Stanford Physicians for Social Responsibility records MS115

Riain Ross-Hager
Medical History Center
July 2024
Stanford Medical History Center
300 Pasteur Drive
Room L109
Stanford, CA 94305-5123
dbourn@stanford.edu


Contributing Institution: Medical History Center
Title: Stanford Physicians for Social Responsibility records
Creator: Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.). Mid-Peninsula & Stanford Chapter.
source: Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.). Mid-Peninsula & Stanford Chapter.
Identifier/Call Number: MS115
Physical Description: 7.2 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1981-2005
Abstract: These records reflect the activities of the Stanford chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) from its inception in 1981. The bulk of the records focuses on the organization's efforts during the 1980s and early 1990s to advocate for nuclear test bans, the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, and fostering positive relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additionally, the organization actively addressed environmental toxic health concerns and campaigned for policies and practices to reduce environmental pollutants and their impact on public health.
Physical Description: 6 full-size cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 half-size archives box; 12 3/4W x 15 3/4L x 10 1/2"H (full-size carton), 5W x 12 1/2L x 10 1/2"H (archives box), 2 1/2W x 12 3/4L x 10 1/2"H (half-size archives box) Foamcore posters: 20 color prints (28 1/2W x 40 1/2"H); 10 black and white prints (22 W x 33 3/4"H)
Material Specific Details: Content warning: Materials in box 1, folder 8 may contain language, images, or content that are offensive or harmful. The Stanford Medical History Center collects and makes these materials available to facilitate scholarly research and education, and does not endorse the viewpoints within.
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

A number of files are restricted due to personally identifiable information (PII). Files with restricted PII material are indicated in the scope and content notes for that folder.

Scope and Contents

These records reflect the activities of the Stanford chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) from its inception in 1981. The bulk of the records focuses on the organization's efforts during the 1980s and early 1990s to advocate for nuclear test bans, the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, and fostering positive relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additionally, the organization actively addressed environmental toxic health concerns and campaigned for policies and practices to reduce environmental pollutants and their impact on public health.
The majority of the materials consist of subject files that reflect the organizational activities of the Stanford chapter of PSR. Many of the documents pertain to events and symposia hosted and organized by Stanford PSR. The series titles reflect the main documentary categories of the records. There is particular emphasis on materials pertaining to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in files titled "Hiroshima Day." Many of the records also pertain to the Ronald Reagan Administration's anti-ballistic missile program, the "Strategic Defense Initiative" (SDI). Other noteworthy subject areas include:
Stanford PSR's coordination with the Esalen Institute's Soviet-American Exchange Program and Abel Aganbegyan's 1988 tour of the United States and his visit to Silicon Valley
Pre and post-screening discussion groups and 1-800 hotlines for the ABC broadcast film "The Day After" (1983) and the television miniseries "Amerika" (1987)
A tribute event to Ukrainian-American political activist Harold Willens
A program draft for "Choices for Women in the Nuclear Age," a symposium on national security
Promotional material for Apple Computer's Community Grants program
Resource files on the Gulf War in the Middle East between the United States and Iraq
Stanford PSR's involvement in a medical equipment reclamation program to the Soviet Union
A proposed nuclear waste site in Ward Valley, California
Stanford PSR activism pertaining to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Stanford PSR's coordination work for the national PSR meeting in 1989 held in Palo Alto, California
The collection includes promotional and outreach materials, event programs, informational materials on nuclear weapons and environmental health issues, letters and correspondence (particularly letters to US senators concerning legislation), correspondence between the national and chapter bodies of the PSR, national and chapter newsletters, meeting minutes, event planning records, press kits, newspaper clippings, articles, educational materials, committee reports, registration forms, member lists, handwritten notes, questionnaires and surveys, photos, VHS recordings of symposia and television productions, and cassette tapes of conference panel speakers.
There are financial records, including receipts and invoices, member fee records, event budget records, tax forms pertaining to the organization's non-profit status, and fundraising records. Also included are study guides and educational materials used for college courses, informational posters on the social and health effects of radiation after the nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and photos depicting events hosted and organized by the Stanford chapter, primarily photographs of individual speakers and group photos.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the Medical History Center by Patrice and Bob Sutton in 2023.

