Finding Aid to the AIDS Community-Based Organizations Records, 1989-1993
Finding Aid written by Julia Bazar
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Finding Aid to the AIDS Community-Based Organizations Records, 1989-1993
Collection Number: MSS 98-49
UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Julia Bazar
- Date Completed:
-
February 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: AIDS community-based organizations records
Date (inclusive): 1989-1993
Collection Number: MSS 98-49
Collector :
AIDS History Project
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 carton
Linear feet: 1.25
Repository: The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections
University of California, San Francisco
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
Phone: (415) 476-8112
Fax: (415) 476-4653
Email: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/contactform.html
URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/
Abstract: This collection consists of information from 26 different Community based AIDS Organizations, collected by Willie Walker as
part of the University of California San Francisco's AIDS History Project.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ .
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives & Special Collections. 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 reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], AIDS Community-Based Organizations Records, MSS 98-49, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge
Management, Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Separated Material
None
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) in children
AIDS Religious response
AIDS Health Project
Adolescent HIV Coalition
African-American Men's Caucus
AIDS Educators Network
AIDS Health Project
Communidad Unida en Respuesta AL SIDA (CURAS)
HIV Educators Group
HIV Housing Network
HIV Treatment Advocate
Interfaith Conference on AIDS and ARC (1987 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Interreligious Coalition on AIDS
Instituto Famliar de la Raza
KAIROS House
Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA
Most Holy Redeemer Parish (San Francisco, Calif.)
Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA
National Minority AIDS Council
Needle Exchange Community Task Force
San Francisco Medical Society
STOP AIDS Project
Urban Indian Health Board (San Francisco)
Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco
AIDS Intervention Training Center
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The University of California, San Francisco acquired these files as a part of the AIDS History Project, an NHPRC sponsored
project that took place between 1987 and 1995.
System of Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Processing Information
Processed by Julia Bazar, March 2005
Organizational Histories
UCSF AIDS History Project was started in 1987 to promote the preservation of historically significant resources relating to
the beginning of the AIDS Epidemic, focusing on the responses by community-based organizations (CBOs) within San Francisco.
Nancy Zinn, Head of Archives and Special Collections at the UCSF Library, was the Principal Investigator for the project until
her retirement. She was subsequently replaced by Robin Chandler, who became the Principal Investigator for the project in
April 1995. Bill (aka Willie) Walker was the Archivist for the project. In 1991 a National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC) grant was received to fund the AIDS History Project Records Survey. More than 50 agencies were surveyed
to identify the records that should be permanently preserved. A second two-year NHPRC grant funded an extended survey of
collections and development of an acquisition plan. A major part of the project was providing instruction in records management
practices to the CBOs. A third NHPRC grant was received in 1993 for another two years for the Records Acquisition and Processing
Project (RAPP) phase; this grant lasted until July 1995, later extended to December 1995.
The organizations represented in this collection cover a range of starting dates and structures, from the AIDS HIV Nightline,
a project of the San Francisco Suicide Prevention, which was started around 1986, to the HIV Educators Support Group, which
was organized in 1991 by David Baker. The HIV AIDS Housing Network was a coalition of other AIDS and social service organizations,
such as: Catholic Charities, Homeless Advocacy Project, AIDS Foundation, BCA, Hope House, Harvey Milk Club, Red Cross Homeless
Prevention, DSS, Mayor's Office, Larkin Street, and Shanti.
Some of the organizations targeted ethnic or special-needs communities. The Adolescent HIV Coalition, the Children's AIDS
Network, and the Youth Environment Study focused on children and teenagers. Latino issues were addressed by CURAS (Communidad
Unida en Respuesta Al SIDA or Community United in Response to AIDS/SIDA), the Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA, the Latino Commission
on AIDS, the Latino Service Needs within the SF AIDS Service System report and, Instituto Familiar de la Raza. Native American
AIDS issues are addressed by the Urban Indian Health Board. African American organizations are represented by the African-American
Men's Caucus and the Black Coalition on AIDS. The National Minority AIDS Council draws on several different minority-based
organizations.
There are two broad religious coalitions, the Interfaith Conference on AIDS and the Interreligious Coalition on AIDS, and
one congregationally based organization, the Most Holy Redeemer Support Group, in the collection. Medical and treatment issues
are represented by the AIDS Educators Network, the AIDS Health Project, the San Francisco Medical Society AIDS Task Force,
the VNA (Visiting Nurses Association) of San Francisco, and the HIV Treatment Advocate. The other organizations in the collection
are KAIROS House, the Needle Exchange Community Task Force, and the Stop AIDS Project.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection was created as part of the University of California San Francisco's AIDS History Project (1987 to 1995).
Willie Walker, the archivist for the project, acquired one folder of institutional records from each of 26 Community-Based
Organizations. Some of these folders have since been separated into two to four folders primarily due to size, but the Stop
AIDS Project was also divided thematically.
The organizations represented within this collection cover a wide variety of subject matters from race, religious groups,
and AIDS educators, to crisis lines, medical responses, and treatment issues, to adolescents and children, housing, and intravenous
drug users. These folders contain minutes, newsletters, grant proposals, procedural manuals, teaching manuals, training manuals,
fundraising documents, budgets, flyers, and other organizational materials.
