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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Mountains AIDS Foundation records
creator:
Mountains AIDS Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-068
Physical Description:
0.6 Linear Feet
1 archive carton
Date (inclusive): 1994-2002
Abstract: Legal documents, meeting minutes and agendas, programs, flyers, correspondence, photographs, floppy disks, financial records,
and clippings related to the Mountains AIDS Foundation, 1994-2002. The nonprofit operated the Sacred Mountain Retreat Program
at Zaca Lake, consisting of a five day, four night, non-sectarian, spiritually-oriented retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Donated by Phyllis Shankman, February 16, 2011.
The Sony D2S-12M videocassette master and the VHS copy of the Mountains AIDS Foundation promotional video (dated June 24,
1996, runtime 10:48 minutes) has been separated and cataloged into the ONE audiovisual collection.
Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Legal documents, meeting minutes and agendas, programs, flyers, correspondence, photographs, floppy disks, financial records,
and clippings related to the Mountains AIDS Foundation, 1994-2002.
The Mountains AIDS Foundation was founded in 1994 by Phyllis Shankman and based in Santa Monica, California. The primary feature
of the nonprofit was the Sacred Mountain Retreat Program at Zaca Lake, north of Santa Barbara, consisting of a five day, four
night, non-sectarian, spiritually-oriented program for people living with HIV/AIDS. Offered 5 to 6 times a year, the retreats
were designed to offer participants an opportunity to address their feelings of fear and confusion, and explore their capacity
for healing, self-acceptance, self-care, and living more successfully with HIV/AIDS. The nonprofit was dissolved in 2002 and
operation of the Sacred Mountain Retreat Program taken over by Growing Edge.
Source: Box 1, Folder 4, Mountains AIDS Foundation Records, Coll2013-068, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Mountains AIDS Foundation Records, Coll2013-068, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients, Counseling of
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Mental health
Spiritual retreats -- California
Mountains AIDS Foundation