Biographical / Historical

The Stanford chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) was established in 1981 as a regional extension of the national organization, which was founded in 1961. The national body of PSR is a physician-led organization that advocates for policies aimed at preventing nuclear war, addressing climate change, and promoting public health and environmental sustainability. The Stanford chapter was composed of faculty and medical professionals affiliated with Stanford University. Radiologist Herbert Leroy Abrams, MD, professor emeritus of radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who co-founded the Nobel Prize-winning organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, was involved with Physicians for Social Responsibility and its Stanford chapter for much of his career.
Stanford PSR organized numerous events, including lectures, panel discussions, and symposiums, and hosted domestic and international speakers. The Stanford chapter facilitated collaborations with other local and national organizations on matters pertaining to public health issues, US-Soviet relations, and nuclear disarmament.

Arrangement

The records are arranged in eight series:
Resource Files (Original Order)
Resource Files (Devised Order)
Meetings and Events
Educational and Study Materials
Newsletters
Administrative Files
Media and Press Kits
Audiovisual Materials
Both the "Resource Files (Original Order)" series and the "Resource Files (Devised Order)" series reflect Stanford PSR's involvement in various educational, advocacy, and community outreach activities focused on raising awareness about the health impacts of nuclear weapons, environmental toxins, and promoting social change, with particular emphasis on the role of the physician and the health professional in influencing government policy. These series include documents such as correspondence, meeting minutes, meeting agendas, memos, reports, registration forms, mailing lists, volunteer records, event-planning correspondence, continuing medical education forms, committee records, press clippings, magazine articles, and event programs. The sub-series "Environment" revolves around materials specially focused on environmental issues, with a set of materials pertaining to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
The "Meetings and Events" series contains conference programs, conference planning documents, volunteer records, and talks pertaining to symposia and events organized and hosted by Stanford PSR. The sub-series "Physicians for Social Responsibility 1989 National Meeting" contains planning documents, evaluation forms, and outreach materials for the National PSR meeting in 1989 held in Palo Alto, California.
The "Educational and Study Materials" series contains order forms for copies of the television film production "The Edge of History," letters, correspondence, memos, notes, pamphlets, articles, study guides, handouts, and syllabi for university courses and training seminars on nuclear disarmament and arms control.
The "Newsletters" series is comprised of Stanford PSR chapter newsletters and other regional chapter newsletters.
The "Administrative Files" series contains financial records such as fax copies of university expenditures and transfers, billing statements, budget reports, fundraising records, tax reports, committee meeting minutes, memos, and letters, particularly a file pertaining to nuclear education legislation and John Bernard Vasconcellos, former California State Senator and Silicon Valley representative in the California State Assembly.
The "Media and Press Kits" series contains letters, memos, a photocopy of a scrapbook of Stanford PSR-related press coverage, and press kits and packets on nuclear disarmament.
The "Audiovisual Materials" series is subdivided into three sub-series:
VHS Tapes: This sub-series contains four VHS tape recordings of panel speakers from the Physicians for Social Responsibility symposium in 1983; one VHS tape recording labeled "Monterey Bay Chapter Physicians for Social Responsibility - Don King, M.D."; a VHS tape copy of the 1984 film production "The Edge of History" on the 1983 Stanford Symposium on the Prevention of Nuclear War; one VHS tape recording titled "Portraits of Peacemakers, Part II: The Women"; and one VHS tape recording labeled with the title heading "Network" and the corresponding titles: "Children of War," "Victory in Centimeters," "In the Nuclear Shadow," "What the Soviet Children Say," and "There's a Nuclear War Going on Inside Me."
Cassette Tapes: This sub-series is comprised of two plastic binders containing two 16-cassette tape sets of conference panel speakers. One of the sets is missing two cassette tapes.
Photos:
The "Audiovisual Materials" series has not been digitized.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Riain Ross-Hager in July 2024.
The original alphabetical order of the files in Series I was retained, and the original folder titles were transcribed from the originals. Files in Series II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII were separated from the aggregate of files in Series I and had no discernible order, with some folders containing no titles or folder labels. Based on the alphabetical order of the files in Series I, the processing archivist imposed an alphabetical order on the subsequent series in the collection and devised titles for folders missing titles. Devised titles created by the processing archivist appear in brackets. Brackets are also used to provide added clarification to original titles and to decipher or disambiguate acronyms and abbreviations.
Files titled with personal names were inconsistently ordered; some were sorted by last name and others by first name. To standardize the order according to NISO standards, files with personal name titles were arranged alphabetically by last name, consistent with the original alphabetical order system of the series.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights are held by the Stanford Medical History Center. Publication or use of collection materials outside the scope of the public domain and fair use is the sole responsibility of the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Antinuclear movement -- United States
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Nuclear disarmament.
Atomic bomb.
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
Peace movements -- United States
Strategic Defense Initiative.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Environmental justice
Nonprofit organizations -- Law and legislation -- California
Educational law and legislation -- California
Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.). Mid-Peninsula & Stanford Chapter.
Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.). Mid-Peninsula & Stanford Chapter.
Abrams, Herbert L.
Caldicott, Helen.
Sidel, Victor W.
Aganbegyan, Abel G. (Abel Gezevich)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 

