AIDS/LifeCycle Records MSS.2023.29

Lupe Samano
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
2023
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu

Note

Collection is unprocessed but open for research.


Contributing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: AIDS/LifeCycle Records
Creator: AIDS/LifeCycle
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2023.29
Physical Description: 38.75 Linear Feet (31 cartons) (loose oversize foam core signs)
Date (inclusive): 1994-2018
Language of Material: English .

Content Description

AIDS/LifeCycle was co-produced by the San Francisco Aids foundation in 1994. Originally titled the "California AIDS Ride" and rebranded to AIDS/LifeCycle in 2002. The organization is based on an event that is a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that serves to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS as well as raise funds for HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. The collection contains a vast assortment of marketing ephemera used for promoting the event as well as various merch items including biking clothing. As well as several remembrance flags and squares containing signed messages of participants. Planning, development and marketing documents are also included.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], AIDS/LifeCycle Records, MSS 2023-29. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management 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 by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

HIV/AIDS awareness
AIDS activists--United States