Reproductive Rights: A Selection of Resources

• Personal papers and organizational records
• Published materials: periodicals, pamphlets, and books

Personal papers and organizational records

Elizabeth C. Alden Papers, 1970's-1990's.

Comprised primarily of published materials (magazines, newsletters, and photocopies and clippings of newspaper and magazine articles) and a few manuscript items related to women's employment, religious, legal, and domestic issues. The papers document Rev. Alden's feminist activism during the 1970s and early 1980s. 2 linear feet.

Takey Crist Papers, 1976-2001.

Papers of a North Carolina physician and long-time supporter of women's reproductive rights. Founder of the Crist Clinic for Women, a comprehensive healthcare clinic for women. 21.8 linear feet.

Robin Chandler Lynn Duke Papers, 1930-2002.

Papers of a member of the Duke family who held office or was active in a number of organizations including Population Action International, the National Abortion Rights Action League, The Packard Foundation, The Draper World Population Fund, and several major corporations. 73.3 linear feet.

Merle Hoffman Papers, 1960-1999.

Records concerning the creation and operation of Choices Women's Medical Center and Mental Health Center and the publication of "On the Issues" magazine, all created by Hoffman. ~100 linear feet.

Angela Jeannet Papers, 1969-1983.

A collection that documents the activities of one of the earliest local women's liberation groups, Lancaster Women's Liberation Group in Lancaster (Lancaster Co.), Pennsylvania, started during the "second wave" (middle 1960s-early 1980s) of feminism, and co-founded by Jeannet. 4.5 linear feet.

League of Women Voters of Durham (N.C.) Records, 1947-1991.

Papers consist chiefly of newsletters, minutes of the Board and other meetings, administrative and financial records, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, and information related to the political work of the League. 7.9 linear feet.

Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, 1950-1990.

Papers of this feminist and social activist consist chiefly of personal correspondence, extensive subject files on international political and cultural movements, and audiovisual materials. 37.4 linear feet.

Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984.

Comprised of correspondence, memoranda, book reviews, typescripts, reprints, drafts of books and articles, clippings, lecture notes and outlines, course outlines, examinations and handouts, and writings of Ramsey, a leader in the field of Christian ethics. 24 linear feet.

Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South Records, 1939-1992.

The Resource Center's mission of working for justice in the South as well as its operations are reflected in the records, which primarily consist of printed material, correspondence, writings, clippings, account books, grant proposals, minutes, newsletters, photographs, audio tapes, filmstrips, and videocassette tapes. 14 linear feet.

Published materials: periodicals, pamphlets, and books

Sarah Dyer Zine Collection, 1974-2000.

Collection of over 2000 zines (over 800 titles) submitted to Dyer for review and inclusion in her Action Girl Newletter "uberzine." ~12 linear feet.

"Abortion Rally Speech" in Notes From the First Year by Anne Koedt. New York: New York Radical Women, 1968.

Speech given at an abortion rally in New York on March 24, 1968 demonstrating support for birth control education, abortion referral counseling, and litigation against laws prohibiting such work. Call Number: E Pam q#1033

Abortion, the American Holocaust by Kent Kelly. Southern Pines, N.C. : Calvary Press, c1981.

A treatise written by a North Carolinian that compares abortion with the Holocaust. Call Number: E Pam 7538

Butchers in Waiting, The Shocking Story of Abortion in the U.S.A. by Carlson Wade. [S.l. : s.n.], c1960.

Highly sensationalized look at illegal abortion and the doctors and women engaged in it. Call Number: E Pam 12mo #9854

Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women edited by Trina Robbins. Oakland (CA): Angry Isis Press, 1990.

Includes comic strips by over 40 artists (e.g. Nicole Hollander, Garry Trudeau, Alison Bechdel, and Roberta Gregory) with an introduction by Congresswoman Pat Schroeder. Not yet cataloged

The First Unalienable Right by James J. Drummey. Belmont, Mass. : The Review of the news, 1976?

A reprint of a vitriolic article that appeared three years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade in The Review of the News, a predecessor to the current periodical of the John Birch Society, The New American. Call Number: E Pam 12mo #12599

Let Me Tell You Why: Sixteen Stories From Women About the Choices They've Made & Their Experiences With Abortion edited by Laurie Brooks. Santa Cruz, CA: Action Alliance for Reproductive Rights, c1992.

Testimonials from women who have had abortions. Call Number: E Pam 12mo #12278

People Control: The Case Against Legalized Abortion by Gordon "Jack" Mohr. Hot Springs, Ark. : Connelly Press, [1970?]

A lecture about the "moral implications" of abortion written by a "recognized authority on psychological warfare and communist 'brainwashing' techniques." Call Number: E Pam #7378

Reproductive Wrongs: Male Power and the New Reproductive Technologies by Feminist International Network on the New Reproductive Technologies. London : FINNRET, 1984.

A book written by lesbian feminists on human reproductive technologies as methods of subjugating women, particularly poor and minority women. Call Number: E Pam #7073

RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals by Janice G. Raymond, Renate Klein, Lynette J. Dumble. North Melbourne: Spinifex ; Cambridge, Mass. : Institute on Women and Technology, c1991.

A guide to Mifepristone, an antiprogesterone drug which provides a pharmaceutical alternative to ending early pregnancy. Call Number: LSC 1378

Vacuum Aspiration Abortion by the Women's Health and Abortion Project (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Health Organizing Collective of Women's Health and Abortion Project, [1973].

Heavily illustrated pamphlet providing an in-depth explanation of this suction method of abortion. Call Number: E Pam q# 1110 and http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/abortion/

When Birth Control Fails: How To Abort Ourselves Safely by Suzann Gage. Hollywood, CA. : Speculum Press, [c1979]

A self-care manual on a wide variety of medical, herbal, and surgical abortion methods and other birth control measures. Call Number: E Pam q# 2083 or 717