Ira S. Wile papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies from a larger collection of Wile Papers at the University of Rochester. Included here are manuscripts, papers, and notes on birth control, and extensive correspondence (circa 1915-1943) with prominent individuals in the early birth control movement. Correspondents include Louise Stevens Bryant, Robert Latou Dickinson, Lydia DeVilbiss, Stella Hanau, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Eleanor Dwight Jones, Florence Rose, and Margaret Sanger.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1915-1943
Creator
- Wile, Ira S. (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to cite the papers for quotations or for publication beyond "fair use" must be obtained from the University of Rochester.
Biographical / Historical
Physician, lecturer, and author Ira Solomon Wile was born in Rochester, NY on November 29, 1877. He received A.B. and B.S. degrees from the University of Rochester in 1898. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in medicine in 1902 and earned an M.S. from the University of Rochester in 1908. From 1912 to 1918, Wile served as the New York City commissioner of education during which time he founded the school lunch program and the Manhattanville Nursery. He spent the rest of his career serving as Associate in pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC and pursuing his strong interests in public health and social medicine. In addition to practicing medicine, Wile was an active supporter of the early birth control movement. he also researched the incidence and impact of right- and left-handedness; edited several medical journals; and wrote and lectured on topics such as psychology, social and mental hygiene, birth control, and pediatrics.
Extent
0.667 linear feet (2 containers)
Abstract
Physician; public health advocate; and birth control advocate. This collection consists of photocopies from a larger collection of Wile Papers at the University of Rochester. Included here are manuscripts, papers, and notes on birth control, and extensive correspondence with prominent individuals in the early birth control movement. Correspondents include Louise Stevens Bryant, Robert Latou Dickinson, Lydia DeVilbiss, Stella Hanau, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Eleanor Dwight Jones, Florence Rose, and Margaret Sanger.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Wile Papers in the Sophia Smith Collection are photocopies of portions of a larger collection, The Ira Solomon Wile Papers at the University of Rochester. The copies were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Robert Volz, via Margaret Baum, in 1973.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised in 2002 by Gayla Spaulding, intern.
Subject
- Bryant, Louise Stevens, 1885-1956 -- correspondence (Person)
- Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861- -- correspondence (Person)
- Hepburn, Katherine Houghton, 1878-1951 -- correspondence (Person)
- Rose, Florence -- correspondence (Person)
- Wile, Ira S. (Person)
- Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 (Person)
- Hanau, Stella -- correspondence (Person)
Source
- Volz, Robert (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Ira S. Wile papers
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mnsss.
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2005-09-23: mnsss167 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2017-07-26T17:48:12-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
