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The records were received in March 2002 as a gift from the National Council for Adoption, authorized by Patrick Purtil, executive director.
National Council for Adoption records, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.
The cassettes are arranged chronologically by year and in approximate numerical order thereunder. The Council had an index to the recordings, but thus far it has not been made available to the Archives.
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For additional information regarding the National Council for Adoption, researchers should consult the William Pierce papers, SW262.
The National Council for Adoption (NCFA) was founded in 1980 as a non-profit organization that supports adoption services. NCFA has members in all 50 states and many foreign countries. NCFA has been involved in creating legislation at both the state and national level that encourages fair and ethical adoption. NCFA member agencies administer the adoption of children, regardless of age, national origin or physical disability, into a safe, permanent home.
The records comprise audio cassettes of speeches or papers presented at annual meetings of the National Committee/Council for Adoption between 1985 and 1999. There is are also a small number of similar audio recordings from other conferences devoted to adoption. All the cassettes appear to have been prepared by a commercial service that records conference proceedings; all cassettes are labeled and numbered in a consistent fashion. The recordings are not indexed.
The records are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.