California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research Records, 1937-1948 (bulk 1938)

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Summary

Title:
California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research Records,
Dates:
1937-1948 (bulk 1938)
Creators:
California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research Records, MSS 71-2, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM

Background

Scope and content:

Minutes, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, notes, lists, clippings, reprints, pamphlets, draft articles, periodicals. This collection focuses on the Society's efforts against the 1938 initiative, and offers a look into the organization and workings of a successful political campaign. There are also materials referencing earlier and later campaigns around the same issue.

Biographical / historical:

This organization, founded in 1915 but minimally active since the 1922 defeat of a California antivivisection initiative, was reorganized in 1937 to work against the proposed State Humane Pound Law (initiative number 2 on the November 8, 1938 ballot). The Society apparently also opposed another such initiative in 1948. The Society's purpose was expressed in Article II of its By-Laws: "The purpose of the Society is to disseminate accurate information as to the methods and benefits of animal experimentation and to stimulate and guard scientific research." The 1937 reorganization created a Northern California committee with offices on Pine Street in San Francisco and a Southern California committee with offices in the Chamber of Commerce building in Los Angeles.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Physical description:
Three cartons, one box

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan
Date Prepared:
© 1997
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: Unknown.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research Records, MSS 71-2, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM

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