Now that the sources for dealing with the condom as an artifact have = been given, there is a good article in Judith McGaw's book, Early = American Technology: Making and Doing Things from the Colonial Era to = 1850 (1994) on early contraceptive technology that is a good contextual = overview. The citation is: "Lost, Hidden, Obstructed, and Repressed: Contraceptive and Abortive = Technology in the Early Delaware Valley," by Susan E. Klepp, pp. 68-113. DSR