Preliminary Inventory of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers Records, 1990-2008
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Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
National Coalition of Abortion Providers
Title
National Coalition of Abortion Providers Records, 1990-2008
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
4.8 Linear Feet
3200 Items
Abstract
3200 Items
The National Coalition of Abortion Providers (NCAP) was founded in 1990 as a pro-choice organization that represented the political interests of over 200 independent abortion providers throughout the United States.
Accession (2009-0233) (4.8 lin. ft.; 3200 items; dated 1990-2008) includes NCAP newsletters; pro-life organization files with news clippings and other materials; partial birth abortion legislation and debate information; and other administration materials. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], National Coalition of Abortion Providers Records, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The National Coalition of Abortion Providers Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2009.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, October 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, October 2009
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
The National Coalition of Abortion Providers (NCAP) was founded in 1990 and is based in Washington, D.C. It is a trade organization representing independent abortion providers in the United States, and was formed as a response to the success of Planned Parenthood, as well as to offer independent clinics a means of representation in Washington.
From its inception in 1990, NCAP was led by executive director Ron Fitzsimmons, who lobbied on providers' behalf and also organized annual meetings and other activities. Fitzsimmons received nationwide attention due to his remarks on the partial-birth abortion ban debate, including an interview with the New York Times in 1997, in which he admitted to lying about the prevalence of the procedure. Despite the media storm and the political backfire against the pro-choice movement, he remained at NCAP until 2004. He was followed by Jane Bovard (2004-2005) and Steven Emmert (2005-2007).
[top]Collection Overview
Accession (2009-0233) (4.8 lin. ft.; 3200 items; dated 1990-2008) includes NCAP newsletters; pro-life organization files with news clippings and other materials; partial birth abortion legislation and debate information; and other administration materials.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Fitzsimmons, Ron.
- National Coalition of Abortion Providers.
- Unborn children (Law)
- Right to life.
- Abortion--law and legislation.
- Pro-choice movement--United States.
- Pro-life movement--United States.
- Dilation and extraction abortion--law and legislation--United States.
- Abortion services.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession (2009-0210)
(5 boxes)
Accession (2009-0233) (4.8 lin. ft.; 3200 items; dated 1990-2008) includes NCAP newsletters; pro-life organization files with news clippings and other materials; partial birth abortion legislation and debate information; and other administration materials.
Box 1
February 2006
Newsletters, 1990-1993 (5 folders)
New York Times 1960-1979 (2 folders)
Promoting Post Abortion Emotional Health: Engaging our Communities, an online discussion course with the Abortion Conversation Project, July 6-August 17, 2005 (binder)
Partial Birth Abortion: news and articles, 1995-2003 (3 folders)
Box 2
Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act (FACE), 1993-2000 (3 folders)
Partial Birth Abortion: correspondence/miscellaneous, 1995-2003
Partial Birth Abortion: legislative, 1992-1998 (3 folders)
Bufferzones Access Laws Stalking Picketing, 1991-2004
Planned Parenthood v. American Coalition of Life Activists, 1999
Box 3
Ron Fitzsimmons, 2000s
News clippings, wanted posters for violent anti-abortionists, 1990s-2000s
Pro-life articles, publications, and clippings, 1990s-2000s
Abortion conversations with doctors, 2000s
Anti-abortion violence, 1990s
Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR)
Advocates for Life Ministries
Anti-abortion letters and articles, 1990s-2000s
American Life League, 1999
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Elliot Institute-After Abortion
Choose Life license plates
Army of God
Feminists for Life of America
Lambs of Christ
Memorials for the unborn
Dr. David Gunn
Paul Hill
Nuremburg Files website
Priests for Life
Rescue America, 1993-1994
National Abortion Federation
Operation Rescue
Life Dynamics
Eric Harrah
RICO (racketeering)
Human Life International
Strategic Plan, 2000 and 2005 (2 folders)
Promoting Post-Abortion Emotional Health, online discussion, 2005
Abortion Conversation Project, online discussion, 2004
Member directory
Newsletters, 1990-2000 (3 folders)
2 videotapes:
Fetal Tissue Hearing, 2000
Promoting a National Conversation on Abortion
Box 4
Newsletters, 2000-2008
Partial Birth Abortion: current news/articles, 1997-2004
Crisis Pregnancy Centers, 1991-2003 (2 folders)
Ruth Arick
Memos, 2000s
CT Corporation
Eviction lease issues, 1995
Executive director search committee, 2004
Correspondence, 2005
Somnia contract, 2007
Translation services, 2003
Strategic plan, 2000
NCAP.com
NCAP brochure
NCAP buttons:
We Trust Women
George Tiller, 2009
Box 5
Newsletters, 1994-2007
Notes and clippings for writing newsletters
"Short-term Relationship Counseling,"
Planned Parenthood
"Trauma, Postabortion"
"The Marketing of Aborted Babies: A Report,"
Life Dynamics, Inc., 2000
"From your future patients,"
NCAP, 2004
Box 6
Strategic Plan binder
Partial Birth Abortion: legislative documents, 1998-2002 (2 folders)
"How to Talk About Abortion,"
Catholics for a Free Choice
