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Guide to the Stanford Statement on Papal Birth Control Encyclical
SC0056  
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  • Description of the Collection
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  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0056
    Creator: Stanford University
    Title: Stanford statement on papal birth control encyclical
    Dates: 1968-1969
    Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet
    Summary: Petition sponsored by several Stanford scientists and signed by more than 2,600 men and women scientists from the United States, Canada, Australia and Africa, denouncing the encyclical Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI prohibiting birth control. Also includes correspondence of Paul Ehrlich, 1969, clippings, 1968-69, and transcript of CBS radio show ?The Pope and the Pill? August 1968.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    Gift of John Thomas, 1969, 1995.

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Stanford Statement on Papal Birth Control Encyclical (SC0056). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    Petition sponsored by several Stanford scientists and signed by more than 2,600 men and women scientists from the United States, Canada, Australia and Africa, denouncing the encyclical Humanae Vitae of Pope Paul VI prohibiting birth control. Also includes correspondence of Paul Ehrlich, 1969, clippings, 1968-69, and transcript of CBS radio show ?The Pope and the Pill? August 1968.

    Access Terms

    Catholic Church. Pope, 1963- (Paulus VI). Humanae Vitae.
    Ehrlich, Paul R.
    Stanford University
    Birth control--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.