Birth Control ephemera, Collis Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 COLL MISC 0435
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Birth Control ephemera, Collis Collection
Date(s)	: 1870-1947
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 13 VOLUMES
Name of creator(s)	: David Collis, fl 1947

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The collection is based on that assembled by David Collis and recorded in the printed bibliography British Birth Control Ephemera 1870 to 1947: A catalogue. by Peter Fryer (Barracuda Press, Leicester, 1947). Some of the material listed in the bibliography is missing but there is also additional material not recorded in the bibliography.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of pamphlets, leaflets, periodicals and ephemera on birth control.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

13 volumes

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Finding aids:

Printed and on-line catalogues available

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

British Birth Control Ephemera 1870 to 1947: A catalogue. by Peter Fryer (Barracuda Press, Leicester, 1947).

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002; revised 20 May 2002