Helen S. Hawkins Collection
Mandeville Special Collections Library
Mandeville Special Collections Library
The UCSD Libraries
9500 Gilman Drive
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Phone: (858) 534-2533
Fax: (858) 534-5950
URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/
Copyright 2005
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Creator:
Hawkins, Helen S.
Title: Helen S. Hawkins Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1974 - 1987
Extent:
5.10 linear feet
(11 archives boxes)
Abstract: Two manuscript versions of the book TOWARD A LIVABLE WORLD: LEO SZILARD AND THE CRUSADE FOR NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL (1987) prepared
by Helen S. Hawkins and co-edited with G. Allen Greb and Gertrude Weiss Szilard. The early version (1974-1976) contains a
larger volume of documents by Leo Szilard than the later condensed version. The materials follow a chronological sequence
which dates from 1945 to 1964. The collection is arranged in one series: 1) TOWARD A LIVABLE WORLD... MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS.
Accessions processed in 1996 contain videorecordings and cassette audiorecordings of interviews conducted by Helen Hawkins
while at KPBS Public Television in San Diego, California. The materials are arranged in two series: 2) VIDEORECORDINGS and
3) CASSETTE AUDIORECORDINGS.
Repository:
University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Collection number: MSS 0131
Language of Material:
Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Not Available
Preferred Citation
Helen S. Hawkins Collection, MSS 0131. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Biography
Helen S. Hawkins received her doctorate in History from the University of California, San Diego in 1975. Between 1974 and
1975 she was a Research Associate working in the Leo Szilard Papers in the Program in Science, Technology and Public Affairs
at UCSD. Hawkins later joined the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at UCSD. During the late 1970s and early
1980s, Hawkins worked in the Humanities Office of KPBS Public Television in San Diego, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
Accessions Processed in 1993
This collection contains manuscript materials prepared by Helen Hawkins for the production of the book "Toward a Livable World:
Leo Szilard and the Crusade for Nuclear Arms Control" (1987). Helen Hawkins co-edited the work with G. Allen Greb and Gertrude
Weiss Szilard. The collection is arranged in one series: "TOWARD A LIVABLE WORLD..." MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS.
The series is organized in two subseries, "NSF Grant Manuscript, 1974-1976" and "IGCC Office Files." The National Science
Foundation Grant manuscript was produced in consultation with Gertrude Weiss Szilard and includes a much larger representation
of materials from the Leo Szilard Papers (also held by UCSD; see MSS 32) than is included in the published work. The manuscript
contains photocopies of documents and explanatory text which follows a chronological sequence. This early version of the
manuscript provides a useful introduction to the Leo Szilard Papers.
The files which comprise the second subseries were transferred from UCSD's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and
represent a revised version of the manuscript. Also included is correspondence between Helen Hawkins and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Press.
Accessions Processed in 1996
Helen Hawkins worked in the Humanities Office of KPBS Public Television in San Diego, California in the late 1970s and early
1980s. She conducted numerous interviews for the program VIEWPOINTS, special programs, and conference discussions. Important
personalities interviewed include Herbert Marcuse, Herbert York, James Burke, and Gertrude Weiss Szilard. Included are videorecordings
and cassette audiorecordings of interviews which Helen Hawkins conducted while at KPBS.
The materials are arranged in two series: 2) VIDEORECORDINGS and 3) CASSETTE AUDIORECORDINGS.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Hawkins, Helen S. -- Archives
Abzug, Bella S. 1920- -- Interviews
Christo, 1935- -- Interviews
Marcuse, Herbert, 1898- -- Interviews
Stoppard, Tom -- Interviews
York, Herbert F. -- (Herbert Frank) -- Interviews
Burbidge, E. Margaret -- Interviews
Clark, Ramsey, 1927- -- Interviews
KPBS (Television station : San Diego, Calif.)
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Newsthink (Television program)
Viewpoints (Television program)
Interviews -- United States
Documentary television programs -- United States
Biography -- 20th century
United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
United States -- Biography
Collection Contents
Accessions Processed in 1993
"TOWARD A LIVABLE WORLD..." MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS
NSF Grant Manuscript, 1974-1976
box 1, folder 1
Volume II - List of documents and outline.
box 1, folder 2
Szilard-Teller television debate transcript
1960
Note
Corrected by Edward Teller
box 1, folder 3
Part II - Chapter One - pp.803-928
box 1, folder 4
Part II - Chapter One - pp. 929-1030
box 1, folder 5
Part II - Chapter Two - pp. 1031-1195
box 1, folder 6
Part II - Chapter Three - pp. 1196-1348
box 1, folder 7
Part II - Chapter Three - pp. 1349-1449
box 1, folder 8
Part II - Chapter Four - pp. 1450-1590
box 2, folder 1
Part II - Chapter Five - pp. 1591-1769
box 2, folder 2
Part II - Chapter Six - pp. 1770-1902
box 2, folder 3
Part II - Chapter Seven - pp. 1903-2093
box 2, folder 4
Part II - Chapter Eight - pp. 2094-2165
box 2, folder 5
Part III - Chapter One - pp. 2166-2321
box 2, folder 6
Part III - Chapter Two - pp. 2322-2367
Note
Economic and social issues.
