Organized Collections
Committee on Human Reproduction, 1946-1952
The Committee on Human Reproduction was established within the National Research Council Division of Medical Sciences in 1947 in response to a request by the National Committee on Maternal Health, Inc. for an agency to provide scientific advice. The mission of the Committee on Human Reproduction was to investigate problems in human reproduction with an emphasis on maternal and fetal physiology and the physiological, economic, sociological, environmental, and population factors bearing on conception.
During the course of its existence, the Committee sponsored four annual conferences, each devoted to an aspect of human reproduction. These were: the physiology of pregnancy; population trends and the family; gonad and gametes; and reproductive wastage.
Following the 1950 election of a new board of directors, the National Committee on Maternal Health appealed unsuccessfully to a number of foundations for funding. Consequently, funding for the activities of the Committee on Human Reproduction ceased as of 1 January 1951.
The Committee on Human Reproduction collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and conference transcripts covering the years 1946-1952, and spans 1.75 linear feet.
ADMINISTRATION
INSTITUTIONS Associations Individuals
American Committee on Maternal Welfare: 1947-1951
Laurentian Hormone Conference: 1948-1949
National Committee on Maternal Health
Background Material: 1947
Bibliography: 1947
General: 1947-1950
Planned Parenthood Federation: 1947-1950
General: 1948
PUBLIC Relations
Committee on Human Reproduction: 1947-1948
DIVISIONS OF THE NRC
MEDICAL Sciences
COMMITTEE on Human Reproduction
Activities Summary: 1947-1951
Annual Reports: 1948-1951
Appointments
Chairman: 1947
Members: 1947-1951
Beginning of Program
Contract Negotiations: 1947
General: 1947-1948
Conferences
Normal & Pathological Physiology of Pregnancy: 1947-1948
Population Trends & Family: 1948-1950
Pregnancy Wastage: 1950-1952
Problems of General & Cellular Physiology Relating to Fertilization: 1948-1949
Testis & Ovary Eggs & Sperm: 1949-1950
End of Program
Appeal for Funds by Natl Committee on Maternal Health: 1950
General: 1950-1952
Formulation of Program
Appraisal of Status & Needs in Reproductive Research: 1947-1948
Meetings
May 1950
Feb 1949
Sep 1948
May 1948
Jan 1948
Nov 1947
Sep 1947
Policy: 1947-1948
Projects
Bibliography on Reproductive Research: Proposed: 1949-1950
Requests for Support
American Committee on Maternal Welfare: 1947-1951
Carnegie Corp of New York: 1947-1951
Natl Committee on Maternal Health: 1947-1950
Planned Parenthood Federation: 1947-1950
General: 1949-1950
Research Projects Approved: Funded
Bishop D W: 1948-1950
Brown W E: 1948-1952
Jones G S: 1948-1950
Phelps D: 1948-1950
Pincus G: 1948-1950
Rock J: 1948-1950
Rubenstein B: 1948-1950
Venning E H: 1948-1950
Wells L J: 1948-1950
Research Projects: Disapproved: 1948-1949
Research Projects: Population Control
Tietze C: Japan: Proposed: 1949
Tietze C: Puerto Rico: 1946-1949
Research Projects: General: 1948-1950
Subcommittees: 1947-1949
Visit
Assessment of Research & Facilities: U of Wisconsin: 1948
General: 1947-1950
FINANCE & ACCOUNTING
CONTRACTS
Committee on Human Reproduction
Natl Committee on Maternal Health: 1947-1959
FINANCE
Fund: Grants: 1947-1949
GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES & Departments
Federal Security Agency: 1948-1950
