Special Collections and University Archives
403 Parks Library | 701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2102

MS 196
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Records, 1962-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator: Society for the Study of Reproduction
title: Society for the Study of Reproduction records
dates: 1962-[ongoing]
extent: 20.51 linear feet (45 document boxes, 1 half-document box, and 1 oversized box)
collection number:

MS 196

repository: Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.
language: English

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Special Collections and University Archives
preferred citation: Society for the Study of Reproduction Records, MS 196, Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.

 

Historical note

In June 1967, a group of approximately 300 scientists interested in reproductive biology met in Urbana, Illinois, and voted to establish the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR).  The SSR’s purpose is to promote the study of the biological and medical aspects of fertility and reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communication.  It holds annual conferences and publishes the journal Biology of Reproduction three times a year.  The organization is governed by elected officers including an overseeing committee.  Membership is open to professionally qualified workers with an interest in this field, at the discretion of the Overseeing Committee.

 

Collection description

The collection (1962-[ongoing]) contains records associated with the function and activities of the Society for the Study of Reproduction.  Included within the collection are annual meeting information, committee records, correspondence, financial records, presidential files, and publications.  The collection also includes historical information on the Society, photographs of members and events, and material related to Society-sponsored symposia and programs.

The Society also produced a number of videotape recordings of speakers and workshops at annual meetings.  Appendix I contains a listing of these videotapes along with their ISU Library call number.

 

 

Description of series

Series 1 History 1962-1973
extent: 10 folders
description: This series includes historical information on the Society.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Historical files

1962-1970

1

5

Historical files

1966-1968

1

6

Historical files

1966-1968

1

7

Historical files

1966-1968

1

2

Historical files

1966-1970

1

3

Historical files

1966-1970

1

4

Historical files

1966-1970

1

8

Historical files

1967

28

1

Historical files

1967, 1973

1

9

Historical files

1967-1973

 

Description of series

Series 2 Committees 1968-1999
extent: 100 folders
description: This series includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, and membership lists of the Society committees.  The series is listed alphabetically by committee and then chronologically therein.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

