Cornell University Contraception, Gynecology and Sexuality Service records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 51-1-2511

Scope and content

Five pamphlets on sex published at Cornell some with contribution by Allyn B Ley and Rosalind "Roz" Kenworthy, some produced with funds from SECS (Sex Education by and for Cornell Students) and printed by Glad Day Press, 1 circa 1970 printed by Alpha Phi Omega with birds and bees on the cover; Sex, Beyond the Birds and the Bees, 1971; Sex Information for Cornell Students, 1972; Sex Information, 1973; Sex a Fact Book (How Not to Blow It), 1975. Also correspondence and agreements between Cornell University Health Service and Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County (PPTC); and use statistics from PPTC for 1970-1978. Also, sex counseling records, including biographical data on the client, synopses of discussion and recommendations, and followup.

Dates

1970-1994.

Creator

Cornell University. Contraception, Gynecology and Sexuality Service (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Access to Box 2, original counseling sheets, may not be used. Box 3, photocopies of same with identifying data deleted, is available for researcher use.

Biographical / Historical

Staff of Cornell's Contraception, Gynecology and Sexuality Service produced and distributed a variety of publications about sexuality and also sexual violence and met with students to provide information and counselling on the topic. Staff contributed to the work of the university wide committee Coalition Advocating Rape Education (C.A.R.E.). Rosalind Kenworthy began serving as sex counselor for Cornell Health Services in 1971, and until 1980 was the liaison from Heath Services to Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County.