Series I. Resource Files (Original Order)

Box 1, folder 1

4 Implications of the Nuclear Age - James Thompson 1987-1988

Box 1, folder 2

20/20 Vision Letter Writing Campaign 1987

Box 1, folder 3

1989 CME (Continuing Medical Education) Credits 1 of 2 1989

Box 1, folder 4

1989 CME (Continuing Medical Education) Credits 2 of 2 1989

Box 1, folder 5

Activation Committee 1984-1985

Box 1, folder 6

Affiliate to Associate Members 1991

Box 1, folder 7

Abel Aganbegyan Visit - Esalen Institute Soviet-American Exchange Program 1988

Box 1, folder 8

Alaska Hepatitis B Virus Experiment 1987-1989

Material Specific Details: Content Warning: This file contains documentation (letters and publications) pertaining to safety concerns regarding an immunization program among indigenous peoples of Alaska that took place during the shift from plasma-derived HepB vaccines (licensed in 1981) to recombinant HepB vaccines (1986). Some of these materials contain potentially homophobic content. Researchers are expected to use this information responsibly.

Conditions Governing Access

Material in this folder is restriced in compliance with the The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hepatitis B -- Vaccination
Vaccine hesitancy
AIDS phobia
Box 1, folder 9

American Association of University Women 1985

Box 1, folder 10

"Amerika" -- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Television Miniseries 1986-1987

Box 1, folder 11

Amnesty International 1985-1986

Box 1, folder 12

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility 1988

Box 1, folder 13

Arms Control Workshop -- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) 1987-1988

Box 1, folder 14

Awareness Week 1987

Box 1, folder 15

Billboard Project 1986

Box 1, folder 16

Bowman, Robert 1985-1987

Scope and Contents

This file contains documents pertaining to a tour and appearance at Stanford by Robert M. Bowman, former Director of Advanced Space Programs Development for the United States Air Force.
Box 1, folder 17

Candidate Forums 1988

Scope and Contents

This file contains press releases, minutes, and correspondence regarding the event planning for a forum for congressional candidate dialogue
Box 1, folder 18

Choices for Women in the Nuclear Age 1986

Scope and Contents

This file includes a manuscript for the symposium proceedings titled "Choices for Women in the Nuclear Age."
Box 1, folder 19

Coalition for Congressional Dialog 1985-1987

Box 1, folder 20

Community Education in the Nuclear Age 1985

Box 1, folder 21

Computer Grant (Apple) 1989-1990

Scope and Contents

This file contains materials related to applying for a community grant from Apple Computer, Inc.
Box 1, folder 22

Crosby, Stills, and Nash 1990

Scope and Contents

This file contains a letter from Stanford Physicians for Social Responsibility to the American music group Crosby, Stills, and Nash regarding fundraising at a concert at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California.
Box 1, folder 23

Correspondence from Members 1982-1989

Box 1, folder 24

Correspondence - Information Requests 1983-1994

Box 1, folder 25

Cuba - US Health Care - Bechtel International Center 1994

Box 1, folder 26

The Day After - Hotline 1983

Scope and Contents

This file contains materials pertaining to the 1983 American made-for-television program "The Day After" and a Stanford Physicians for Social Responsibility emotional support telephone hotline.

