Biographical note
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Provenance
Accruals
Access
Processing Information
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Stanton A. Glantz Papers
creator:
Glantz, Stanton A.
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.97.08
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
(7 cartons, 12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1983-2012
Biographical note
Stanton Arnold Glantz is a professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, at the University of California, San
Francisco, and a well-known anti-tobacco activist and writer. In 1994, Glantz donated to the UCSF Tobacco Control Archives
his research files based on copies of internal tobacco industry documents, which are known as the Brown & Williamson Collection.
He co-authored with John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, Peter Hanauer, and Deborah E. Barnes
The Cigarette Papers (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1996) and
Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles (Berkeley: University of California Press, c.2000) with Edith D. Balbach. Glantz has written numerous articles based on the
Brown & Williamson industry documents and co-wrote a series of reports on the tobacco industry and anti-tobacco activities
around the country.
Glantz received a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics/Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University in 1973 and stayed at Stanford
as a Research Fellow in Cardiology. He came to UCSF in 1975 as a Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Research, eventually becoming
an Assistant Professor in 1977 and a full Professor in 1987.
Glantz has served on the California State Tobacco Education Program Media Advisory Committee (1990-92). He was also a member
of the California Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (1986-96) and affiliated with the Statewide Air Pollution
Resource Center (SAPRC) where he was concerned with the effects of ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke). Dr. Glantz is Director
of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and Principal Investigator for the UCSF-based Tobacco Center
of Regulatory Science.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives & Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Library & Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stanton A. Glantz Papers, MSS 97-08, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials gathered by professor Stanton A. Glantz in the course of his anti-tobacco work. It is comprised
of drafts and copies of tobacco-related articles written or co-written by Glantz, research and references supporting his books
The Cigarette Papers and
Tobacco War, research and reports on the tobacco industry's influence in politics, materials from his service with the Statewide Air
Pollution Resource Center (SAPRC), and other materials related to Glantz' anti-tobacco activities. The audiovisual materials
in the collection consist of Glantz's television appearances and various anti-smoking television advertisments, as well as
audio interviews with anti-smoking advocates, business owners and other stakeholders which informed the publication of
Tobacco War and other tobacco control policy work.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following Series and sub-series:
Series 1: Lawsuits, 1994
Series 2: Publications, 1985-1999
Series 3: Resource material and ephemera, 1990-2000
Series 4: Statewide Air Pollution Resource Center (SAPRC), 1988-1993
Series 5: Tobacco industry political activity, 1990-1996
Series 6: Audiovisual materials, 1980-2000
Series 7: Correspondence, 1997-2002
Series 8: Proposition 99, 1992-1996
Provenance
Donated by Stanton Glantz periodically from 1997-2012.
Accruals
This collection contains additions to an existing collection, and future accruals are expected .
Access
The collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Additions processed by David Krah in 2015.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
tobacco control
tobacco policy
Tobacco industry--Law and legislation
Glantz, Stanton A.