Nationally, Planned Parenthood was founded in 1916 to provide education and services on contraception to enable women to control the size of their families. In 1970, Planned Parenthood of Vigo County opened the first contraceptive clinic in the area and the initial funding was private.  As needs grew within the community, the organization relied on government as well as private funds to sustain operations. Today, in 1992, the Terre Haute clinic is still in service at 637 Cherry Street.

Planned Parenthood's statement of purpose includes: "the provision of medically approved family planning services and [the assurance] that effective means of voluntary fertility control, including contraception, abortion, and voluntary sterilization are available and fully accessible to all persons without regard to age, sex, background or the ability to pay."

This collection was generated from miscellaneous material in the Community Affairs File and the Archives. It contains several newsletters issued from the local Planned Parenthood office from 1972 to 1991. Also included in the collection are a few informational brochures.