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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records, 1980-2018
Overview of the Collection
- Cre
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.) Oregon Chapter
- Title
- Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records
- Dates
- 1980-2018 (inclusive)19802018
- Quantity
- 4.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 2010-007
- Summary
- 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 consumption, and increasing conservation and energy efficiency. The group created a local Portland, OR chapter in 1980. This collection includes administrative files, campaign information, various publications and books, and audiovisual materials.
- Repository
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Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd. MC:LIB
Portland, OR
97239
Telephone: 5034945587
hcaref@ohsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes administrative files; campaign information such as articles, flyers, and brochures; various publications and books; and audiovisual materials including 7 boxes of 35mm slides for slide show presentations.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Founded in 1961, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) soon made its mark by documenting the presence of Strontium-90, a highly radioactive waste product of atmospheric nuclear testing, in children's teeth. This finding led to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban treaty that ended atmospheric nuclear testing.
In 1985, PSR shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded that year to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), for building public pressure to reverse the nuclear arms race. In the 1990s, PSR built on its record of achievement by helping to end nuclear warhead production and winning U.S. passage of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that still offers the possibility of a world without nuclear tests.
In 1992, PSR expanded its mission to apply its medical expertise to environmental health issues, in recognition of the grave risks to human health posed by global climate change and toxic pollution. That same year, PSR's mobilization of the medical community on environmental health issues led to a collaboration among MIT, the Harvard School of Public Health, Brown University, and PSR's Greater Boston chapter that resulted in Critical Condition, Dr. Eric Chivian's definitive volume on human health and the environment.
In 2006, PSR launched an Energy Security Initiative focused on environmental health and security issues and their impact on public health. They produced and held briefings on their report, "Powering Foreign Policy: The Role of Oil and Diplomacy in Conflict", that brought together a diverse array of public policy organizations, congressional policymakers, embassy staff, security experts, and the media; and mobilized thousands of PSR activists to send a letter to President Bush for inadequately funding research and development of renewable energy technologies and for failing to implement the most effective tools for decreasing U.S. oil consumption, and increasing conservation and energy efficiency.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.
Preferred Citation
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility records, Collection Number 2010-007, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is serialized currently into sections on administration, issues, publications, books, albums, and audiovisual materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Business RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | "Pronouncements by Remarkable People" |
1923-2007 |
1 | 2 | Tax Issues |
1980-2007 |
1 | 3 | Annual Chapter Reports |
1993-2001 |
1 | 4 | Organizational Assessment Questionnaire |
1999 |
1 | 5 | Board of Advisors Nominating Committee |
1999-2009 |
1 | 6 | Annual Report |
2000 |
1 | 7 | National Report |
2001 |
1 | 8 | Reed College Intern Program |
2001-2002 |
1 | 9 | Annual Report |
2002 |
1 | 10 | Dues to National Organization |
2003 |
1 | 11 | Board Meeting Minutes |
2007 |
1 | 12 | Board Minutes |
2010 |
1 | 13 | PSR E-mail List |
2012 |
digital-file | |||
2010-007 | 2018.05.22 | Histories of the organization |
2006, 2013-2014 |
Box | |||
1 | 14 | Various unidentified photographs (Senator Lou Frederick is in one of the photographs) |
1980-1990 |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Medical Aspects of Nuclear War Symposium |
