Preliminary Inventory of the Susan Hill Papers, 1976-2003 (bulk 1981-1999)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleSusan Hill Papers,
1976-2003 (bulk 1981-1999)
Creator
Hill, Susan
Extent
22.8 Linear
Feet
15,900 Items
Repository
15,900 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted: Box 9 is closed to
patron use.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Susan Hill Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
The Susan Hill Papers were received by the Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift
in 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Arnold
Completed June 30, 2004
Encoded by Elizabeth Arnold
Updated by Meghan Lyon, April 2009
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
North Carolina native; social worker; activist for reproductive rights; founder and director, National Women's Health Organization (NWHO, an organization of eight clinics serving as a leader in providing abortion services to under-served areas of the United States since 1976). President, National Women's Health Foundation, support foundation to the NWHO.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection consists primarily of newspaper
clippings (local, national, and international) pertaining
to abortion, the anti-abortion movement, and other women's
health issues, kept by staff of the National Women's Health
Organization (NWHO) and its regional clinics (WHOs) in
Raleigh, N.C.; Columbus, Ga.; Wilmington, Del.; Jackson,
Miss.; Fargo, N.D.; Fort Worth, Tex.; Orlando, Fla.;
and Milwaukee, Wis. Also contains NWHO legal files,
largely pertaining to the NOW (National Organization of
Women) v. Scheidler case (1986-2003), and to RICO (the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), which
plaintiffs in the case applied to the anti-abortion
movement. Regional WHO clinics were among the plaintiffs
for NOW v. Scheidler, and Hill acted as a key witness. The
collection also includes a small number of general
office/subject files. Arranged into three categories:
Clippings, General Office/Subject Files, and
Legal Files. The
Clippings were received in
chronological groupings, and are thus described in more
detail than the General Office/Subject
Files and Legal Files,
which are less organized.
Accessions (2008-0114 and 2009-0110) consist largely of operational and legal files from the NWHO and its regional clinics, including Raleigh, N.C.; Columbus, Ga.; Delaware; Central Florida; Fargo, N.D.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Summit (Milwaukee), Wis. Materials include facilities management files; leases and other real estate information; litigation records and lawsuits between NWHO and anti-abortion groups; police and case reports; statutes about abortion procedures; and NWHO board meeting files.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Hill, Susan.
- National Women's Health Organization.
- United States. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
- National Organization for Women--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Abortion.
- Abortion services.
- Pro-life movement.
- Women--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Women's health services.
- Newspaper clippings.
- Legal files.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession (2003-0241)
[Attention: Boxes 1-8 of the collection
contain newsprint. Patrons should use care when handling.]
Clippings
Box 1
National WHO and Raleigh
WHO
1976-1980
1981-1983
1984-1985
1985-1987
Box 2
1988-1990
1991
Box 3
1992
1993
Box 4
1994
1995
1997-1999
Columbus WHO
1981-1996
Delaware WHO
1978-1982
Box 5
1983-1986
1986-1990
1991-1995
Fargo WHO
1981-1985
1985-1986
Box 6
1987-1990
1991
1992-1993
1994-1999
Fort Wayne WHO
1993-1997
Box 7
Jackson WHO
1994-1997
Orlando (Central Florida)
WHO
1977-1981
1982-1983
1984-1985
1986-1999
Summit (Milwaukee) WHO
1990-1998
Box 8
1990-1998
Dr. Gunn Clippings,
1993-1995
RICO Case Clippings,
1998
Miscellaneous clippings,
1986-1998
General
Office/Subject Files
Anti-Abortionists
NWHO-RTL-Profiles
OSHA and CLIA Related
Publications
Medicare Provider Manual,
1996
Box 9
CLOSED
materials
Box 10-17
Legal
Files
NWHO files largely related to RICO
and the NOW v. Scheidler case
Includes Supreme Court documents, briefs,
interragatories, motions, exhibits, dispositions,
correspondence, research materials, and notes.
