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British Library of Political and Economic Science

PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 PROGRESS

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction

Date(s): c1985-c1994

Level of description: collection

Extent: 40 boxes

Name of creator(s): PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction was launched in November 1985 to campaign for the protection of human embryo research so that IVF treatment could continue. PROGRESS was wound up after the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act was passed in 1990, but in May 1992 Progress Educational Trust was established to carry on the educational work of PROGRESS. See http://www.progress.org.uk/ for further information.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of PROGRESS Campaign for Research into Human Reproduction, c1985-c1994, comprise minutes, subject files and correspondence relating to PROGRESS' campaign against the Powell Bill and for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

Conditions governing access:

Apply to Archivist

Conditions governing reproduction:

Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Finding aids:

Box list available from Archives staff.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Progress Educational Trust in 2007.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.