Guide to the California Physicians' Alliance Records,
ca. 1988-1995
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
© 1999
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the California Physicians' Alliance Records,
ca. 1988-1995
Collection number: M0793
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1997
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: California Physicians' Alliance Records,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1988-1995
Collection number: Special Collections M0793
Creator:
California Physicians' Alliance.
Extent:
6 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Bolerium Books, 1995.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] California Physicians' Alliance Records, M0793, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biography
The California Physicians' Alliance (CaPA) was started in May, 1987 as an organized group of physicians committed to the struggle
for a single-payer health care plan, at both the state and federal level. The director of the group from 1987 to 1991 was
Michael Pincus. He worked in conjunction with a council of presidents including Dr. Kevin Grumbach and Dr. Tom Bodenheimer.
CaPA was a member-group of Health Access (HA) and Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and worked closely with
these organizations to further their cause of health care for all. Under the directorship of Mike Pincus, whose collected
materials are the source of this collection, CaPA supported several health care bills. These included Bill No. 36 and Bill
SB2686 by California Senator Nicholas Petris. CaPA was also responsible for writing the Right to Health Care Initiative which
became Proposition 186. In addition, CaPA was in correspondence with many groups and individuals, including the Berkeley Gray
Panthers and the Sacramento Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO. Today, CaPA is largely merged with PNHP, although they maintain
a separate identity in California. However, the group remains committed to working toward "...a national health program that
guarantees one standard of comprehensive health care to all people."
Scope and Content
Correspondence, newsletters, minutes, agendas, and memoranda.
Access Terms
Bodenheimer, Thomas.
Grumbach, Kevin.
Margolin, Burt.
Petris, Nicholas.
Roberti, David.
Trachtenberg, Alan I.
AFL-CIO. Sacramento Central Labor Council.
Gray Panthers (Berkeley, Calif.).
Health Access.
Physicians for a National Health Program.
Health care reform.
Medical policy--United States.
Medicine--California
Container List
Series I: California Physicians Alliance (CaPA)
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence to CaPA members
Box 1, Folder 3
Printed materials and flyers
Box 1, Folder 10
Newsletter #9- vol.2 no.3
Box 1, Folder 11
Newsletter vol.2 no.4 - vol.4 no.3
Box 2, Folder 1
"The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook" - notbook of Michael Pincus, executive director of CaPA
Box 2, Folder 2
Right to Health Care Initiative
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence from individuals
7/88 - 7/89
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence from individuals
8/89 - 2/90
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence from individuals
3/90 - 1/91
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence from groups
1986 - 1989
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence from groups
1990 - 1991
Series II: Health Access (HA)
Box 3, Folder 1
Mission, Strategies, and Organization
Box 3, Folder 3
Agendas for general meetings
Box 3, Folder 4
Minutes for general meetings
Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence to HA members and activists
Box 3, Folder 10
Steering Committee Agendas
Box 3, Folder 11
Steering Committee Minutes
Box 3, Folder 12
Steering Committee Memoranda
Box 4, Folder 1
Executive Committee and Conference Planning Committee Minutes
Series III: Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Series IV: Groups Associated with CaPA
Box 4, Folder 7
Community Health Coalition
Series V: Issues and Initiatives
Box 5, Folder 1
Universal Health Insurance
Box 5, Folder 2
Catastrophic Health Insurance
Box 5, Folder 3
Primary Care in Alameda County
Box 5, Folder 4
Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act
(1988)
Box 5, Folder 6
Mental Health Care Initiative
Series VI: Legislative Officials
Box 5, Folder 9
California State Legislature
Series VII: Individuals Associated with CaPA
Box 5, Folder 17
Health System Reform
(1990)
Box 5, Folder 18
Health System Reform
(1991)
Box 6, Folder 3
Northern California Medicine
Box 6, Folder 5
Miscellaneous newsletters
Box 6, Folder 10
Printed Materials and Flyers
