Glantz (Stanton A.) Papers, 1983-2012

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Summary

Title:
Stanton A. Glantz Papers
Dates:
1983-2012
Creators:
Glantz, Stanton A.
Extent:
77 Linear Feet (53 cartons, 16 boxes, 1 oversized box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanton A. Glantz Papers, MSS 97-08. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Stanton Glantz periodically from 1997-2012. Additional materials donated in 2019 and 2024.
Processing information:

Additions processed by David Krah in 2015.

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

Accruals:

This collection contains additions to an existing collection, and future accruals are expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
David Krah
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-25 10:43:59 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of the University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing, and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanton A. Glantz Papers, MSS 97-08. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US