Description
Paul Reed was an author from San Francisco, California. Greatly influenced by the AIDS epidemic, his fiction focuses on the
gay community from the 1980s through the 1990s. His published journals and other works of non-fiction record his fight with
AIDS for more than twelve years.
Background
Paul Richard Hustoft was born on May 28, 1956, in San Diego, California to Sigurd William and Melva (Moffat) Hustoft. After
his father's death, his mother married Floyd Reed, a Baptist minister in Delano. He took his stepfather's name in 1969.
Extent
4 cartons
(4.0 cubic feet)
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Availability
The collection is open for research. Photographs are available during San Francisco Historical Photographs desk hours. Please
call the San Francisco History Center for hours and information at 415-557-4567.