3-5

Animal Care and Experimentation Committee

1975-1988

2

8-10

Awards Committee

1978-1988

2

11

Awards Committee

1986-1989

2

6

Awards Committee

1987-1988

2

7

Awards Committee

1987-1989

3

1

Budget and Finance Committee

1975

3

2-3

By-Laws Committee

1978-1985

3

4

By-Laws Committee

1984-1989

3

4a

By-Laws Committee

1988, 1991

42

3-4

Future Meetings Committee: 1995, Davis, CA

1991-1995

34

7

General committee reports

1986-1992

5

7-8

Journal Committee

1979-1985

5

9

Journal Committee

1980-1987

5

6

Journal Committee

1987-1989

4

2-3

Local Arrangements Committee

1979-1983

4

4

Local Arrangements Committee

1987-1988

34

8

Local Arrangements Committee

1993

41

4-5

Local Arrangements Committee: 1993, Fort Collins, CO

1991-1993

41

6

Local Arrangements Committee: 1994, Ann Arbor, MI

1993-1994

42

5-7

Local Arrangements Committee: 1995, Davis, CA

1991-1995

42

1-2

Local Arrangements Committee: 1995, Davis, CA

1994-1995

43

2

Local Arrangements Committee: 1996, London, Ontario

1995-1996

43

5-6

Local Arrangements Committee: 1997, Portland, OR

1996-1997

44

1-3

Local Arrangements Committee: 1997, Portland, OR

1996-1997

44

4-5

Local Arrangements Committee: 1998, College Station, TX

1997-1998

44

6-7

Local Arrangements Committee: 1998, College Station, TX

1997-1998

45

2-3

Local Arrangements Committee: 1999, Pullman, WA

1998-1999

46

1-3

Local Arrangements Committee: 1999, Pullman, WA

1998-1999

45

4-6

Local Arrangements Committee: 1999, Pullman, WA, documentation binder

1998-1999

45

1

Local Arrangements Committee: meeting minutes

1998

4

7

Membership Committee

1973-1974

4

8-10

Membership Committee

1973-1985

4

11

Membership Committee

1980-1982

5

1

Membership Committee

1983-1985

5

1a

Membership Committee

1986-1987

5

1b

Membership Committee

1991-1992

5

3

Necrology Committee

1974-1979

5

4

Necrology Committee

1980-1982

5

2

Necrology Committee

1983

5

5

Necrology Committee

1983-1989

31

2

Nominating Committee

1968-1991

31

3

Nominating Committee

1968-1992

30

5

Nominating Committee

1979-1984

30

6

Nominating Committee

1984-1986

30

7

Nominating Committee

1986-1987

30

8

Nominating Committee

1987-1990

31

1

Nominating Committee

1990-1992

31

4

Nominating Committee

1992-1993

31

5

Nominating Committee

1993-1994

31

6-7

Nominating Committee

1994-1995

32

1-3

Nominating Committee

1995-1996

32

4-5

Nominating Committee

1996-1997

6

1-2

Program Committee

1970-1987

6

3

Program Committee

1987-1988

6

5

Public Affairs Committee

1976-1978

6

6-8

Public Affairs Committee

1976-1988

6

4

Public Affairs Committee

1979-1980

6

9

Public Affairs Committee

1986-1987

7

1

Public Affairs Committee

1988-1989

7

6

Publications Committee

1968-1971

7

2-3

Publications Committee

1975-1987

7

4

Publications Committee

1980-1988

7

5

Publications Committee

1987

7

6a

Publications Committee

1990-1992

7

7

Sustaining Membership Committee

1971-1974

7

8

Symposium Committee

1987-1989

7

9

Trainee Affairs Committee

1984-1987

7

10

Trainee Affairs Committee

1987-1989

 

Description of series

Series 3 Correspondence 1967-2001, undated
extent: 108 folders
description: This series contains correspondence concerning the society’s functions, activities, and individual members.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

3

5

Correspondence

1967

9

2

Correspondence

1967

8

1-2

Correspondence

1967-1968

9

1

Correspondence

1967-1972

47

1

Correspondence

1968-1974

9

3

Correspondence

1968-1974

2

1

Correspondence

1968-1983

3

7

Correspondence

1968-1983

8

3

Correspondence

1969

25

4

Correspondence

1969

3

8

Correspondence

1969-1971

3

9

Correspondence

1969-1987

8

4

Correspondence

1970

9

8

Correspondence

1970-1972

9

6-7

Correspondence

1970-1975

9

4-5

Correspondence

1971

8

5

Correspondence

1971-1977

25

14

Correspondence

1971-1988

10

1

Correspondence

1973-1974

10

3

Correspondence

1974-1975

10

4

Correspondence

1975-1976

36

1-11

Carl D. Johnson, Executive Secretary (A-H)

1975-1992

37

1-20

Carl D. Johnson, Executive Secretary (I-Z)

1975-1992

25

8

Correspondence

1976

25

7

Correspondence

1977-1978

10

5

Correspondence

1977-1979

25

9

Correspondence

1978

8

6

Correspondence

1978-1979

10

6

Correspondence

1978-1979

1

10

Correspondence

1979

10

2

Correspondence

1979

10

8-10

Correspondence

1979

3

11

Correspondence

1979-1980

9

9

Correspondence

1979-1980

10

7

Correspondence

1979-1980

25

13

Correspondence

1979-1981

1

11-12

Correspondence

1980

1

12

Correspondence

1980

25

15

Correspondence

1980

10

11

Correspondence

1980-1981

11

1

Correspondence

1980-1981

11

3

Correspondence

1980-1981

2

2

Correspondence

1981

11

4

Correspondence

1981

25

10

Correspondence

1981

10

12

Correspondence

1982-1983

10

13

Correspondence

1982-1983

11

5

Correspondence

1982-1983

11

6

Correspondence

1982-1983

3

10

Correspondence

1982-1987

11

2

Correspondence

1982-1988

25

5-6

Correspondence

1983

10

14

Correspondence

1984-1985

11

7

Correspondence

1985-1987

3

6

Correspondence

1985-1989

4

1

Correspondence

1985-1989

11

8

Correspondence

1986

11

9

Correspondence

1986-1987

25

17

Correspondence

1986-1987

3

13

Correspondence

1986-1989

11

10-11

Correspondence

1987-1988

3

12

Correspondence

1987-1989

33

1

Correspondence

1996-1998

38

8

Correspondence

2001

3

14

Correspondence

undated

25

1-3

Correspondence

undated

25

11-12

Correspondence

undated

25

16

Correspondence

undated

 

