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Bernadine Healy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 624
 

Bernadine Healy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 624

Correspondence, subject files, briefing materials, speeches and presentations, published and draft writings, committee meeting minutes, reports, publicity, and audiovisual and photographic materials which chronicle the professional career of cardiologist and health administrator Dr. Bernadine Healy.

A small amount of personal records comprises Series 1, consisting of calendars, family material, and information on Dr. Healy's education, awards and acknowledgements, and personal correspondence. Dr. Healy often received and wrote personal correspondence from her various professional offices. As such, additional personal correspondence may be found mixed within Series 2 through 6.

The NIH Directorship series (Series 2) comprises the bulk of the collection. It consists primarily of correspondence, briefing packets, meeting minutes, reports, and speech materials documenting Dr. Healy's appointment and service as Director of the National Institutes of Health. The series contains information regarding Dr. Healy's role establishing the Women's Health Initiative and drafting the organizations first strategic plan. Other notable topics documented in the correspondence, briefings, and media subseries include the NIH's fetal tissue ban, scientific misconduct, and allegations of sexism at NIH. Briefings, minutes, and notes pertaining to the Human Genome Project, which involved conflict between Dr. Healy and the project's head researcher James D. Watson over gene-patenting, can be found in the briefings and meetings subseries which is organized strictly chronologically. Video recordings of interviews and news stories pertaining to Dr. Healy's role as Director can be found in Series 11 (Audiovisual Materials).

The third series (Cleveland Clinic) contains correspondence, presentations, and reports pertaining to Dr. Healy's role as Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's Research Institute. While the bulk of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically, Dr. Healy maintained name files on some individuals. These name files contain both correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other related documents related to that person. Because Dr. Healy also served as President of the American Heart Association while at the Cleveland Clinic, there is some overlap, especially in correspondence, between this series and Series 4 (AHA Presidency). The series contains correspondence and annotations from Kathleen J. Vaughn (Kathy), Dr. Healy's secretary, as well as Christine Kassuba, Dr. Healy's editorial assistant. One subseries, grants and funding, is restricted. The phone logs found in the office administration subseries often contain patient names and are restricted according to HMD's PHI policy.

Series 4 (American Red Cross Presidency) contains primarily correspondence, reports, and media related to Dr. Healy's role as President and CEO of the American Red Cross from September 1999 to December 2001. Notable topics addressed are the Red Cross's blood supply policy decisions after outbreaks of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Dr. Healy's support for recognition of the Israeli David Magen Adom disaster response organization, as well as the Red Cross' response to the September 11 attacks and controversy surrounding handling of Liberty Fund donation monies. Video recordings of interviews and news stories pertaining to Dr. Healy's role as President and CEO of the American Red Cross, specifically relating to the blood supply and the response to the September 11 attacks, can be found in Series 11 (Audiovisual Materials).

Series 7 (Professional Activities) contains correspondence, notes, publications, and other documents relating to Dr. Healy's many professional activities and affiliations she held in addition to her major positions. Notable affiliations include the American College of Cardiology, the Harvard Board of Overseers, the Institute of Medicine, the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Ohio Council on Research and Economic Development, and U.S. News & World Report, among others. The series is organized alphabetically by organization title.

Many of Dr. Healy's speeches and presentations can be found in series nine. The series contains reading copies, drafts, slides, correspondence, and other supporting material for speeches and presentations which she gave over the course of her career. Importantly, speeches given by Dr. Healy at NIH, the Cleveland Clinic, and the American Red Cross can be found in Series 2, Series 3, and Series 4, respectively.

The bulk of Dr. Healy's writings are found in Series 10 (Writings and Publications), which contains reprints, manuscripts and drafts, correspondence, photographs, copyright agreements, and additional supporting documents relating to Dr. Healy's published and unpublished writings. The series is organized into six subseries, the first four of which are based on the publications section of Dr. Healy's CV: Books, Peer-Reviewed Journals, Science and Health Policy Articles, and Book Chapters. The publications list found at the beginning of the series serves as an index to these first four subseries, which are organized chronologically by publication date and numbered as they are in the publications list. The last two subseries, Newspapers and Magazines, and Additional Writings and Drafts, contain copies of articles which Dr. Healy wrote for newspapers and magazines. Especially notable are copies of many of the columns she wrote as U.S. News & World Report's Health Editor. Most of Dr. Healy's earliest writings were published under her first married name: Dr. Bernadine Bulkley.

Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted. Portions of the collection are restricted according to HMD's Access to Health Information of Individuals policy. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For access to the policy and application form, please visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/phi.pdf.

Dates
Creation: 1958-2010
Extent
75.2 Linear Feet (63 boxes)
Related Names
Gallo, Robert C.
Watson, James D., 1928-
American National Red Cross
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Human Genome Project
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Women's Health Initiative (U.S.)
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latn
Dates
Creation: 1973-2010

Calendars, 1973-1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Dates
Creation: 1973-1985

Media, 1973-2007

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1973-2007

Identification Cards, 1974, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1974, undated

Curriculum Vitae, 1982-1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5-6
Dates
Creation: 1982-1993

Biographical Sketches, 1990-1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1990-1993
Dates
Creation: 1992-2003; undated

High School Reunion, 1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1993
Dates
Creation: 2007 Sep 20
Dates
Creation: 1966

State Medical Board of Ohio Licenses, 1970-2000

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12-13
Dates
Creation: 1970-2000
Dates
Creation: 1972
Dates
Creation: 1986-1990
Dates
Creation: 1986-1987, 1993
Dates
Creation: 1987-1990
Dates
Creation: 1974 Feb 11-14
 
Dates
Creation: 1987 May
Dates
Creation: 1989 Apr 12
Dates
Creation: 1990 Feb
Dates
Creation: 1991 May 08
Dates
Creation: 1991 May 21
Dates
Creation: 1992 Apr
Dates
Creation: 1992 Nov
Dates
Creation: 1992 Nov

Sara Lee Foundation Award, 1992 Nov

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Dates
Creation: 1992 Nov
Dates
Creation: 1993 May 23
Dates
Creation: 1993 Nov

Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, 1993-1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Dates
Creation: 1993-1996

Honorary Degree Kenyon College, 1994 May 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Dates
Creation: 1994 May 22
Dates
Creation: 1996 Dec 02

Democracy in Action Award, 1998 Apr 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Dates
Creation: 1998 Apr 21
Dates
Creation: 1998 Sep
Dates
Creation: 1999
Dates
Creation: 2001
Dates
Creation: 2001 Nov 17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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