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johnstonpeg Guide to the Margaret "Peg" Johnston Papers, 1989-2008 and undated Processed by: Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 004445287

Machine-readable finding aid derived derived from MARC record via DukeMARC2EAD.xslDate of source: November 2010Processed by Alice Poffinberger, November 2010; Finding Aid encoded by Noah Huffman, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, November 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Guide to the Margaret "Peg" Johnston Papers, 1989-2008 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Johnston, Peg, (Margaret R.) Margaret "Peg" Johnston Papers, 1989-2008 and undated Materials in English 200 items (0.8 lin. ft.) For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abortion rights activist. Director, Southern Tier Women's Services in upstate New York. Former President of the Abortion Conversation Project; founder and past president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers. Collection comprises primarily printed materials that document Johnston's work as an activist at the national level. Includes the abortion provider newsletter Feminist Caucus News (1989-1991), which later became Networks (1992-1998 and undated). In addition, there are copies of Johnston's counseling aids, including the workbooks Abortion: Which Method is Right for Me?; Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook; and A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. There are order forms, advertising, and occasional publications associated with the workbooks and other items offered for sale; an article pro-choice political activism for the 1996 elections; a few letters, notes, and memos by Johnston, including two undated pages with her notes on the material's historical significance. Also includes a copy of Morgen Goodroe's Abortion Resolution Workbook, greeting cards, Religious Groups for Choice ephemera, and other abortion counseling information. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Margaret "Peg" Johnston papers, 1989-2008 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Gift, 2010 and 2011

Processing Information

Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010

Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010

Updated by: Meghan Lyon, March 2011

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2010-0127, 2011-0046

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Abortion rights activist. Director, Southern Tier Women's Services in upstate New York. Former President of the Abortion Conversation Project; founder and past president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers.

Collection Overview

Collection comprises primarily printed materials that document Johnston's work as an activist at the national level. Includes the abortion provider newsletter Feminist Caucus News (1989-1991), which later became Networks (1992-1998 and undated). In addition, there are copies of Johnston's counseling aids, including the workbooks Abortion: Which Method is Right for Me?; Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook; and A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. There are order forms, advertising, and occasional publications associated with the workbooks and other items offered for sale; an article pro-choice political activism for the 1996 elections; a few letters, notes, and memos by Johnston, including two undated pages with her notes on the material's historical significance. Also includes a copy of Morgen Goodroe's Abortion Resolution Workbook, greeting cards, Religious Groups for Choice ephemera, and other abortion counseling information.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Abortion services--United States. Abortion services--United States--Periodicals. Abortion counseling--United States. Abortion counseling--United States--Periodicals. Pro-choice movement--United States. Pro-choice movement--United States--Periodicals. Johnston, Peg, (Margaret R.) National Abortion Federation (U.S.)--Periodicals. Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Margaret "Peg" Johnston Papers, 1989-2008 (2 boxes)

1Printed materials, arranged chronologically, 1989-2008 2Abortion counseling information and publications Connecting the Head and Heart: Abortion Counseling (includes VHS tape) Ephemera: Religious Groups for Choice Greeting cards National Abortion Federation (NAF) Feminist Caucus materials Newsletter Materials: FLASHpoint Newsletter: FLASHpoint, introductory issue and Vol. 1, no. 1 November Gang/Early NAF Feminist Caucus Material Pregnant? Need Help? Workbook Material Trends in Women's Healthcare Advisory Board meeting, 2007