Jeff Getty papers
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Title: Jeff Getty papers
Dates: circa 1980s-1990s
Collection Number: 2023-77
Creator/Collector:
Getty, Jeff
Extent: 3.75 linear feet (3 cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Jeff Getty (1957 July 14-2006 October 9) was an AIDS treatment activist. In 1995, Getty became the first person to receive
a transplant of baboon bone-marrow. Personal research files; article clippings; correspondence with physicians; and protocols
and consent forms documents Getty’s participation in the transplant procedure. Also include are ACT UP Golden Gate materials
on xenotransplants; a draft of Getty’s memoir; CDs and VHS from AIDS activist events; and t-shirts related to AIDS activism.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Jeff Getty papers. Collection Number: 2023-77. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of John J. Winters, February 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
Jeff Getty (1957 July 14-2006 October 9) was an AIDS treatment activist. In 1995, Getty became the first person to receive
a transplant of baboon bone-marrow. Personal research files; article clippings; correspondence with physicians; and protocols
and consent forms documents Getty’s participation in the transplant procedure. Also include are ACT UP Golden Gate materials
on xenotransplants; a draft of Getty’s memoir; CDs and VHS from AIDS activist events; and t-shirts related to AIDS activism.
LGBTQ
AIDS (disease)
Health
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)