Abstract
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION. Contents are 16mm film titles produced by foundations, academic institutions, and private sector entities to educate expectant parents about pregnancy, childbirth, and infant care.
Dates
- 1970-1989
Extent
4 Linear Feet (18 reels, 4 boxes)
Creator
- Arpen, Sandra (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored offsite; 30 days prior notice required. Contact the Historical Audiovisuals Program for more information.
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
Partially processed collection. Access may require production of viewing copies; 30 days prior notice required. Contact the Historical Audiovisuals Program for more information.
Copyright Information
These items may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sandra Arpen worked for 26 years as an educator, trainer, and Associate Director of the Childbirth Education Association (CEA) of Jacksonville, Florida. These films were shown in CEA's childbirth education classes from 1970 through the early 1990s. The organization was folded into the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition in 2004. Ms. Arpen took possession of the films to prevent their discard.
Collection Summary
Contents are 16mm films of varying length with color and sound, focusing on childbirth education and produced by entities such as Centre Productions, Inc., Courter Films and Associates, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, and the Department of Medical Communications at Temple University Health Science Center. Topics addressed include natural childbirth, nutrition, alcohol and tobacco use, breastfeeding, and ceasarean section. Many of the titles illustrate how to maintain a healthy pregnancy through diet and exercise and discuss common complications women face during pregnancy. Some titles focus on the delivery-room experience, or aspects of life once a baby is born, including post-partum depression. The perspective and experience of both mother and father are considered. *If a title includes an asterisk, it has been further processed and may be available in the NLM Digital Repository.
Abstract
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION. Contents are 16mm film titles produced by foundations, academic institutions, and private sector entities to educate expectant parents about pregnancy, childbirth, and infant care.
Physical Location
Materials stored offsite; 30 days prior notice required. Contact the Historical Audiovisuals Program for more information.
Provenance
Gift, Sandy Arpen, 20161001, Accession 2016-14
General
- Processed by
- Gabrielle Barr
- Processing Completed
- 2018
- Encoded by
- Gabrielle Barr
Creator
- Arpen, Sandra (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Arpen Childbirth Education Film Collection, 1970-1989
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- Gabrielle Barr
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Revision Statements
- 2023-04-24: *Titles with an asterisk have been individually processed and full records may be found in NLM Primo/LocatorPlus. Several are also streaming in NLM Digital Collections, and those links may be found in the catalog records.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Historical Audiovisuals Collection Collecting Area
8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg 38/1E-21, MSC 3819
Bethesda MD 20894
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