Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.) Oregon Chapter
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Henry D. Barker papers
Collection
Identifier: 2012-009
Abstract
The papers of Henry D. Barker, M.D. (1916-96) provide a variety of materials which emphasize two diiferent facets of his career. A vast array of technical data is available concerning his wartime service in the Army Medical Corps in Panama. The papers relating his postwar career are primarily concerned with his paricipation in the group Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Dates:
1916-1996
Charles M. Grossman papers
Collection
Identifier: 2008-027
Abstract
Charles M. Grossman (1914-2013) was an instructor at the University of Oregon Medical School; conducted research on the first use of Penicillin clinically, mushroom poisoning, and blood work leading to patents on an early dialysis machine; and later served as co-organizer of the Portland Chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility. This collection contains a variety of papers, reprints, travel brochures, correspondence, news clippings, reports, magazine articles, ephemera, bound...
Dates:
1935-2012
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility accrual
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019-020
Dates:
1980 - 2015
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records
Collection
Identifier: 2010-007
Abstract
Founded in 1961, Physicians for Social Responsibility made its mark by documenting the presence of highly radioactive waste products from atmospheric nuclear testing that led to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban treaty. Their work for the environment and public health continued, focusing on issues such as ending the nuclear arms race, global climate change and toxic pollution, the role of oil and diplomacy in conflict, research and development of renewable energy technologies, decreasing U.S. oil...
Dates:
1980-2018
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records accrual
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-016
Dates:
1981-2022
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records accrual [digital]
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-017
Dates:
2010 - 2021
Joy Spalding collection on Physicians for Social Responsibility
Collection
Identifier: 2012-010
Abstract
These materials come from Joy Spalding's research and writing on the history of the Portland chapter of the Physicians for Social Responsibility. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, campaign information, articles and clippings, reports, and ephemera.
Dates:
1980-2011
Alice M. Stewart interviews
Collection
Identifier: 2003-002
Abstract
Dr. Alice Stewart (1906-2002) was a British radiologist recognized for her groundbreaking research on social medicine and the effects of radiation exposure on health. Dr. Stewart's notable research includes her studies of pediatric cancers related to X-rays, the health effects of working with TNT, and the investigation of health outcomes at the Hanford plutonium plant. This collection contains materials from 1984 to 1990 and contains audio cassettes and speech and interview transcripts. The...
Dates:
1984-1990
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- Collection 5
- Unprocessed Material 3
- Subject
- Environmental Activism 5
- Medicine and Health 5
- Nuclear disarmament 5
- Oregon 4
- Activism -- Peace 3
- Activism -- Social 3
- China 3
- Civic Activism 3
- Environmental protection 3
- Hiroshima Day 3
- Iraq War (2003-2011) 3
- Korea (North) 3
- PSR Day 3
- Physicians 3
- Climate Change 2
- Health Disparity, Minority and Vulnerable Populations 2
- Nobel Prizes 2
- Nuclear Weapons and Testing 2
- Pediatrics 2
- Radiation 2
- Washington (State)--Hanford Site 2
- World War (1939-1945) 2
- ephemera (general object genre) 2
- lecture notes 2
- pamphlets 2
- Advertising and Marketing 1
- Aging 1
- Civil Rights 1
- Colleges and Universities 1
- Communicable Diseases 1
- Geriatrics 1
- Internal Medicine 1
- Medicine, Military 1
- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Persian Gulf War (1991) 1
- Political Campaigns 1
- Portland 1
- Poverty 1
- Public Health 1
- Radiology 1
- Universities and colleges--Faculty 1
- broadsheet (format) 1
- news bulletins 1 + ∧ less
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