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Ann Arbor, Michigan, right-to-life activist; collected newsletters, clippings, and other materials relating to the right-to-life movement

The Elizabeth Lemmer papers consists of collected newsletters and printed material from Michigan Citizens for Life (later renamed Right-to-Life of Michigan) and the Michigan Right-to-Life Committee, a political action group organized to counter attempts to legalize abortion in 1972. In addition, the collection includes scattered correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the issue of abortion.

Joseph E. Kincaid was a medical doctor and right to life advocate who was based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Joseph E. Kincaid Papers document his leadership in the local, state, and national right to life movement, with a particular focus on the issue of abortion. Closely documented in the Papers is Kincaid's involvement with several organizations, including Kalamazoo Right to Life Committee, Michigan Citizens for Life, and Right to Life of Michigan, Inc.

The Joseph E. Kincaid Papers document his leadership in the local, state, and national right to life movement, with a particular focus on the issue of abortion. The Papers are arranged into three series: Right to Life, Judicial and Legal Advocacy, and Issues. The papers are important for their insight into the legal, economic, and social criticisms of abortion while also highlighting the interconnected relationship between local, state, and national efforts to advance the right to life cause.

Pro-life citizens group. Administrative materials, records of area committees within the organization, subject files, and affiliate organizations' materials consisting mainly of local right-to-life organizations; and correspondence and press statements.

The records of Right to Life of Michigan document the administration and activities of the leading anti-abortion organization in Michigan. The records have been divided into the following Series: Administrative, Committees, Topical Files, Affiliate Organizations, and Correspondence and Press Relations.