box 2, folder 7
Part III - Chapter Three - pp. 2368-2391
Note
Children's stories and other pleasant matters.
box 3, folder 1
MIT Press Correspondence
1976 - 1988
box 3, folder 4
Prepared Table of Contents
1975
box 3, folder 5
Bernstein's Introduction
1985
box 3, folder 6
Chapter I, pages 803-1030
Note
Folders 6 through 10
box 3, folder 11
Chapter II, pages 1031-1195
Note
Folders 11 through 13
box 3, folder 14
Chapter III, pages 1196-1449
Note
Folders 14 through 18
box 4, folder 1
Chapter IV, pages 1450-1590
box 4, folder 4
Chapter V, pages 1591-1769
box 4, folder 8
Chapter VI, pages 1770-1902
Note
Folders 8 through 10
box 4, folder 11
Chapter VII, pages 1903-2093
Note
Folders 11 through 14
box 4, folder 15
Chapter 8, pages 2094-2165
box 4, folder 17
Part 3, Chapter I, pages 2166-2310
Note
Folders 17 through 19; continued, box 5
box 5, folder 1
Part 3, Chapter I, pages 2311-2321
box 5, folder 2
Part 3, Chapter II, pages 2362-2367
box 5, folder 3
Part 3, Chapter III, pages 2368-2391
box 5, folder 4
Final Chapter VII (Weart)
box 5, folder 8
Weart Discards from July 1976 Manuscript
1976
box 5, folder 9
Gertrude Weiss Szilard (GWS) Table of Contents
box 5, folder 10
Gertrude Weiss Szilard (GWS)
box 5, folder 13
Table of Document Numbers Typescript
box 5, folder 14
Gruber, Carol S. "Manhattan Project Maverick"
Note
Written in summer, 1983
box 5, folder 15
Szilard -- Miscellaneous Papers
Accessions Processed in 1996
box 6, folder 1
Burke, James. "Interview/Discussion program"
box 6, folder 2
Burke, James. "Meet James Burke"
box 6, folder 7
Marcuse, Herbert
Note
Viewpoints, 4/25/79.
box 7, folder 1
NEWSTHINK - Cults/De-Programming
box 7, folder 2
NEWSTHINK - The Edifice Complex
box 7, folder 4
NEWSTHINK - Is Progress for People?
box 7, folder 5
NEWSTHINK - Life or Death
box 8, folder 2
Stavenhagen, Rodolfo
Note
Viewpoints, 3/30/79.
box 9, folder 2
Technology and Women's Future
box 10, folder 1
York, Herbert
Note
Special on nuclear test ban negotiations, 1/9/80.
box 11, folder 3
Burke, James
Note
Interview entitled "Meet James Burke," 11/21/80.
box 11, folder 4
Christo
Note
Interview with Christo regarding his artwork entitled "Running Fence." No date.
box 11, folder 5
Clark, Ramsey
Note
Interview focuses on human rights. Also includes a telephone interview with Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin conducted by Hawkins
on immigration. No date.
box 11, folder 6
FEEDBACK - Archaeology
Note
Hawkins leads a discussion between archaeologists and land developers, 2/18/81.
box 11, folder 7
George Sand Conference
Note
Hawkins interviews four participants at the San Diego State University conference. Side 2: Technology and Women's Future
Conference. No Date.
box 11, folder 8
Johnson, Sonia
Note
VIEWPOINT interview with Mormon feminist, 3/5/82.
box 11, folder 9
Lerner, Max
Note
VIEWPOINTS interview, 5/10/79.
box 11, folder 10
Marcuse, Herbert
Note
VIEWPOINTS interview, 4/25/79.
box 11, folder 11
Marcuse, Herbert
Note
Question and answer discussion. No date.
box 11, folder 13
Paredes, Raymond
Note
VIEWPOINT interview with UCLA professor of English on Chicano literature. No date.
box 11, folder 14
Sommers, Tish
Note
VIEWPOINT interview. No date
box 11, folder 15
Stavenhagen, Rodolfo
Note
VIEWPOINTS interview, 3/30/79.
box 11, folder 16
Stoppard, Tom
Note
Interview with playwright. No date.
box 11, folder 17
Szilard, Gertrude Weiss
Note
Interview with widow of Dr. Leo Szilard. No date.
box 11, folder 18
York, Herbert
Note
Special program interview of York on nuclear test ban treaty negotiations. Side 2: VIEWPOINTS interview with political cartoonist
Paul Conrad. No date.
