Birth Control and Controlling Birth

mah9 Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Technology: Analysis by Women Workshop. Records, 1975-1982 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Susan A. Dayall. Hampshire College Archives

Amherst, MA

Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Susan A. Dayall. 2005-01-26 Finding aid written in English 2005-09-23 mah9 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Hampshire College Archives Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Technology: Analysis by Women Workshop. Records, 1975-1982 Finding Aid DF3.S9 Susan A. Dayall 2005

Collection Overview Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Technology: Analysis by Women Workshop. Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Technology: Analysis by Women Workshop Records 1975-1982 DF3.S9 5 boxes ( 2.5 linear ft.) Hampshire College Archives This workshop, held at Hampshire College on June 24-29, 1979, was the first conference on reproductive technology to focus on women's perceptions of the ethical issues involved. The file, kept by principal investigator Helen B. Holmes, includes material on grant proposals and planning, the conference itself, two books which were later published of the conference proceedings, and reaction to the conference and the books. English. Historical Note

This workshop (known by the acronym EIRTAW), held at Hampshire College on June 24-29, 1979, was the first conference on reproductive technology to focus on women's perceptions of the ethical issues involved. It was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the EVIST (Ethical Issues in Science and Technology) program. Many of the NSF evaluators of the proposal and the program (the majority were male) doubted the legitimacy of this focus on women's opinions, as documented in the file. The principal investigator and co-director of the workshop was Helen B. Holmes, who was on the faculty of Russell Sage College at the time of the proposal. The workshop brought together invited participants from many fields. The proceedings of the workshop were published in two volumes, Birth Control and Controlling Birth (Humana Press, 1980) and The Custom-Made Child? (Humana Press, 1981), which are present in the collection. A follow-up symposium was held in January 1980 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The files consist of grant proposals, correspondence and working files for the workshop, transcripts and edited versions of the papers presented, correspondence relating to the published proceedings, cassette tapes of the workshop, and material relating to the AAAS symposium. The meticulous arrangement of the files was maintained during processing, including the section headings indicated in capital letters in the Contents List. The sections are in chronological order, further divided by subject or correspondent in alphabetical order.

Information on Use Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Technology: Analysis by Women Workshop. Records, 1975-1982. Archives, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002.

History of the Collection

The files were kept by the principal investigator, Helen B. Holmes, until they were donated to Hampshire College in February 2004.

Search Terms Holmes, Helen B. Human reproductive technology--Moral and ethical aspects. 1 PRE-PROPOSAL 1 Hastings Center Workshop, 1975 (inspiring the grant proposal) 1 Callahan, Daniel. Correspondence, 1975-77 1 Responses to Aug. 1975 notice in Hastings Center Report 1 Early grant assistance and professional associations 1 PROPOSAL 1 Preliminary proposal, Sept. 1977 1 Proposal rejected, Apr. 1978 1 Proposal, Aug. 1978, accepted 1 Budget revisions, 1978 1 Blanpied, William (NSF grant assistance) 1 Kutter, Elizabeth (NSF rep and active discussant) 1 Hastings Center consultation, Jan. 8, 1979 1 Quarterly Reports, First (Mar. 1, 1979) through Sixth (May 30, 1980) 1 Final Grant Report, Mar. 31, 1981 1 Ford Foundation 1 ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1 Advisory committee, 1978-79 1 Cassidy, Marie M. 1 Gross, Michael 1 Hoskins, Betty 1 Major, Gerene 1 Ramaley, Judith (co-director) 1 Raymond, Janice (co-director) 1 Swenson, Norma 1 Whitbeck, Caroline 1 PARTICIPANTS 1 Participants - Recruitment 1 Participants - Biographies and analysis 2 Participants - Mailings and payroll 2 Participants, A-W (Correspondence with individuals) 2 Observers 2 Rejected 2 PROGRAM 2 Program 2 Childbirth 2 Contraceptives 2 Depo-provera and sterilization abuse 3 DES (diethylstilbesterol) 3 Manipulative reproductive technologies 3 Neonate 3 Policy-making and projections 3 Prenatal diagnosis 3 Sex preselection 3 Resolutions, June 29, 1979 3 Conference notebook for participants 3 WORKSHOP AS EVENT 3 Budget 3 Conference arrangements, Hampshire College 3 Goals 3 Photographs 3 Press clippings 3 Press releases 4 EVALUATORS 4 Evaluation committee and Report, 1979-80 4 Individual evaluators - correspondence 4 AAAS 4 AAAS Symposium, 1980 and book rejection 4 BOOKS 4 Publications subcommittee 4 Publishers rejections and offers rejected 4 Humana Press - contract and correspondence 4 NSF permission to publish 4 Editing 4 Marketing 4 Reviews 4 Testimonial requests 4 Birth Control and Controlling Birth: Women-Centered Perspectives. Ed. by Helen B. Holmes, Betty B. Hoskins and Michael Gross. Clifton, NJ: Humana Press, 1980 4 The Custom-Made Child?: Women-Centered Perspectives. Ed. by Helen B. Holmes, Betty B. Hoskins and Michael Gross. Clifton, NJ: Humana Press, 1981. 5 Index to EIRTAW cassette tapes 5 Audiocassette tapes of EIRTAW Workshop proceedings. 24 cassettes 5 Published cassettes of AAAS Symposium: Human Reproduction Technology Ethics, Jan. 3-8, 1980. 2 cassettes 5 T-Shirt for EIRTAW