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Information retrieval project, High School Bioethics program, funding, other matters, 2004 - 2021

 File — Box: 21

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The series contains records of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) that Walters maintained as the Director of the Center for Bioethics (1971-1993), as Director of the KIE (1996-2000), and as the principal investigator of grants related to the bioethics library. The records include correspondence, memorandums, meeting agendas and notes, grants, strategic planning and budget documents, lecture announcements, bibliographies, typescripts on bioethical topics, and course listings and syllabi.

The series extensively documents the operations of the KIE from its founding to the 2010s, particularly the 1970s and late 1990s to 2010. It includes communications with Andre Hellegers, the Shrivers, KIE scholars, and an assortment of philosophers, theologians, and experts in medical ethics. It documents educational programs, such as internships, courses taught by Walters, and the Intensive Bioethics Course. Strategic planning for the KIE is documented throughout the series.

There is also thorough documentation of the Institute's library and its pioneering information retrieval projects, such as the bioethics classification system, Bibliography of Bioethics, Encyclopedia of Bioethics, and the BIOETHICSLINE database. The records document the establishment of the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, the National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics, and the Human DNA Patent Database. Some additional records of note include bioethics bibliographies created by Walters and the library staff, correspondence that document the dispersal of these early bibliographies (Correspondence, 1971), and records that document collaborations with colleagues in Europe.

The series includes documents created in response to the National Commission, including “A Preliminary Analysis of the Draft DHEW Guidelines for the Protection of Special Subjects in Biomedical Research” (Miscellaneous Memorandums, 1973-1974) and a memorandum on who should be nominated as commissioners (Memorandums, August-October 1974).

Other topics include the War-Nation-Church-Study Group and US-Japanese bioethics partnerships.

Dates

  • 2004 - 2021

Conditions Governing Access

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Records (Series 1) contain unpublished Georgetown University administrative records that may be consulted only with the permission of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

All other series are open without restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.15 Cubic Feet (in 25 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Bioethics Research Library Archives Repository

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