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Personal Papers and Manuscripts HOWARD C. TAYLOR, b. 1900. History of the International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, 1953-1968 (bulk 1965-1968) .5 cubic feet (2 boxes) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE : Howard C. Taylor, Jr., the son of a prominent gynecologist, was educated at Yale and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1924). He was chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1946-1965. An expert on family planning, he was founder and Director of the Columbia University International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, 1965-1970. SCOPE AND CONTENTt: Howard C. Taylor’s contemporaneous account of the genesis and early history of the Columbia University International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, from its founding in 1965 to the end of 1968. Also included is a brief retrospective account of the preliminary efforts, 1953-1965, to establish the Institute. Most of the work consists of Taylor’s almost daily notes of his efforts to get the Institute established and operating. The phone calls, conversations, meetings, and correspondence this required are described in considerable detail. The entries were made on or shortly after the day they occurred and are usually labeled “Institute Notes” or “Institute History.” Also included are copies of correspondence, grant proposals submitted to foundations, and reports of conferences Taylor conceived of the Institute as a center for research in all aspects of human reproduction. He was in contact with leaders in the fields of population control, family planning, genetics, biochemistry, international public health, and the social sciences both in the US and abroad. He met frequently with Columbia University officials and the Dean of the University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons; officials of the Ford Foundation, who provided initial funding for the Institute; and with officers of other foundations. He worked closely with the Population Council, Planned Parenthood, and PROVENANCE: Gift of Allan Rosenfield, 2008 (acc.#2008.02.26). LANUGAGE: English. SUBJECTS: Taylor, Howard C. (Howard Canning), b. 1900. BOX AND FOLDER LIST Box Fo. Contents 1 1 1953 – Oct. 1965 2 1 May – July 1968 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE |
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