Title: Wisconsin. Division of Health Education: Sex Education Program Records
Inclusive Dates: 1940-1953

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Division of Health Education

Call Number: Series 2220

Quantity: 5 c.f. (5 record center cartons)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Abstract:

Descriptions of social hygiene and sex education programs in secondary schools: correspondence between lecturers, school administrators, and parent groups: lecturers' reports discussing students, teachers, school officials and local residents attitudes toward social hygiene instruction.

Language: English

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Beginning in the early 1940s, the Health Education Division employed four lecturers to present social hygiene classes to senior high school students, extra-curricular groups, summer camps, and parent groups. Health educators worked with parents, churches, schools, and community organizations to improve adult guidance of teenagers. Health lecturers' encouraged school officials to integrate social hygiene, or sex education, into the curriculum of home economics, biology and physical education classes. The Health Education Division also made available several pamphlets on social hygiene and loaned films on human growth and development, reproduction, and menstruation to school districts.

By health district, and thereunder alphabetical by county.

The series contains a large amount of correspondence between Board of Health personnel and teachers, school officials, and parents related to social hygiene instruction. Somewhat less common are summary reports written by lecturers following their visits to schools and communities. Of varying length and objectivity, these reports provide more insight into the attitudes of students, teachers and the local population concerning sex education in the public schools. The lecturers' reports often comment on the level of support received from teachers and school administrators. Although lecturers usually spoke before senior high school students, there is a limited amount of material related to talks and meetings with parent and church groups.

There are three additional folders in box 5, including correspondence between the Health Education administrators and the American Social Hygiene Association: instructional materials received from the American Institute of Family Relations: and a curriculum planning guide for social hygiene and marriage classes.

Processing Information

Processed by Andrew Hamilton and Matt Blessing, July, 1991.

	District 1
Box   1 Folder   1	Columbia
Box   1 Folder   2	Crawford
Box   1 Folder   3-8	Dane
Box   1 Folder   9-10	Grant
Box   1 Folder   11	Green
Box   1 Folder   12-13	Iowa
Box   1 Folder   14	Lafayette
Box   1 Folder   15-16	Richland
Box   1 Folder   17-18	Sauk
	District 2
Box   1 Folder   19	Jefferson
Box   1 Folder   20-21	Kenosha
Box   2 Folder   1-15	Milwaukee
Box   2 Folder   16-19	Racine
	Rock
Box   2 Folder   20-22	A-J
Box   3 Folder   1	K-Z
Box   3 Folder   2-3	Walworth
Box   3 Folder   4-6	Waukesha
	District 3
Box   3 Folder   7	Calumet
Box   3 Folder   8-9	Dodge
Box   3 Folder   10	Fond du Lac
Box   3 Folder   11-12	Manitowoc
Box   3 Folder   13	Ozaukee
Box   3 Folder   14-15	Sheboygan
Box   3 Folder   16	Washington
Box   3 Folder   17-18	Winnebago
	District 4
Box   3 Folder   19	Adams
Box   3 Folder   20	Green Lake
Box   3 Folder   21	Juneau
	La Crosse
Box   3 Folder   22	A-L
Box   4 Folder   1	M-Z
Box   4 Folder   2	Marquette
Box   4 Folder   3	Monroe
Box   4 Folder   4	Vernon
Box   4 Folder   5	Waushara
	District 5
Box   4 Folder   6	Buffalo
Box   4 Folder   7	Clark
Box   4 Folder   8	Jackson
Box   4 Folder   9-10	Marathon
Box   4 Folder   11	Pepin
Box   4 Folder   12	Portage
Box   4 Folder   13	Trempealeau
Box   4 Folder   14	Wood
	District 6
Box   4 Folder   15-18	Brown
Box   4 Folder   19	Door
Box   4 Folder   20	Kewaunee
Box   4 Folder   21	Marinette
Box   4 Folder   22	Oconto
Box   4 Folder   23-24	Outagamie
Box   5 Folder   1	Shawano
Box   5 Folder   2	Waupaca
	District 7
Box   5 Folder   3	Barron
Box   5 Folder   4	Chippewa
Box   5 Folder   5	Dunn
Box   5 Folder   6-7	Eau Claire
Box   5 Folder   8	Pierce
Box   5 Folder   9	Polk
Box   5 Folder   10	Rusk
Box   5 Folder   11	St. Croix
	District 8
Box   5 Folder   12	Florence
Box   5 Folder   13	Forest
Box   5 Folder   14	Langlade
Box   5 Folder   15	Lincoln
Box   5 Folder   16	Price
Box   5 Folder   17	Taylor
Box   5 Folder   18	Oneida
Box   5 Folder   19	Vilas
	District 9
Box   5 Folder   20	Ashland
Box   5 Folder   21	Bayfield
Box   5 Folder   22	Burnett
Box   5 Folder   23	Douglas
Box   5 Folder   24	Iron
Box   5 Folder   25	Sawyer
Box   5 Folder   26	Washburn
Box   5 Folder   27	American Institute of Family Relations, 1944-1952
Box   5 Folder   28	American Social Hygiene Association, 1952
Box   5 Folder   29	Workbook for Marriage, Kirkendall, 1952