Finding Aid for the Nikki Colodny papers, 1978-1995 LSC.2188
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Title: Nikki Colodny papers
Creator:
Colodny, Nikki
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2188
Physical Description:
1.6 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1978-1995
Abstract: Dr. Nikki Colodny was a pro-choice activist, abortion provider, and women's health advocate operating in Toronto, Ontario
throughout the 1980s and 1990s. This collection contains records from several clinics and advocacy organizations with which
she was active, in addition to press coverage of her activities and research materials.
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Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English, with some materials in French.
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[Identification of item], Nikki Colodny Papers (Collection 2188). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 2013. Donated by Nikki Colodny.
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Biography
Dr. Nikki Colodny (born April 1, 1948), was a Canadian abortion provider, women's health advocate and activist operating in
Toronto, Ontario throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Most prominently, she worked with Dr. Henry Morgentaler, providing medical
care and abortion services which at the time were illegal. Their arrests and repeated harassment brought publicity to their
cause, eventually precipitating the overturn of abortion laws by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1988. In that same year, Colodny
founded the cooperative Women's Choice Health Clinic. In addition to her medical services, she was an active participant in
several pro-choice organizations including the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics (OCAC), the National Abortion Federation
(NAF), and the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL). Her research is widely published in both medical and women's
studies academic journals.
Scope and Content
This collection contains organizational records from the Choice in Health Clinic as well as from several operational Canadian
pro-choice activist organizations. Also included is press coverage of abortion rights in Canada as well as more specific coverage
of Dr. Nikki Colodny and Dr. Henry Morgentaler's legal battles. A small amount of photographs and personal correspondence
are represented in the collection, but the majority of materials deal with Dr. Colodny's professional activities.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials in this collection are arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Morgentaler, Henry -- Archives
Colodny, Nikki -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Official reports: Court and legal proceedings
1977-1990
box 1, folder 2
Canadian Medical Association
1978-1995
box 1, folder 3
Canadian Dimension
1980-1985
Scope and Content
Volume 15, Number 1 & 2 (October/November 1980); Labour Supplement (1983); Volume 18, Number 5 (June 1984); Volume 18, Number
6 (December 1984/January 1985)
box 1, folder 4
Notes and personal items
circa 1980s
box 1, folder 5
Ephemera: stickers
circa 1980s-1990s
box 1, folder 6
Photographs
circa 1980s-1990s
box 1, folder 7
Medical Licensing
1981-1988
box 1, folder 8
Agenda: That Which Must Be Done
1982-1983
Scope and Content
Vol. 1 No. 6 (January 1982); Vol. 1 No. 7 (March 1982); Vol. 2 No. 1/2 (Sept/Oct 1982); Vol. 2 No. 3 Special Issue (June 1983)
box 1, folder 10
Medical Reform Group
1984-1985
box 1, folder 11
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
1984-1985
box 1, folder 12
Fact sheets and briefs
1984-1988
box 1, folder 13
The National Democratic Party (NDP)
1984-1994
box 1, folder 14
Published Research Material: medical, legal, feminist
1984-1996
box 2, folder 1
Doctors for Choice
1985-1986
box 2, folder 2
Anti-choice materials
1985-1987
box 2, folder 3
Dr. Morgentaler and Dr. Colodny arrests
1985-1987
Language of Material: Contains a French language newsletter
box 2, folder 4
Fliers
1985-1987
Scope and Content
Fliers for rallies, events, and gatherings predominantly around abortion rights and the pro-choice movement.
box 2, folder 5
Programs and conference materials
1985-1987
box 2, folder 6
Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics (OCAC)
1985-1995
box 2, folder 7
National Abortion Federation (NAF)
1985-1996
box 2, folder 8
Court case (Pro-Choice Defence Fund)
1986
box 2, folder 9
Concerned Citizens for Choice on Abortion (CCCA)- Vancouver
1986-1987
box 2, folder 10
Press releases and letters
1986-1987
box 3, folder 1, box 2, folder 11
box 3, folder 2
Coalition for Access to Abortion
1987
box 3, folder 3
Report on Therapeutic Abortion Services in Ontario
1987
box 3, folder 4
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
1987-1988
box 3, folder 5
Newsletters
1987-1988
Scope and Content
Campaign Life Coalition News (December 1987, March 1988), YWCA Access (1987 Summer), Concerned Citizens for Choice on Abortion
(October 1987)
box 3, folder 6
Choice in Health Clinic: Supporting organizations funding letters
1988
box 3, folder 7
Choice in Health Clinic: Press releases
1988-1989
box 3, folder 8
Independent Health Facilities Act
1988-1990
box 3, folder 9
Choice in Health Clinic: Financial statements and proposals
1989-1990
box 3, folder 10
Choice in Health Clinic: External correspondence
1989-1995
box 3, folder 11
Choice in Health Clinic: Training and hiring
1989-1995
Language of Material: This folder contains French language material.
box 3, folder 12
Clinique Planning Familial & Sexualite
1989-1995
Language of Material: This folder contains French language materials.
Scope and Content
Contains blank patient forms and general information about abortion.
box 4, folder 1
Birth control in service materials
1990-1993
box 4, folder 2
Choice in Health Clinic: Internal correspondence
1990-1999
box 4, folder 3
Choice in Health Clinic: Trademarks
1991
box 4, folder 4
IPAS Gynecologic Aspiration Kit with Karman Cannulae and Syringes
1992
box 4, folder 5
Training materials
1992-1993
box 4, folder 6
Ministry of Health Task Group
1992-1994
box 4, folder 7
Doctor training
1992-1996
box 4, folder 8
Choice in Health Clinic: Harassment suit Affidavits: Ontario Court (General Division)
1993
box 4, folder 9
Protests and harassment outside of abortion clinics
1993
box 4, folder 12
Methotrexate and Misoprostol induced abortion
1994-1996