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 1, folder 27

Earth Day 1992

Box 1, folder 28

Earth Day 1993

Box 1, folder 29

Economics of National Security Project 1986-1989

Box 1, folder 30

European Peace Movement Program 1988

Box 1, folder 31

Ex-Soviet 1993

Box 1, folder 32

Food and Wine Donations 1990-1991

Box 1, folder 33

James Goodby 1987

Box 1, folder 34

Government - Cities and Counties 1982-1987

Box 1, folder 35

Government - Legislators (Meetings with, Correspondence with, Voting Records) 1983-1988

Box 1, folder 36

Growing Up in the Nuclear Age 1988

Scope and Contents

This file contains papers from a conference workshop on family relations titled "Growing Up in the Nuclear Age: Parenting and Educating in the Nuclear Shadow," held at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, California.
Box 1, folder 37

Harold Willens Tribute 1986-1987

Scope and Contents

This file contains materials related to Paul Warnke, former United States Assistant Secretary of Defense, and a talk he gave at a dinner honoring nuclear freeze activist Harold Willens.
Box 1, folder 38

Herb Abrams Fund Raising Letters 1989-1990

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 1, folder 39

Hiroshima Day 1985

Scope and Contents

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 1, folder 40

Hiroshima Day 1985

Box 1, folder 41

Hiroshima Day 1987

Box 1, folder 42

Hiroshima Day 1988

Box 1, folder 43

Hiroshima Day 1989

Box 1, folder 44

Hiroshima Day 1990

Box 1, folder 45

Hiroshima Day 1991-1993

Scope and Contents

This file primarily contains materials related to a screening of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" at the Varsity Theater in Palo Alto, California. Among the documents is a film negative of "Rhapsody in August" that was used for promotional materials.
Box 2, folder 1

Human Race [Fundraiser] 1990

Box 2, folder 2

Human Race [Fundraiser] 1991

Box 2, folder 3

Human Race [Fundraiser 1992

Box 2, folder 4

IPPNW [International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War] Russian Visitors 1985