Description of series

Series 4 Annual Meetings 1967-2004
extent: 47 folders
description: This collection contains minutes, programs, workshop materials, meeting arrangements, agendas, and registration materials for the Society’s annual meetings.  Copies of videotaped sessions are available by searching the Iowa State University Library catalog.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

12

1

Annual meetings

1967-1969

12

2

Annual meetings

1968

12

3

Annual meetings

1968-1971

23

2

Annual meetings

1968-1974

12

4

Annual meetings

1969

12

6

Annual meetings

1969-1970

12

9

Annual meetings

1970-1973

12

5

Annual meetings

1970-1975

12

7

Annual meetings

1971

12

8

Annual meetings

1972-1973

46

4

Annual meetings

1972-1974

46

5

Annual meetings

1973-1975

46

6

Annual meetings

1974

13

1

Annual meetings

1975

23

3

Annual meetings

1975-1977

13

2

Annual meetings

1976

13

3

Annual meetings

1977

13

4

Annual meetings

1978

13

6

Annual meetings

1978

13

5

Annual meetings

1978-1979

13

7

Annual meetings

1980

13

8-9

Annual meetings

1983

46

7

Annual meetings

1983

13

11

Annual meetings

1983-1987

13

10

Annual meetings

1985

13

13

Annual meetings

1986-1988

13

12

Annual meetings

1987-1988

13

14

Annual meetings

1987-1988

13

15

Annual meetings

1988

13

16

Annual meetings

1991

13

17

Annual meetings

1992

33

3

Annual meetings

1996

43

1

Planning and meeting materials for 1996 annual meeting in London, Ontario

1996

43

3-4

Planning and meeting materials for 1997 annual meeting in Portland, OR

1996

33

4-5

Annual meetings

1997

34

1-2

Annual meetings

1998

34

2a

Annual meetings

1999

38

6

Annual meetings

2000

39

1

Annual meetings

2001

39

7

Annual meetings

2002

40

3-4

Program and meeting materials

2003

41

1

Program and meeting materials

2004

 

Description of series

Series 5 Meetings of the Board of Directors 1968-2004
extent: 108 folders
description: This series contains minutes and agendas of the executive committee meetings as well as their board meeting books.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

