Guide to the Stanford Statement on Papal Birth Control
Encyclical
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0056
Title: Stanford statement on papal birth control encyclical
Dates: 1968-1969
Physical Description:
0.5 linear foot
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
Stanford University Libraries
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of John Thomas, 1969, 1995.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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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.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Stanford Press Release, 2/4/69; letter to Archbishop McGucken with
statement, 1/24/69; form letter “Dear Colleague,” 11/18/68
Box 1, Folder 2
Signature pages (includes letter by Ehrlich)
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence of Paul Ehrlich, 1968-69
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence of John H. Thomas
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence re media response to encyclical (includes transcript of
CBS radio show “The Pope and the Pill” August 1968)
Box 1, Folder 11
Petitions, signed and unsigned
