Papers of Andre E. Hellegers, obstetrician, gynecologist and authority on bioethics. Bulk of collection concerns Hellergers' directorship of the Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University (1971-1979). Includes articles by Hellegers and others on abortion, birth control, population research, and bioethics.
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The collection consists of three scrapbooks of clippings relating to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, dating from 1971-1974.
The collection contains the final report for Project No. 30131-G-74-02, a study on pregnancy conducted by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) in 1974. KIE Director André Hellegers was the Principle Investigator. Other collaborators include Ray Branson, Leon Kass, Ann Neale, Roy Capone, and Jeanne Clare Ridley.
The collection consists of photographs related to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE), primarily dating from the 1970s. It includes images of KIE and bioethics library staff, lectures (inclding the Intensive Bioethics Course), and buildings/spaces used by the KIE. The collection primarily contains photographic prints, although it also includes contact sheets, negatives, slides, and digital images.
Contains press release, program and proceedings (3 copies) from the Alexis Carrel Centennial, Medical School, June 28, 1973. Proceedings contain contributions from John C. Rose, Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., Charles A. Lindbergh, Andre Gros, Sam Maggio, Theodore I. Malinan, L. G. Walker, Jr., and Charles A. Hufnagel.
The collection consist of the handbook for members of the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council (1972).
Materials relating to Kenton Kilmer. Includes files relating to his work as Washington Post poetry editor; translations of works by author Andre Chouraqui (1917-2007). Also letters from U.S. Congressmen responding on environmental and health policy issues issues of concern to Kilmer. Includes manuscript and sheet music set to poems by Aline and Joyce Kilmer.
The collection contains meeting briefing materials for Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Trustee's meetings held between 1976 and 1983. The materials all relate to the funding of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) and the relations between Georgetown University and the Foundation. It includes project proposals, reports from the KIE to the Foundation, and internal KIE communications.
The collection contains records of course, lectures, and events held by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics from 1975 to 2014. It primarily consists of promotional materials, but it also includes some administrative records for certain courses and lectures.