14

7

Board meeting

1968

14

1

Board meeting

1968-1970

14

2-3

Board meeting

1968-1973

14

5

Board meeting

1968-1973

17

4

Board meeting

1968-1973

14

8

Board meeting

1969

14

9

Board meeting

1969

14

10-12

Board meeting

1970

15

1

Board meeting

1970-1971

15

2-3

Board meeting

1971

15

4-5

Board meeting

1972

15

6-7

Board meeting

1973

15

8-10

Board meeting

1974

14

4

Board meeting

1974-1978

14

6

Board meeting

1974-1978

17

5

Board meeting

1974-1978

15

11-13

Board meeting

1975

17

1

Board meeting

1975-1977

15

14-16

Board meeting

1976

17

2

Board meeting

1976

17

6

Board meeting

1976

15

17-18

Board meeting

1977

15

19-21

Board meeting

1978

17

7

Board meeting

1978

17

9

Board meeting

1978-1979

16

1

Board meeting

1978-1980

17

3

Board meeting

1978-1980

16

2-6

Board meeting

1979

16

8

Board meeting

1979-1982

16

7

Board meeting

1979-1983

17

10

Board meeting

1980

18

1-5

Board meeting

1980

17

8

Board meeting

1981

18

6-8

Board meeting

1981

18

9

Board meeting

1982

18

10-11

Board meeting

1982-1983

18

12

Board meeting

1983

18

13

Board meeting

1983-1986

19

1

Board meeting

1984

19

2

Board meeting

1984-1985

19

3

Board meeting

1985

19

4

Board meeting

1986

19

5-6

Board meeting

1986-1987

19

7

Board meeting

1986-1988

19

8-9

Board meeting

1987

19

10-12

Board meeting

1988

19

13-19

Board meeting

1989

34

9

Board meeting

1990-1992

29

1

Board meeting

1992

29

2-3

Board meeting

1993

29

4-5

Board meeting

1994

30

1-2

Board meeting

1995

30

3

Board meeting

1996

38

1

Board meeting

1998

38

2-3

Board meeting

1999

38

5

Board meeting

2000

38

7

Election of Officers and Directors

2001

39

3-4

Mid-winter board meeting

2001

39

6

Summer board meeting

2001

39

8

Board meeting – Mid-Winter

2002

39

9

Board meeting – Summer

2002

39

8

Mid-winter board meeting

2002

39

9

Summer board meeting

2002

40

5

Mid-winter board meeting

2003

40

6

Summer board meeting

2003

41

2

Mid-winter board meeting

2004

41

3

Summer board meeting

2004

 

Description of series

Series 6 Grants and Contracts 1967-1988
extent: 13 folders
description: This series contains correspondence, grants proposed and received, and grants given by the Society for travel and research.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

20

1

Grants and contracts

1967-1970

20

2

Grants and contracts

1969-1971

20

3

Grants and contracts

1970-1972

20

4

Grants and contracts

1971-1972

20

5

Grants and contracts

1971-1972

20

6

Grants and contracts

1971-1973

20

7-8

Grants and contracts

1972

20

9

Grants and contracts

1976

20

10

Grants and contracts

1979

20

11

Grants and contracts

1980

20

12

Grants and contracts

1986

20

13

Grants and contracts

1987-1988

 

Description of series

Series 7 Financial Records 1967-2003
extent: 35 folders
description: This series contains treasurer’s statements, tax information, financial statements, and fund-raising information.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

21

27

Financial statements

1967-1970

21

1-2

Financial records

1967-1974

21

3

Financial records

1968-1969

21

4

Financial records

1968-1972

21

4a

Financial records

1969-1972

21

5

Financial records

1971

21

6

Financial records

1971-1976

21

7

Financial records

1976

21

8

Financial records

1977

21

9

Financial records

1977-1978

21

10

Financial records

1977-1979

21

11

Financial records

1978-1979

21

13

Financial records

1979

21

12

Financial records

1979-1981

21

14-15

Financial statements

1980

21

16

Financial statements

1981

21

17

Financial statements

1982

21

18-19

Financial statements

1983

21

20

Financial statements

1984

21

21

Financial statements

1985

21

22

Financial statements

1986

21

25

Financial statements

1986-1988

21

23

Financial statements

1987

21

26

Financial statements

1987

21

24

Financial statements

1988

21

28

Financial statements

1988-1989

30

4

Financial statements

1993

33

2

Financial statements

1994-1997

38

4

Financial statements

2000

39

2

Financial statements

2001

40

1

Financial statements

2002

40

7

Financial statements

2003

 

Description of series

Series 8 Membership 1967-2004, undated
extent: 14 folders
description: This series contains membership lists, directories, application information, lists of officers, and award winners.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

22

2

Membership information

1967

22

1

Membership information

1967-1972

22

3-6

Membership information

1970

22

7

Membership information

1972, 1976

22

8

Membership information

1974

22

9

Membership information

1979-1980

22

10

Membership information

1986-1987

34

3

Membership information

1996-1997

40

2

Membership directory

2003

40

8

Membership directory

2004

34

4

Membership information

undated

 

Description of series

Series 9 Symposia Programs and Papers 1967-1983, undated
extent: 8 folders
description: This series contains papers and seminars, reports, and speaker lists.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

