HIV/AIDS epidemic writings and ephemera
Scope and Contents
This collection contains writings and ephemera related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic dated 1983-2021. The majority of the items were created in the 1980s and 1990s by HIV and AIDS activist and public health organizations in San Francisco. Many items are educational, such as an AIDS education activity book published in collaboration between the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and 18th Street Services, and “Recommended Standards for the Operation of Sex Clubs, Bathhouses, and Commercial Sex Establishments” by the Coalition for Healthy Sex. The collection also includes essays, poetry, and other creative writing by people living with or impacted by HIV and AIDS in effort to raise awareness and destigmatize the disease. Such items include the uncorrected proof Poets for Life: Seventy-Six Poets Respond to AIDS (1989) and a booklet produced by the Kiki Gallery in San Francisco on the occasion of their corresponding exhibition titled Sick Joke (1992). The collection also includes materials produced by organizations abroad, specifically two booklets which document public health projects by the Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) in 2017-2018 and a booklet which features excerpts of oral history interviews titled Suma tu voz: historias orales de personas que viven con VIH (2012), published in Bogotá.
Dates
- Creation: 1983 - 2021
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1989 - 1993
Creator
- 18th Street Services (Organization)
- ACT UP San Francisco (Organization) (Organization)
- Coalition for Healthy Sex (Organization)
- Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc (Organization)
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows (Organization)
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation (Organization)
- Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Extent
0.38 Cubic Feet (1 letter-size document box)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gerard Koskovich in October 2021.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in April 2024 by Kristen Diehl.
- Title
- Guide to the HIV/AIDS epidemic writings and ephemera
- Author
- Kristen Diehl
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
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Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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