1982 |
2 | 2 | Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), aka"Star Wars" |
1983-1992 |
2 | 3 | Naval Nuclear Weapons & Rose Festival |
1984-1991 |
2 | 4 | Nobel Peace Prize |
1985 |
2 | 5 | City Portland Proclaims PSR Day |
1985-2003 |
2 | 6 | Editorials |
1985-2009 |
2 | 7 | Nuclear Weapons & Power |
1985-2010 |
2 | 8 | Effects of War on Oregon |
1987-2004 |
2 | 9 | Gulf War Syndrome |
1994-1997 |
2 | 10 | Poem "Phoenicians" by Ursula LeGuin; and one Disarmament (peace) symbol |
undated |
2 | 11 | Greenfield Peace Writing Contest |
2009-2011 |
2 | 12 | PSR and China |
1984-2004 |
3 | 1 | Hiroshima Day |
1994-2010 |
3 | 2 | Nuclear Warfare Studies |
2001-2005 |
3 | 3 | Health Risks-Toxicity-Eating |
2002-2009 |
3 | 4 | Global Warming |
2005-2006 |
3 | 5 | Global Warming Flyers |
2006 |
3 | 6 | Beyond Oil |
2006 |
3 | 7 | Amicus Brief Vs. E.P.A. Bull Run |
2006 |
3 | 8 | Memoirs Oregon Chapter Organizers |
2006-2010 |
3 | 9 | Peace & Conflicts Studies Symposium |
2008 |
3 | 10 | Hazardous Chemicals & Health Care |
2009 |
3 | 11 | China Today |
2009 |
3 | 12 | Photographs |
2009 |
3 | 13 | Environmental Health |
2010 |
3 | 14 | OHSU Faculty Affiliated with PSR |
2012 |
3 | 15 | One color print PSR retreat 2010;1 "Stop Nuclear Tests" felt armband;1small home made "Peace" banner;1 packet decals;2 plastic proofs PSR decal. |
undated |
3 | 16 | Hanford Nuclear Dump site |
undated |
Publications, 1977-2010Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Select PSR Brochures |
1977-2012 |
4 | 2 | Effects of Nuclear War |
1980-1984 |
4 | 3 | Washington State Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Plan |
1995 |
4 | 4 | The Health of Washington State |
1996 |
4 | 5 | State of Washington Population Trends |
1997 |
4 | 6 | Washington State Annual Commuicable Disease Report |
2000 |
4 | 7 | Degrees of Danger |
2002 |
5 | 1 | Code Black:A Medical Emergency |
2008 |
5 | 2 | Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit |
2008 |
5 | 3 | Folded Crane |
1988-2011, 2018 |
5 | 4 | Menu of Change:Healthy Food in Health Care |
2011 |
5 | 5 | PSR Brochures |
circa 2011 |
5 | 6 | Hibakusha brochures |
undated |
digital-file | |||
2010-007 | 2018.05.22 | Newsletters |
2014-2015 |
Box | |||
6 | Warum ich Pazifist wurde (Why I became a Pacifist) edited by Heinrich Albertz |
1983 | |
6 | Identifikationen (Identifications) by H. Begemann & P.Voswinckel |
1988 | |
6 | Plutonium by Benno Splieth |
1987 | |
6 | Radioaktivitat-verstandlich (Radioactivity-Understandable) by Elmar Trabert |
2007 | |
6 | Kaufliche Wissenschaft (Science for Sale) by Antje Bultmann editor |
1994 | |
6 | Tschernobyl: Auswirkungen auf Umwelt, Gesundheit, und Menschenrechte: (Chernobyl: Effects on Environment,Health & Human Rights) |
1996 | |
6 | Life's Delicate Balance by Janette D. Sherman MD |
2000 | |
6 | Strahlengefahr fur Mensch und Umwelt (Radiation Danger for Man & Environment) |
2000 | |
6 | Tschernobyl by Gerhard Lindner |
1988 | |
6 | War and Public Health, editors Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel |
2000 | |
6 | Maintain Life on Earth!: Documentation of 6th World Congress IPPNW |
1986 |
Prescriptions to Stop Nuclear Testing albums, 1986Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
7 | Album 1 |
1986 |
7 | Album 2 |
1986 |
7 | Album 3 |
1986 |
Audio-Visual and Oversized materialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
8 | Nuclear war slide shows |
1982-1984 | |
Folder | |||
9 | 1 | Slide show reading material |
1982-1983 |
9 | Biology of Nuclear War (Slide box 7) |
1983 | |
9 | Biology of Nuclear War pamphlet |
1982 | |
9 | Health Effects of War (2 VHS tapes) |
undated | |
9 | Korea (VHS tape) |
undated | |
9 | Dr. Helen Caldicott Speech City Club (audiocassette) |
1984 | |
9 | Oversize PSR Exhibit Posters |
undated | |
digital-file | Folder | ||
2010-007 | 2022.01.18 | Del Greenfield PSR plaque [photograph] |
1998 |
Box | |||
10 | First Do No Harm: Polyvinyl Chloride and Medicine's Responsibility [VHS tape] |
2000 | |
10 | Environment & Breast Cancer: Education for Change [VHS tape] |
undated | |
10 | Protecting the Columbia River: The Hanford Cleanup [VHS tape] |
2005 March | |
10 | Altruistic Insight #30 Iran by Catherine Thomasson MD [VHS tape] |
2007 October 24 | |
digital-file | |||
Tape 1: Courstagrief 1 |
1986 May 5 | ||
Tape 2: Courstagrief 2 |
1986 May 5 | ||
Tape 3: Board Meeting |
1987 July 16 | ||
Tape 4: Board Meeting |
1988 February 6 | ||
