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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: International Pain Foundation records
    Creator: International Pain Foundation
    Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0448
    Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Date (inclusive): 1986-1992
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of John C. Liebeskind, PhD., founding president of the IPF, in 1993.

    Processing Information

    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7548916 

    Biographical / Historical

    In 1985, the Council of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) voted to create a non-profit foundation. The International Pain Foundation (IPF) was incorporated in Washington, D.C. on 15 August 1986 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with bylaws linking it closely to the IASP. It was a nonprofit, charitable and educational organization, with the primary goal to support public and professional education about pain disorders and their treatment. the IPF's motto, expressed in a 1987 editorial in the journal, Pain, was "Meeting a need for education in pain management". Its objectives and activities included supporting fellowships for training of research scientists and clinicians, funding visiting professorships, preparing educational materials for health professionals and scientists and for the general public, and sponsoring research and conferences on pain.

    Scope and Contents

    The collection documents the founding and brief active history of the International Pain Foundation (IPF) through incorporation, organization, and management files; publicity; newsletter mock-ups; financial and accounting reports; fundraising correspondence; and proposals for research and education projects.