Scope and Contents

Among the mixed materials in this file are photographs.
Box 2, folder 5

Is Glasnost Real [Report from PSR Members] 1987

Box 2, folder 6

Lawrence Livermore 1989, 1990

Box 2, folder 7

Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control Meeting 1989

Box 2, folder 8

Leadership Recruitment Dessert 1988

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 2, folder 9

Legislation Circa 1991

Box 2, folder 10

Legislation '93 1993

Box 2, folder 11

Legislative Alert 1990

Box 2, folder 12

Legislative Contracts Circa 1992

Box 2, folder 13

Legislative Education 1984-1988

Box 2, folder 14

Robert Lifton (Ricky's Hyatt Hotel) 1990

Box 2, folder 15

Listings Circa 1995

Box 2, folder 16

Maimonides Society Membership Drive Letter 1990

Box 2, folder 17

Marketing Strategy for PSR [Apple University] 1987

Box 2, folder 18

Medical Outreach 1984-1987

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 2, folder 19

Meetings and Events at Stanford 1983-1987

Box 2, folder 20

Middle East Gulf War Circa 1991

Box 2, folder 21

Middle East Gulf War: Action to Take Circa 1990

Box 2, folder 22

Middle East Gulf War: Media 1991

Box 2, folder 23

Middle East Gulf War - Medical/Social 1991

Box 2, folder 24

Middle East Gulf War: MISC. 1990

Box 2, folder 25

Middle East Gulf War: Organizations 1990

Box 2, folder 26

Middle East Gulf War: PSR 1990

Box 2, folder 27

Military Bases 1991

Box 2, folder 28

Military Toxics 1992

Box 2, folder 29

Nuclear Cycle and Environment 1994

Box 2, folder 30

Nuclear Energy 1990

Box 2, folder 31

Nuclear Site Health 1993

Box 2, folder 32

Nuclear Tests 1990-1992

Box 2, folder 33

Nuclear Waste Site 1993

Box 2, folder 34

Old Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) 1986-1989

Box 2, folder 35

Old Fundraising Lists 1986-1990

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 2, folder 36

Outreach PSR Circa 1983

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 2, folder 37

Peace Child 1987

Box 2, folder 38

Peninsula Comprehensive Test Ban Non-Proliferation Coalition 1992-1994

Box 2, folder 39

People, Power, Politics Conference 1986

Box 2, folder 40

Petitions 1990

Box 2, folder 41

Political Correspondence 1990-1992

Box 2, folder 42

Post Gorbachev Panel 1990

Box 3, folder 1

Prescription for Prevention - Thematic Concept of Symposium by Perrin French 1983

Box 3, folder 2

Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control 1989, 1990

Box 3, folder 3

Programs 1986

Scope and Contents

Among the mixed materials in this file are photographs.
Box 3, folder 4

Programs 1989

Box 3, folder 5

Programs and Events 1985

Box 3, folder 6

Programs - Events 1983

Box 3, folder 7

Programs - Events - Bradley, Caldicott, Edge of History, Gayler, Ingram, Mult. points, Tennison, Vision of America 1984

Box 3, folder 8

Program Potentials Circa 1989

Box 3, folder 9

Project for Planetary Peace - USSR, Continuing Medical Education Circa 1990

Box 3, folder 10

Project Victory 1984-1986

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 3, folder 11

Project Victory - Processed Registrations 1985

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 3, folder 12

Proliferations of Nuclear Weapons 1990

Box 3, folder 13

PSR/Stanford Health Fair 1990

Box 3, folder 14

Rape Awareness Week 1989

Box 3, folder 15

Redefining National Security: The Human Costs of the Arms Race [PSR Organizers Kit] 1991

Box 3, folder 16

Research [Committee] 1984

Box 3, folder 17

Research - Committee Reports 1984

Box 3, folder 18

Research - Jules Riskin Research Project, Family Interaction and Nuclear War 1987

Box 3, folder 19

Research - Perrin French Correspondence 1984-1988

Box 3, folder 20

Resource Committee Circa 1986

Box 3, folder 21

Responsive Witness [Art Exhibition] 1991

Box 3, folder 22

Retreat 1985-1987

Box 3, folder 23

Retreat 1988-1989

Box 3, folder 24

Retreat 1990

Box 3, folder 25

Retreat 1991

Box 3, folder 26

Russian Campaign [Reclamation Program for the Salvage of Reusable Medical Equipment and Supplies] Circa 1992

Box 3, folder 27

Russia Trip 1985

Scope and Contents

Among the mixed materials in this file are photos.
Box 3, folder 28

San Jose Mercury News 1992-1993

Box 3, folder 29

SCIRE - Stedent Center for Innovation in Research and Education 1984

Box 3, folder 30

SDI [Strategic Defense Initiative] Panel 1987

Box 3, folder 31

Victor Sidel 1986

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.

