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Coll2007-015
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Title: AIDS History Project collection
Dates: circa
1967-2007
Bulk Dates: 1985-1997
Collection number: Coll2007-015
Creator:
Kepner, Jim (James), 1923-1997
Creator:
Southern California AIDS Social Policy
Archive
Collection Size: 164 boxes + 7 oversize boxes + 1
shoebox (210.4 linear feet).
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Materials relating to the AIDS epidemic, with
special emphasis on Los Angeles County. The collection includes records of the
various Los Angeles City and County government departments, agencies, and task
forces involved in the fight against AIDS, in particular the Los Angeles County
AIDS Programs office. The majority of the records relates to HIV/AIDS
counseling and testing; community education; the Long Beach Early Intervention
Network (EIN) Project; funding through the Centers for Disease Control and
under the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990; projects undertaken by private agencies
under contract to Los Angeles County; and the work of various commissions and
task forces. Additional records of the California State Office of AIDS and the
Centers for Disease Control and its subsidiary institutes document the response
of the state and Federal governments. The collection also contains materials
created by Los Angeles County, California, and national organizations and
institutions involved in AIDS research, education, awareness, and community
support; a wide variety of materials created by or about persons affected by
AIDS; geographic files containing information on AIDS elsewhere in the United
States and the world; subject files; a substantial number of English- and
Spanish-language AIDS-related newsletters; graphic materials including
photographs and posters; ephemera and memorabilia; and a large number of
newspaper clippings.
Languages: Languages
represented in the collection: English
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
AIDS History Project collection, Coll2007-015, ONE National Gay and
Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Created in 1985.
Processed by Michael Palmer and Loni Shibuyama,
September-December
2007.
Processing this collection has been funded
by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
The AIDS History Project Collection was formed in the Fall of 1985 by
Jim Kepner, as part of his International Gay and Lesbian Archives (IGLA), to
document the history of the AIDS epidemic, in particular in Southern
California. It consisted of organizational and subject files. Kepner formed and
augmented the collection by removing AIDS-related materials from organizational
and personal papers in the IGLA collections. The earliest project coordinator
was Olaf Odegaard, succeeded in turn by David Grossman and Jack Carrel, who
later worked for the Los Angeles Free Clinic and the Los Angeles County
Sexually Transmitted Disease Program. The size of the collection was greatly
increased in 2001/2002 by the acquisition of the Southern California AIDS
Social Policy Archive, which had been formed at the University of Southern
California in 1995 to preserve and make accessible pertinent private papers of
David Johnson, the first Los Angeles City AIDS Coordinator, Dr. Michael
Gottlieb, and Dr. Joel Weisman, materials from local AIDS activist groups, and
papers of the Los Angeles City Attorney AIDS/HIV Discrimination Unit.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises reports, correspondence, memoranda,
statistics, bibliographies, conference proceedings, minutes, notes, journal
articles, subject files, brochures, posters, flyers, photographs, news
clippings, ephemera, memorabilia, as well as audiovisual, fundraising,
publicity and other materials relating to the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles
County, the state of California, and the United States. The core of the
collection consists of materials created by the various Los Angeles City and
County government departments, agencies, and task forces involved in the fight
against AIDS, in particular the Los Angeles County AIDS Programs office. The
majority of the records relates to HIV/AIDS counseling and testing; community
education; the Long Beach Early Intervention Network (EIN) Project; funding
through the Centers for Disease Control and under the Ryan White CARE Act of
1990; projects undertaken by private agencies under contract to Los Angeles
County; and the work of various commissions and task forces. Additional records
of various California State government departments, agencies, and task forces,
in particular the California State Office of AIDS, document the state's
response to the AIDS epidemic. The collection includes records of Federal
agencies, in particular the Centers for Disease Control and its subsidiary, the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which address HIV/AIDS
testing, counseling, and prevention. The collection also contains extensive
materials created by Los Angeles County, California, and national organizations
and institutions involved in AIDS research, education, awareness, and community
support; geographic files containing information on AIDS elsewhere in the
United States and the world; extensive subject files; a large number of
English- and Spanish-language AIDS-related newsletters; graphic materials
including photographs and posters; ephemera, including buttons and safe-sex
condom packets; and a large number of newspaper clippings.
Processing note: because many of the folders were re-arranged and
re-foldered before the collection was processed it has not always been possible
to determine their original context. They have consequently been arranged by
originating or receiving agency, date, or subject, as considered most
appropriate. When the integrity of a folder appears intact and its creator can
be identified, the name of the creator is noted on the folder and in this
document.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Aids (Disease)--California--Los Angeles
County
Aids (Disease)--Government Policy--California--Los
Angeles County
Aids (Disease)--Law and
Legislation--California
Aids (Disease)--Patients--Medical care
Aids (Disease)--Patients--Mental health
Aids (Disease)--Patients, Counseling
of--California--Los Angeles County
Aids (Disease)--Patients, Services
for--California--Los Angeles County
Aids (Disease)--Periodicals
California--Office of
AIDS
Centers for Disease Control
(U.S.)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (U.S.)
Kepner, Jim (James), 1923-1997
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Dept.
of Health Services
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Dept.
of Health Services--AIDS Program Office
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Dept.
of Mental Health
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
Southern California AIDS Social
Policy Archive