23

1

Symposia information

1967

23

4

Symposia information

1970, undated

23

5

Symposia information

1972

23

6

Symposia information

1979-1980

23

7

Symposia information

1980

23

8-9

Symposia information

1980-1981

23

10

Symposia information

1983

 

Description of series

Series 10 Awards and Addresses 1968-1989
extent: 11 folders
description: This series contains information on named lectureships and correspondence.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

24

1

Awards and addresses

1968-1975

24

3

Awards and addresses

1970

24

2

Awards and addresses

1970-1971

24

4

Awards and addresses

1971

24

5

Awards and addresses

1972

24

6

Awards and addresses

1973

24

7

Awards and addresses

1974

24

8

Awards and addresses

1978

24

9

Awards and addresses

1979

24

19

Awards and addresses

1979-1982

24

10

Awards and addresses

1989

 

Description of series

Series 11 Photographs 1971-1994, undated
extent: 8 folders
description: This series contains photographs of members, groups, and award winners.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

24

12

Photographs

1971

24

13

Photographs

1972

24

14

Photographs

1973

24

18

Photographs

1978, undated

24

16

Photographs

1987

24

17

Photographs

1994

24

11

Photographs

undated

24

15

Photographs

undated

 

Description of series

Series 12 President’s Files 1967-2001
extent: 14 folders
description: This series contains correspondence, minutes, and documents of incorporation.  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

28

3

President’s files

1967

28

1

President’s files

1967, 1973

28

2

President’s files

1972-1973

27

5

President’s files

1989

26

1-5

President’s files

1989-1990

27

1-4

President’s files

1989-1990

39

5

Past Presidents’ breakfast: report

2001

 

Description of series

Series 13 Publications 1990-1998
extent: 2 folders
description: This series contains materials related to the Society’s journal Biology of Reproduction which is published three times a year.  The organization’s Newsletter, also published three times annually, can be found by searching the ISU Library catalog (Special Collections call no. QP251 S63x).  The series is listed chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

34

5

Biology of Reproduction

1990-1992

34

6

Biology of Reproduction

1996-1998

 

Appendix I - Videotapes

Call number

Title

Date

Vide 004 551

State of the art lectures: 1994 SSR annual meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1994

Vide 004 552

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 1994 SSR annual meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1994

Vide 004 553

State of the art lectures: 1995 SSR annual meeting, Davis, California

1995

Vide 004 554

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 1995 SSR annual meeting, Davis, California

1995

Vide 004 555

President’s symposium: 1996 SSR annual meeting, London, Ontario, Canada

1996

Vide 004 556

State-of-the-art lectures: 1996 SSR annual meeting, London, Ontario, Canada

1996

Vide 004 557

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 1996 SSR annual meeting, London, Ontario, Canada

1996

Vide 004 558

Trainee symposium forum: 1996 SSR annual meeting, London, Ontario, Canada

1996

Vide 004 559

Cell-specific gene regulation: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 560

Extracellular matrix and cell adhesion molecules: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 561

Molecular basis of reproductive disorders: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 562

President’s symposium: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 563

State-of-the-art lectures: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 564

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 565

Trainee symposium forum: 1997 SSR annual meeting, Portland, Oregon

1997

Vide 004 566

President’s symposium: 1998 SSR annual meeting, College Station, Texas

1998

Vide 004 567

State-of-the-art lectures: 1998 SSR annual meeting, College Station, Texas

1998

Vide 004 568

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 1998 SSR annual meeting, College Station, Texas

1998

Vide 004 569

SSR 1999 keynote speaker

1999

Vide 004 570

SSR 1999 president’s symposium

1999

Vide 004 571

SSR 1999 state of the art

1999

Vide 004 572

SSR techniques workshop

1999

Vide 004 573

Keynote address: 2000 SSR annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin

2000

Vide 004 575

President’s symposium: 2000 SSR annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin

2000

Vide 004 576

State-of-the-art lectures: 2000 SSr annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin

2000

Vide 004 574

Techniques in reproductive biology workshop: 2000 SSR annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin

2000