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Richard Andrews papers
MSS 2000-42  
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Description
Collection contains AIDS-related material from the early epidemic in San Francisco.
Background
Dr. Richard Andrews is a psychiatrist and was an advocate for gay medical causes in the early AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, California. Until his retirement he had a private psychiatric practice consisting largely of gay men. He served as consultant in psychiatry for the Children's Home Society of California and the Social Security Administration in San Francisco. Furthermore, he played a significant role as a physician and member of Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights, a gay physicians organization, during the early AIDS epidemic.
Extent
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & 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 & 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.
Availability
Collection is open for research.