Accessions (2008-0114 and 2009-0110)
(22 boxes)
Accessions (2008-0114 and 2009-0110) (9,900 items; 13.2 lin. ft.; dated 1979-1999) consist largely of operational and legal files from the National Women's Health Organization (NWHO) and its regional clinics, including Raleigh, N.C.; Columbus, Ga.; Delaware; Central Florida; Fargo, N.D.; Jackson, Miss.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Summit (Milwaukee), Wis. Materials include facilities management files; leases and other real estate information; litigation records and lawsuits between NWHO and anti-abortion groups; police and case reports; statutes about abortion procedures; and NWHO board meeting files.
This collection has not been processed, and materials have been reboxed in the order that they arrived from the donor. Folder titles and other information have been transcribed verbatim.
Box 1
Summit WHO trial materials, 1989
U.S. v. McMillan, 1995
Fort Wayne WHO Operation Rescue correspondence
Fargo WHO legal correspondence, 1988-1995
Fargo WHO 24-hour consent law, 1993-1994
Box 2
Nancy Sabot v. Fargo WHO, 1992-1993
Fargo WHO v. FM Women's Help, 1993
Fargo WHO v. Lambs of Christ, 1991-1998
Fargo WHO
House Bills 1460 and 1579 (distribution of birth control devices and abortion referrals)
Minor's consent statute
political correspondence, 1991-1994
Jackson WHO
PA license rule, 1991
Standards of operation, 1991-1998
Informed consent: information and resources, 1995
Real estate taxes, 1995-1996
Building engineering, 1997
Ambulatory surgical facility application, 1994
Declaration by Susan Hill, 1996
Fargo WHO
"Son Times"
publication, 1991
"Saving America's Souls: Operation Rescue's Crusade Against Abortion,"
1991
Jackonville, Florida: Operation Rescue, 1989
Box 3
Jackson WHO
Property report, 1991-1994
AMSU correspondence, 1997-1998
Informed consent, parental consent, 24-hour informed consent, 1994-1995
Floor plans, 1998
Building suppliers
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), 1994-1996
Mississippi application for abortion license, 1999
State legal correspondence, 1995-1996
Y&S Realty lease
Protective order, 1995
Security systems and information, 1994
Medical equipment, correspondence, scrub sink, etc.
Delaware WHO
1984-1989
DWHO v. Richard Wier, Jr., 1977
Parental consent statute
Defendant trial dates, 1988
Parade and picketing statute, 1985
Invasion of clinic, 1985
Central Florida WHO v. Operation Rescue, 1998
Box 4
Legal cases, 1980s
Correspondence and evidence for legal cases
City of Wilmington v. Louis Johnson and Daniel E. Menefee, 1985
State of Delaware v. David M. Hoch, Doris Mantyla, et al., Vol. A, 1986
Altamonte Surgicenter, Ltd., 1980s
National WHO meeting notes, 1999-2001
Susan Hill deposition transcripts, 1997
Box 5
Legal cases
Dr. Warren Hern files
Fargo WHO real estate appraisal
Central Florida WHO blueprints
Delaware police reports
Central Florida WHO trial materials, 1985-1986
Central Florida WHO insurance policies, 1983-1984
Pro-choice buttons
Box 6
Summit WHO
24-hour consent
Letters from tenants at Jefferson Building, 1988
Confidentiality statute
Nursing statute
Right to Life
Picketing statute
Patient health care records
Gloria Jean Jackson v. Central Florida WHO
Real estate, Wisconsin
Summit WHO
New building correspondence, 1989-1990
Parental notification correspondence, 1997
National Political RTL:
"Field Manual for Militia"
National WHO
Anti-abortion antics, 1998
Feminist majority, 1998-1999
ACLU, 1991
Right to Lifers: Paul Hill, 1994
Medical abortion, 1995
Fargo WHO
Motion of Krueger, Krueger-related correspondence, 1995
Lease, 1998
National WHO
Anti-stalking laws, 1996
