)
Source
- Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts (Donor, Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid to the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts records
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2019-05-14: Updated legacy finding aid and published.
- 2021-07-12: Content description added from accession inventories
- 2021-08-16: Added inventories to accessions 1995-S-0012 and 1996-S-0062
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