Scope and Contents

Among the mixed materials in this file are photos.
Box 3, folder 32

Gerard Smith, Ambassador 1985

Box 3, folder 33

Soka Gakkai International 1994

Box 3, folder 34

Soviet Delegates 1987

Box 3, folder 35

Speakers Bureau 1984-1992

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 3, folder 36

Speaker's Bureau 1985

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 3, folder 37

Steering Committee 1984-1994

Box 3, folder 38

Steering Committee - Minutes 1986

Box 4, folder 1

Steering Committee - Minutes 1981-1983

Box 4, folder 2

Steering Committee - Minutes 1984-1985

Box 4, folder 3

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) 1992

Box 4, folder 4

Symposium on International Conflict and Negotiation 1994

Box 4, folder 5

Tax Day [Nuclear Weapons Budget] Crica 1991

Box 4, folder 6

Teachers Preparedness for the 21st Century 1987

Box 4, folder 7

Telephone Tree Project 1985-1989

Box 4, folder 8

Trimtab [Award] 1987-1988

Box 4, folder 9

Reed Tuckson 1990

Box 4, folder 10

US Ecology 1990

Box 4, folder 11

Ward Valley [Radioactive Waste Site] 1990

Box 4, folder 12

Weapons Systems 1984-1990

Box 4, folder 13

YMCAD (You Can Make a Diff. [Difference]) 1991-1992

Box 4, folder 14

Lantos, Zschau [Tom Lantos, Ed Zschau] 1984,1985

 

Series II. Resource Files (Devised Order)

Box 5, folder 1

America's Defense Monitor - Television Program Promotional Packet 1989-1990

Box 5, folder 2

The Arms Control Association 1981-1983

Box 5, folder 3

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Resources 1995

Box 5, folder 4

Congressional Visits 1993

Box 5, folder 5

The Economics of National Security Project Circa 1987

Box 5, folder 6

Helen Caldicott Talk Flyer 1991

Box 5, folder 7

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Tenth World Congress Program Draft 1991

Box 5, folder 8

Networking Circa 1994

Box 5, folder 9

Nobel Peace Prize to International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1985

Box 5, folder 10

Nuclear Technology, Society and Health Circa 1987

Box 5, folder 11

Strategic Defense Initiative - "Star Wars" Circa 1986

Box 5, folder 12

Strategic Life Extension Initiative Circa 1989

Box 5, folder 13

Stanford Physicians for Social Responsibility Response to San Francisco Chronicle Editor on Fundraising Practices Story 1994

Box 5, folder 14

Public Health Articles and Clippings 1983-1993

Box 5, folder 15

Violence - Guns 1994

 

Sub-Series: Environment

Box 5, folder 16

D.O.E. [Department of Energy] Information, Environment circa 1991

Box 5, folder 17

Owen Hoffman Paper - Thyroid/Fallout 2001

Box 5, folder 18

Pleasanton Sludge 1987-1999

Box 5, folder 19

Silica Gel Report LANL [Los Alamos National Laboratory circa 1998

 

Sub-Sub-Series: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Box 5, folder 20

Environmental Community Letter - Lawrence Livermore 2003

Box 5, folder 21

Final Environmental Impact Report - Livermore 1992

Box 5, folder 22

Livermore Ref [Reference] Documents and Historical Antinuclear Articles (Public Health School Reader) 1992, 1988

Box 5, folder 23

The "RadioActivist" Campaign 2005

Box 5, folder 24

Sludge in Livermore 2002

Box 5, folder 25

SWEIS [Supplemental Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement] 2004

 

Series III. Meetings and Events

Box 5, folder 26

1994 National Meeting 1994

Box 5, folder 27

Choices for Women in the Nuclear Age [Conference Program] 1986

Box 5, folder 28

Hiroshima, Nagasaki 50th [Year Anniversary] 1995

Box 5, folder 29

National-Chapter Meetings February 9-10, 1996 @ D.C. 1996

Box 5, folder 30

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] National circa 1994

Box 5, folder 31

Prescription for Prevention: Nuclear War Our Greatest Hazard [Program and Talks] 1993

Box 5, folder 32

Program - Conference Planning 1986-1987

Box 5, folder 33

[Symposium and Conference Talks] 1983-1997

Box 5, folder 34

[Western Regional Retreat] 1995

 

Sub-Series: Physicians for Social Responsibility 1989 National Meeting

Box 5, folder 35

[1989 National Meeting - Administrative Resources] 1983, 1989

Box 5, folder 36

Annual Meeting 1989 Media 1988-1989

Box 5, folder 37

Annual Meeting Evaluations [1989] 1989

Box 5, folder 38

Annual Meeting [1989] Volunteers 1988-1989

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 5, folder 39

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Annual Meeting 1989 Bed and Breakfast 1989