Tape 5: Board Meeting |
1988 February 6 | ||
Tape 6: Board Meeting |
1988 February 6 | ||
Tape 7: Board Meeting |
1988 Feburary 17 | ||
Tape 8: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 9: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 10: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 11: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 12: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 13: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 14: Board Meeting |
1988 April 6 | ||
Tape 15: Board Meeting |
1988 December 13 | ||
Tape 16: Board Meeting (?) and Newstrack Executive Tape Service (partial) |
1989 April 12 | ||
Tape 17: Board Meeting |
1994 January 22 | ||
Tape 18: Board Meeting [side B blank] |
1994 March 12 | ||
Tape 19: Board Meeting (partial) |
1994 March 23 | ||
Tape 20: Board Meeting |
1994 April 3 | ||
Tape 21: Board Meeting |
1994 June 8 | ||
Tape 22: Board Meeting (partial) [side B blank] |
1994 June 16 | ||
Tape 23: Board Meeting |
1994 June 29 | ||
Tape 24: 1st MLS Session |
1994 November 23 | ||
Tape 25: Wrench Focus- Group 1 |
undated | ||
Tape 26: Misred Poet Records [side B blank] |
undated | ||
Tape 27: Fuzok, Halvorsou, Williams, Selling [side B blank] |
undated | ||
Tape 28: 4-27 class |
undated | ||
Tape 29: Board Meeting |
undated | ||
Tape 30: Board Meeting |
undated | ||
10 | Digital Videocassettes [3] |
undated | |
10 | Mini-cassettes [8] |
undated | |
digital-file | Folder | ||
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Global Warming [CD 1] |
2004 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Public Health and Social Justice - Martin Donohoe powerpoints [CD 2] [content warning graphic images] |
2006 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | PSR Annual Awards Dinner Photos [CD 3] |
2012 April 7 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | PSR 2010 Awards Dinner [CD 4] |
2010 May 10 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Toxic Threats to Child Development [CD 5] |
2006 January 9 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit [CD 6] |
2007 March 5 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | PSR Gaza Report [DVD 1] |
2012 April 16 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | PSR Annual Awards Dinner [DVD 2] |
2010 May 10 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Fourth Annual Awards Dinner Keynote Speaker Dr. Helen Caldicott [DVD 3] |
2012 April 18 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | "More Talk Radio" KBOO [DVD 4] |
2013 August 6 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | PSR Fish Brochure [DVD 5] |
2005 March 29 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Rotary PSR Talk Duane Ray [DVD 6] |
2006 August 5 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_1 | Addressing Climate Change: Health Benefits of Reducing Fossil Fuel Use [DVD 7] |
2015 July 16 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Torturing Democracy [DVD 8] |
2008 October 27 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Beyond Oil Conference, Michael Klare [DVD 9] |
2006 May 26 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | USNRC Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants [DVD 10] |
2011 August 18 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Healing Iraq: A Tale of Two Doctors [DVD 11] |
2007 January 21 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Health Effects of War [DVD 12] |
1999 December 31 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Medical Consequences of War: Health Challenges Beyond the Battlefield [DVD 13] |
2006 June 11 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | At the Source: An Interview with Dr. Janette Sherman [DVD 14] |
2011 April 27 |
2010-007 | 2022.01.11_2 | Education and Action to Prevent Global Warming poster |
2018 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Activism--Peace
- Activism--Social
- Environmental protection
- Hiroshima Day
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Nobel Prizes
- Nuclear disarmament
- PSR Day
- Persian Gulf War (1991)
- Public Health
Personal Names
- Caldicott, Helen
- Cassel, Christine K.
- Greenfield, Del
- Grossman, Charles Milton
- Thomasson, Catherine
Corporate Names
- Hanford Health Information Network
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Geographical Names
- China
- Korea (North)
- Oregon
- Oregon--Portland
- Washington (State)--Hanford Site
Form or Genre Terms
- ephemera (general object genre)