Army of God, 1997
Reports: anti-abortion, 1987
Staff, 1996
Reproductive Rights Issues Manual, NARAL, 1990
The Political Report, NARAL, 1988
Delaware WHO
Zoning code, New Castle county, 1985
State v. Van Ness Johnson, 1990
Milwaukee Medical Service v. Pastors' Emergency League
State of Delaware v. Roach, et al., 1994
Mitch Road property
Medical clinic protocol
Box 7
Delaware WHO
1020 W. 18th St. contract and miscellaneous correspondence, 1996
Building plans for 2123 W. Newport Pike, 1999
Business license, 1997
CLIA correspondence, 1994
Parental, 24-hour consent law, 1995
Rules and regulations for AMSU Central, 1988
DEA inspection, 1990
Delaware State Senate, 1981-1984
Flood line determination: Red Clay Creek II
Invoices for new building, 1999
Sign ordinance, 1989
Child abuse statute, 1985
Confidentiality statute, 1993
Central Florida WHO
Clinic licensing and laws, 1981-1983
DEA correspondence, 1998
1700 Colonial Dr., 1982
Confidentiality statute
Central Florida WHO v. City of Orlando, 1983
Fort Wayne WHO consent forms, 1983
Central Florida WHO
Lease, 1982
Property taxes, 1999
Letter to state by Carol Reed, 1985
Correspondence, 1978-1990
Sewer service policy, 1981
Dr. Snydle affidavit
Florida laboratory rules, 1990
Partial birth abortion ban, 1998
Regulation cases, 1981
Statutes, spouse notification, 1981
Burglary trespass statutes, 1983
State inspections, 1991
Noise ordinance statute
Parental consent statute, 1989
Picketing statute, 1983
South St. property, 1997
Zoning, 1982
John Jones, MD v. James Smith, Aty, 1979
Box 8
Building estimates, 1992
Real estate, 1997
Florida statutes, 1998
Abortion statutes, 1983
NFARAL, 1980
Medical files
Correspondence, 1992-1996
Medicaid correspondence, 1988
Chart forms, 1990
General anesthesia protocol
Infection control committee meeting reports, 1991
Licensed HMOs in Florida, 1992-1993
Mid-trimester protocol, 1988
Correspondence, 1997-1999
State board licensure, 1996
Nitrous oxide, 1998
Correspondence
Miscellaneous, 1992-1998
Nowell's furniture
Open house (includes photographs), 1992
Outgoing, 1998
Box 9
Yellow Pages
Ultrasound, 1991
Public relations, 1997-1999
Financial statement of assets and liabilities, 1991-1992
Inventory, 1997
Insurance
Armed service pick-up, 1987
Competition reports, 1985-1988
Incoming (includes photographs)
Bio-hazard waste, 1992
Bomb evacuation plan
Incoming, 1995-1997
Florida Senate survey, 1989
Occupational license, 1998
Patient records statute, 1983
Orlando Women's Center, 1996
Insurance coverage, 1997
Clippings (photocopies)
National legal class action
Fort Wayne WHO Case 1368, 1979-1990
General litigation
Delaware WHO abortion law, 1996
Fort Wayne WHO
Fort Wayne WHO and Klopfer v. Brane, Brown, Brown, et al., 1990
Case 1368 patient's record
Box 10
Articles: Bryan Brown information
Fire, 1990
Fort Wayne WHO v. Wendall Brane
RICO case, 1990
Fort Wayne WHO v. Scott Newman, 1998
FACE case, 1998
Clinic setup, 1977-1978
Lease, 1979-1988
Correspondence, 1979-1980
Broadview Lumber v. Y&S Management
Correspondence: Joan Uebelhoer, 1989
Parental notification statute, 1984
"Intrauterine Devices and Their Complications,"
1979
Box 11
ACLU Legal Dockets, 1986, 1994
Fargo WHO Joe Scheidler
Mary Voors v. National WHO
Supreme Court appeal (Akron/VA)
National WHO
General reports
Sharp police response, 1985
Bomb threat protocol, 1997
Southern Poverty Law Center, 1988
Columbus WHO: minors and parental consent statute, 1987
Senate bill 873, 1993
Raleigh WHO
Consent for minors, 1986
Rosie J. v. NC Department of Human Resources, 1996
Raleigh WHO v. Mass Mutual, 1989
Box 12
Fire threat, 1992
Miscellaneous materials, 2008 (Folder 1 includes color code for labelling folders)
