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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Guide to the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2000-4

  • Staff Only

Dates

  • Majority of material found in 1938-[1970-1998] 2000

Extent

327.5 Cubic Feet (408 boxes and cartons, 3 volumes, 271 videotapes, 416 three ring notebooks)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in six series. Series I, the A.H. Robins (AHR) Company Documents, consist of company records which trace the purchase, manufacture, testing, marketing, and sale of the Dalkon Shield. Series II is comprised of AHR Litigation Documents, principally employee depositions and trial testimony. Series III concerns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation of the Dalkon Shield. Series IV, news articles regarding the Shield. Series V is comprised of bankruptcy materials. Series VI consists of the administrative files of the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust.

Title
Guide to the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust Collection1938-[1970-1998] 2000 MSS 00-4
Subtitle
Dalkon Shield Claimants TrustMSS 00-4
Date
© 2002 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish
Sponsor
Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States