Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Abrams, Herbert L. and Reagan, Ronald
- Extent:
- 75.5 Linear Feet (57 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Herbert L. Abrams Papers (SC0858). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers pertaining to his medical teaching career include syllabi from Harvard Medical School Departments of Radiology and Continuing Education, 1982-1984; materials from Resident Seminars, 1956-1982; his reprints; and general professional papers which include correspondence, circa 1950-1971, and articles, talks, and conference materials, 1986-1988. The collection also includes research files and his writings on civil defense, the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, Yalta Conference of 1945, cognition and decision-making, decision-makers and Soviet leaders, nuclear accidents, effects of radiation, and presidential health.
- Biographical / historical:
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Herbert Abrams is a professor of radiology, emeritus, at the Stanford School of Medicine and a member-in-residence at CISAC [Center for International Security and Cooperation], where he directs the Project on Disabled Leadership. He was Professor and Director of Diagnostic Radiology at Stanford from 1960 to 1967, and was then appointed and served as Philip H. Cook Professor and Chairman of Radiology at Harvard University from 1967 to 1985. He returned to Stanford in 1985 as Professor of Radiology. Abrams was founding vice president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. He was also active for more than 20 years in Physicians for Social Responsibility.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Herbert L. Abrams 2007-2016.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Herbert L. Abrams Papers (SC0858). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022