Margaret Sanger Papers Project records
Scope and Contents
Biographical files, subject files, chronology and newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few primary sources (pamphlets, brochures, and publications), and computer files. Of particular interest is the FBI file on Margaret Sanger that the MSPP received in 1998.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1879 - 2012
Creator
- Margaret Sanger Papers Project (Organization)
Language of Materials
English, Japanese
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that she owns copyright, Esther Katz has assigned the copyright in the works of the Margaret Sanger Papers Project records to Smith College; 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 Margaret Sanger Papers Project, 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
According to their Web site, the Margaret Sanger Papers Project (MSPP) "is a historical editing project sponsored by the Division of Libraries at New York University. The Project was formed by Dr. Esther Katz in 1985 to locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer. Until 2014, the Project was sponsored by the Department of History. The Margaret Sanger Papers Project has published a two-series microfilm edition, the Margaret Sanger Papers Microfilm Edition Smith College Collections and the Collected Documents Series. Work on the Smith College Collections entailed the rearrangement and organization of over 50,000 Sanger documents in the Margaret Sanger collection and seventeen other collections at the Sophia Smith Collection and Smith College Archives. Work on the Collected Documents Series included a ten-year international search of over 1,500 archives and private collections, photocopying material and organizing over 9,000 documents for publication. Both series have been published with a printed reel guide that includes an item-level index by University Publications of America, a division of Lexis-Nexis. The Project completed a four-volume book edition of Sanger's Papers, published by the University of Illinois Press. The volumes are subtitled: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928, Birth Control Comes of Age, 1928-1939, The Politics of Planned Parenthood, 1939-1966, and Round the World for Birth Control, 1920-1959. The Project also published an electronic edition of a small sample of documents related to Sanger's The Woman Rebel and is working on a larger electronic edition of Sanger's Speeches and Articles"(http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/project/index.php).
Extent
6.5 linear feet (6 containers)
Abstract
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (MSPP) is a historical editing project sponsored by the Division of Libraries at New York University. The Project was formed by Dr. Esther Katz in 1985 to locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer. The collection contains biographical files, subject files, chronology and newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few primary sources (pamphlets, brochures, and publications), computer files, and an FBI file on Margaret Sanger.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These records were donated by Esther Katz, 2016-2017.
Processing Information
Because the bulk of this collection consisted of photocopies of materials held by the SSC, it was decided to keep only a representative sample, demonstrating the way in which the MSPP did its work.
Subject
- Margaret Sanger Papers Project (Organization)
- Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 (Person)
- Margaret Sanger Research Bureau (Organization)
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Organization)
- Rublee, Juliet Barrett (Person)
- Rose, Florence (Person)
Source
- Margaret Sanger Papers Project (Donor, Organization)
Genre / Form
- Bibliographies
- Biographical notes
- Books
- Brochures
- CD-Roms
- Computer media
- Electronic mail
- Forms (documents)
- Indexes
- Interviews
- Notes
- Organization files
- Pamphlets
- Reprints
- Reviews
- Speeches.
- Writings
- articles
- correspondence
Topical
- Audiotapes
- Birth control -- 20th century
- Birth control -- Research
- Birth control -- United States -- 20th century
- Birth control movement
- Education -- United States -- 20th century
- Historiography -- Women -- United States
- Microforms
- Newspapers
- Periodicals
- Publications
- Research
- Sound recordings
- Women in higher education
- Title
- Finding aid to the Margaret Sanger Papers Project records
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- 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.
- 2019-04-05: Finding aid updated to current standards and published
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