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 5, folder 40

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Annual Meeting 1989 CME [Continuing Medical Education] 1989

Box 5, folder 41

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Annual Meeting 1989 Outreach 1988-1989

Box 5, folder 42

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Annual Meeting [1989] Planning Bible 1988-1989

Box 5, folder 43

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] National - 1989 Annual Meeting 1989

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 5, folder 44

[Physicians for Social Responsibility Redefining National Security - Annual Meetings Planning Guide] 1989

 

Series IV. Educational and Study Materials

Box 6, folder 1

["The Edge of History" Film Production] circa 1984

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 6, folder 2

[Educational and Study Course Materials] 1985-1997

Scope and Contents

Among the mixed materials in this file are photos.
Box 6, folder 3

Exploring the Physicians role in the Nuclear Age 1985

Box 6, folder 4

[The Last 15 Minutes - Ballistic Missile Defense in Perspective] 1996

Box 6, folder 5

Modern Warfare: Nuclear, Chemical, Biological, Medical Aspects, Societal Effects. Radiology Course #237 Contents of Handout] 1992

Box 6, folder 6

[Prevention of Nuclear War - A Handbook and Readings - Draft] 1983

Box 6, folder 7

[Public Health and Nuclear Weapons Course] 1987

Box 6, folder 8

[Radiation, Risk, and the Community, Training and Presentation] 1 of 2 2000

Box 6, folder 9

[Radiation, Risk, and the Community, Training and Presentation] 2 of 2 2002

Box 6, folder 10

Study Guide [Prescription for Prevention - Nuclear War: Our Greatest Health Hazard] circa 1984

 

Series V. Newsletters

Box 6, folder 11

Other PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Groups' Newsletters - Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nassau, North Carolina 1992-1998

Box 6, folder 12

Other PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Groups' Newsletters - Ohio, Oregon, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, Washington 1994-1998

Box 6, folder 13

Stanford PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Chapter Newsletters 1 of 3 1981-1992

Box 6, folder 14

Stanford PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Chapter Newsletters 2 of 3 1981-1992

Box 6, folder 15

Stanford PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] Chapter Newsletters 3 of 3 1981-1992

 

Series VI. Administrative Files

Box 6, folder 16

[Delegation of Financial Authority - University Expenditures and Transfers] 1994

Box 6, folder 17

Executive Board/Steering Committee 1 of 2 1984-1993

Box 6, folder 18

Executive Board/Steering Committee 2 of 2 1984-1993

Box 6, folder 19

Fundraising Policies (Nat'l) [National] 1994-1995

Box 6, folder 20

[Membership Billing Statements] 1993-1994

Conditions Governing Access

File contains restricted personally identifiable information.
Box 6, folder 21

PSR [Physicians for Social Responsibility] and California Legislature 1984-1989

Box 6, folder 22

[Tax Reports and Financial Compliance] 1983

 

Series VII. Media and Press Kits

Box 7, folder 1

Abolition 2000 Action Kit 1996

Box 7, folder 2

Dead Reckoning - A Critical of the Department of Energy's Epidemiologic Research Press Kit 1992

Box 7, folder 3

Media Projects and Contacts 1982-1988

Box 7, folder 4

NPT [Non-proliferation Treaty] Information Kit 1995

Box 7, folder 5

Press Releases 1984-1985

Box 7, folder 6

[A Scrapbook of Press Coverage] 1981-1983

Box 7, folder 7

Speak Out: On the Future of the Nuclear Weapons Complex and Nuclear Materials 1996

Box 7, folder 8

Star wars [Strategic Defense Initiative] PSR Speakers' Kit circa 1987

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Box 7, folder 9

Time to Stop Nuclear Testing! - PSR Action Kit 1995

Box 7, folder 10

Provenance Record 2023

 

Series VIII. Audiovisual Materials

Box 8

VHS Tapes 1983-1984

Box 8

Cassette Tapes 1989

Box 9

Photos 1984-1992

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Photos are distributed between two folders. The photos were kept in their original order and were minimally processed.