Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Organizational History
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services records
Date (inclusive): 1989-1993
Collection Number: MSS 93-18
Creators :
Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 carton, 1 box
Linear feet: 1.75
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: Planning processes, meeting minutes, client survey files, facilitators manuals,
activity reports, correspondence, and other materials produced by this nonprofit AIDS education organization.
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 UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manager of Archives and
Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCSF 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 reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services Records, MSS 93-18, Archives and Special
Collections, UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California, San Francisco.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
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)--United States--History
AIDS (Disease)--California--San Francisco
Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services
Minorities--Health and hygiene--United States
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Lee Woo to the UCSF Library in March 1993.
Processing Information
Processed by Nancy Zinn and Josue Hurtado
Organizational History
Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services (BAHSES) provided counseling, education, and advocacy to a multicultural population
at risk of, or having, HIV infection. BAHSES was located at 625 O'Farrell, and though some clients came from elsewhere in
the city, they were primarily residents of the nearby Tenderloin and Polk districts and the lower Nob Hill area. Most were
people of color with limited incomes.
The roots of BAHSES go back to 1985. That year the San Francisco chapter of Black and White Men Together, a social and political
organization dealing with racism and interracial relationships among gay men, formed an AIDS Task Force (BWMT/ATF) to address
the AIDS epidemic and its impact on people of color. In 1989 the BWMT/ATF name was changed to BAHSES and an effort began to
secure a non-profit status. The first paid staff and structured educational programs began that same year.
Other chapters of BWMT were also active or interested in AIDS. The National BWMT recognized the important work the San Francisco
chapter was performing and wanted to use that model to help other chapters. In 1988, it formed the National Task Force on
AIDS Prevention (NTFAP) to accomplish this goal. BAHSES helped NTFAP get started by providing office space and lending staff
and administrative support. NTFAP grew rapidly, moved into a larger suite apart from BAHSES, and began seeking its own funding
contracts. Competition between the sibling groups ensued. In 1992 the AIDS Office of the San Francisco Department of Public
Health pulled a major contract away from BAHSES and gave it to NTFAP. BAHSES eventually folded in early 1993.
Scope and Content of Collection
Planning processes and meeting minutes are particularly well-documented in this collection. Other notable files include those
describing SWAT (Sex With A Twist) Teams, the Client Survey file, Facilitator's Manuals addressing women and transgendered
people, and Activity Reports. BAHSES ran numerous safe sex workshops at the Steamworks in Berkeley, the nearest gay bathhouse
to San Francisco. The file labeled Steamworks contains correspondence, an MOU, and reports of workshops.
All files are labeled with original file numbers and descriptions. A five page general guide and a forty page detailed guide
were used by BAHSES for filing. Copies of these guides are in folder 1/24, and researchers are urged to examine them in order
to understand the original arrangement of this collection.