Series 1
AIDS Community-Based Organization Records
1989-1993
Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Scope and Content Note
The HIV Educators Support Group folder includes an announcement of the founding meeting of the organization and a network
resource list, as well as newsletters. The AIDS Educators Network also includes a members list, along with announcements and
minutes.
The Children's AIDS Network folder contains information on the first two meetings of the network (1989), while the Youth Environment
Survey (YES) folder contains information on Project Menu (Methods of Estimating Needle Users at Risk for AIDS)
The Black Coalition on AIDS (BCA) folder(s) contains a wide range of information from minutes to handwritten notes, including
programs from their first two annual awards dinners, newsletters, position papers and proposals. The African-American Men's
Caucus folder consists of four issues of the Chain Links newsletter.
The Community United in Response to AIDS/SIDA (CURAS) folder includes information on disputes and controversies within the
organization. The Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA, contains a wide range of materials including handwritten notes on some of
their meetings. The Latino Commission on Aids and the Latino Service Needs within the SF AIDS Service System folders each
contain a major report.
The National Minority AIDS Council folder contains correspondence with a local Asian American group and copies of the NMAC
Update and the T.A.-Technical Assistance Newsletter, as well as the Public Policy Primer. The Urban Indian Health Board folder
primarily concerns the need for emergency funds.
A directory of religious-based AIDS counselors can be found in the Interreligious Coalition on AIDS Folder, while the Interfaith
Conference on AIDS contains the proceedings of their conference held March 21-22, 1987. The Most Holy Redeemer Support Group
folder includes a training manual Care for Persons with AIDS/ARC.
The Stop AIDS Project has been subdivided into the largest number of individual folders. The Proposal for a National Stop
AIDS Resource Center, and the Core Volunteer Training materials were given their own folders because of their discrete nature.
The three separate folders containing a Progress Report, Program Statistics, and Project Reports have been combined into a
single folder and the final folder holds the remaining items from this organization.
The VNA Visiting Nurses Association) San Francisco folder contains only a single flyer about their services.
Carton 1, Folder 1
Adolescent HIV Coalition - Minutes, memorandum
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folder 2
African-American Men's Caucus - Newsletters
1990-1991
Carton 1, Folder 3
AIDS Educators Network - Minutes, correspondence, drafts
1988-1989
Carton 1, Folder 4
AIDS Health Project - Procedures/Forms and Description
1984-1992
Carton 1, Folder 5
AIDS Health Project - Grant Request and "Stress Management Leader's Guide"
1986-1987
Carton 1, Folder 6
AIDS HIV Nightline - Training Manual & other training materials
1990
Carton 1, Folder 7
Black Coalition on AIDS
1988-1991
Carton 1, Folder 8
Black Coalition on AIDS
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folder 9
Children's AIDS Network - info on first two meetings
1989
Carton 1, Folder 10
CURAS (Communidad Unida en Respuesta Al SIDA or Community United in Response to AIDS/SIDA) - Correspondence etc
1991-1993
Carton 1, Folder 11
HIV Educators Support Group - correspondence and agendas
1991-1992
Carton 1, Folder 12
HIV Housing Network - Minutes from 3 meetings
1992-1993
Carton 1, Folder 13
HIV Treatment Advocate - Minutes from 2 meetings, correspondence
1989
Carton 1, Folder 14
Interfaith Conference on AIDS -Proceedings
March 21-22, 1987
Carton 1, Folder 15
Interreligious Coalition on AIDS - minutes, flyers, newsletters, etc.
1989-1992
Carton 1, Folder 16
Instituto Famliar de la Raza - Spanish & Bilingual flyers
1987-1990
Carton 1, Folder 17
KAIROS House - flyer and
Together We Care
c. 1989
Carton 1, Folder 18
Latino Coalition on AIDS/SIDA - Minutes, correspondence, etc.
1987-1992
Carton 1, Folder 19
Latino Commission on AIDS - letter and draft of the "Latino Agenda for Action in the AIDS Epidemic"
1991
Carton 1, Folder 20
Latino Service Needs Within the SF AIDS Service System - Report "Summary Statement of Latino Service
1988
Carton 1, Folder 21
Most Holy Redeemer Support Group -- "Home-Care Volunteer Intensive Training" Manual August
1986
Carton 1, Folder 22
National Minority AIDS Council - correspondence, newsletters and
Public Policy Primer
1990-1992
Carton 1, Folder 23
Needle Exchange Community Task Force (NECTF) - Prevention Point literature, and NECTF reports
1989
Carton 1, Folder 24
SF Medical Society AIDS Task Force - Agenda, minutes, correspondence.
1988-1989
Carton 1, Folder 25
Stop AIDS Project "Proposal for a National Stop AIDS Resource Center"
1988
Carton 1, Folder 26
Stop AIDS Project Core Volunteer Training
1990
Carton 1, Folder 27
Stop AIDS Project Progress Report, Program Statistics and Program Reports
1990-1991
Carton 1, Folder 28
Stop AIDS Project Board Retreats, Flyer, etc.
1987-1991
Carton 1, Folder 29
Urban Indian Health Board - Board reports and request for city funds
1987
Carton 1, Folder 30
VNA (Visiting Nursing Association) of San Francisco - single undated flyer of "Home, Community & Hospice Care" and other
services
c. 198?
Carton 1, Folder 31
Youth Environment Study (YES) : AIDS Intervention Training Center - Report on MENU (Methods of Estimating Needle Users at
Risk for AIDS) Project, other flyers/correspondence
1988-1990