NARAL
NC Providers meeting, February 1992
Planned Parenthood of NC Bond
RTL demonstration, October 1988
Save-A-Baby correspondence, 1989
Security/escort correspondence
Political correspondence, 1998
Operation Rescue, 1988-1992
Planned Parenthood, 1987
Political correspondence, 1989
Jessie Helms, 1992
Letters from tenants, 1989
Operation Rescue: Medical care of Durham v. Marsha Green
Box 13
Fort Wayne WHO asset/judgment recovery, 1999
Milwaukee rules, 1999
Fargo WHO
Sue Wicklund, 1999
Laws/legal overview, 1998
Indiana injunction, 1999
Yachnowitz v. Hill, 1996
Joseph Scheidler case, 1999
RICHO, 1998
EEOC complaints, 1999
Jackson, Miss. regulations, 1998
Adelman and Hynes malpractice
Jackson medicaid case, 2000
National WHO - Jackson, 1995
Fargo WHO correspondence, appraisal, and real estate
Operation Rescue, 1988-1994
Box 14
Summit WHO
Karlin, Planned Parenthood, Prohaska, and Christiansen v. Fouse and Doyle, 1996
Notice of intent to revoke certificate of authority, 1986
State requirements for technicians, 1986
Hospital clinic definition, 1980
Report of fetal disposal, 1990
Regulation cases, 1989
Parental notification
McCann letters to DA, 1998
Floor plans
Merger, 1993
Family health plan cooperative contract
Lease: 530 Water St., 1989
Wisconsin state law Act 56, 1990
Wisconsin v. Missionaries (Scheidler), 1989-1990
New building plans
Box 15
Abortion statute, 1978
Partnership agreement, 1986
Security, 1997
Planned Parenthood evaluation, 1997
Insurance, 1997
Protocols, MD resumes, standing orders equipment
Anti-abortion activities, 1985-1997
"Zoning Out Abortion"
article, 1985
Correspondence, 1989-1999
Operation Rescue arrest, 1989
Harassment of Dr. Duncan, 1998
Columbus WHO picketing statute
Raleigh WHO
Certificate of incorporation, 1978
Haworth properties
Rules and regulations for abortion clinics, 1994
Box 16
New building plans, 1991
Lease
Medical assistance program, 1989
Manning v. State: legal minor consent, 1996
Abortion clinic certification, 1994
Picketing statute, 1984
Consent law
Licensing
Fargo WHO
Anti-abortion publications and protests, 1992
L.I.F.E. coalition
Life advocate
Planned Parenthood mailing, 1994
Box 17
Political campaigns, 1991
Columbus WHO
Georgians for Choice, 1995
Correspondence, 1997
Georgia abortion provider, 1993-1997
Operation Rescue, 1988-1994
Fort Wayne WHO
Case 1368, 1979
Nurses Concerned for Life v. National WHO, 1984
Correspondence, 1990-1997
24-hour waiting period, 1996
Corporate minutes, 1988
RICO, 1990
Box 18
National WHO Board meetings, 1996-1997
Box 19
Fargo WHO
David Larson v. Fargo WHO, 1996
George Miks, MD v. Allen Olson, 1983
Fargo WHO v. Larson
North Dakota v. Family SVC
Fargo WHO v. Lambs of Christ
Fargo WHO v. David Pence, 1990
Box 20
Fort Wayne WHO
Nurses Concerned for Life, 1978-1979
RICO
Parental consent, 1984
Certificate of incorporation, 1977
Abortion statute
Confidentiality statute
Sex abuse law, 1987
Fetal disposition bills
Picketing statutes
Box 21
Fargo WHO
Legal cases
Includes David Pence and Lambs of Christ (1992), George Skinner (1991), North Dakota Department of Human Resources (1995), Timothy Lindgren (1995), Prairie Design (1994).
Planned Parenthood v. Minnesota (fetal disposal), 1990
Larson v. City of Fargo (residential picketing), 1993
Fargo WHO v. State of N.D. (24-hour consent law), 1993
Nancy Sabot v. Fargo WHO, 1992
Box 22
Certificate of incorporation, 1988
Picketing and 24-hour notice of protests, 1996
Patient confidentiality
Cases
Fargo WHO v. Ed. Schafer (governor of North Dakota), 1993
Fargo WHO v. Terry Carlson, 1990
Fargo WHO v. Larson
Tamara Green v. Fargo WHO, 1991
