mnsss496 Helen Caldicott Papers, 1961- 1996 (ongoing) Finding Aid Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

2010

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 12.0. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. July 26, 2010 Finding aid written in English. Collection Overview Caldicott, Helen Helen Caldicott Papers1961-1996 (ongoing) MS 223 38 boxes (47.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Pediatrician, antinuclear activist, Co-founder of Women's Party for Survival and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. Papers include correspondence, memorabilia, publicity, photographs, writings, research files, and audiovisual materials. Also included are organizational records of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament [NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you would like one sent to you.] Biographical Note

Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician and environmental activist. In her native Australia, she led successful campaigns to ban French atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium mining. In the U.S., she revived Physicians for Social Responsibility while an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a fellow at Children's Hospital Medical Center. In 1980, she resigned to become a full-time anti-nuclear activist. She helped found the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear War, and the Women's Party for Survival, later called the Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND), then Women's Action for New Directions.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Helen Caldicott Papers include correspondence; memorabilia; publicity; photographs; video tapes; and writings, including speeches, letters to editors, and manuscripts of her books Missile Envy, Nuclear Madness, and A Desperate Passion. Also included are organizational records of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament; as well as subject files, research material, publications, and audiovisual materials.

[NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection if you would like one sent to you.]

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.

The material in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Preferred Citation

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Helen Caldicott Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Periodic additions to collection are expected and may not be reflected in this record.

The Helen Caldicott Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Helen Caldicott beginning in 1983.

This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

Antinuclear movement--History--Sources Ecofeminism--History--Sources Environmentalists--United States--Biography--Sources Nuclear disarmament--History--Sources Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects--History--Sources Nuclear warfare--Environmental aspects--History--Sources Women and peace--History--20th century--Sources Environmental protection--Citizen participation--History--20th century Peace movements--History--20th century--Sources Pediatricians--United States--Biography--Sources Women environmentalists--Biography--Sources Women physicians--Biography--Sources Women's Action for New Directions Caldicott, Helen