| Creator | Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene |
| Title | The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene records |
| Dates | 1932-1957 |
| Identification | CC 26 |
| Quantity | 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript container) |
| Collection Abstract | The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene (MSSH) records, 1932-1957 is arranged alphabetically, and includes an Annual Report, Newsletters and Bulletins of the Society. The Annual Report includes the financial report and a list of Officers and Directors for the year 1951, as well as reports on activities and programs.The Newsletters, 1951-1957, with occasional gaps, are bound into one volume documenting activities and objectives of the Society. |
| Historical Abstract | The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene was founded in 1911 through the efforts of Charles Eliot of Harvard, Bishop Lawrence and other socially minded men and women of Massachusetts. Reorganized in 1928, the program was mainly concerned with educational measures to help in the development of a sane and rational attitude towards sex, to assist individuals in adjusting their personal problems and to help in the prevention and control of genitoinfectius diseases. |
| Language | Material in English. |
| Location | Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information. |
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[Identification of item: description and date], Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene records, CC 26, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
Transferred from the Simmons College School of Social Work Library, 1991
Accession number: 2000.07
Processed by Pat Perreault, February 2000
Supervised by Claire Goodwin
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Alyson Bowers, February, 2013
The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene was founded in 1911 through the efforts of Charles Eliot of Harvard, Bishop Lawrence and other socially minded men and women of Massachusetts, who recognized a need for a voluntary organization of citizens to carry on an educational program to help correct some of the evils which resulted from a lack of understanding of the part that sex plays in the lives of men and women.
The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene was incorporated in 1915, and during the war and for sometime afterward, it’s work was largely determined by the need for a medical and protective program to combat syphilis and gonorrhea and war related problems.
Reorganized in 1928, the program was mainly concerned with educational measures to help in the development of a sane and rational attitude towards sex, to assist individuals in adjusting their personal problems and to help in the prevention and control of genitoinfectius diseases.
All information taken from the Bulletin of the Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene, Vol. IX, No. 4, June 1939.
The Massachusetts Society for Social Hygiene records, 1932-1957 includes an annual report, newsletters and bulletins of the Society.
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Collection is arranged into three series:
Part of the School of Social Work Library Charities Collection.
The Annual Report includes the financial report and a list of Officers and Directors for the year 1951, as well as reports on activities and programs.
Box 1
Bulletins, 1932-1939 and 1940-1952, are bound into two volumes respectively, and Bulletins, Sep. 1956 through Mar.-Apr. 1957, are bound at the end of the Newsletter volume. The Bulletin was a means of keeping members informed of the Society’s fight against syphilis and gonorrhea. The Newsletters, 1951-1957, are bound into one volume documenting activities and objectives of the Society. Published irregularly when funds were available, their purpose was to keep the members well informed.
