San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project Collection, 2017-2018

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Title:: San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project collection
Dates:: 2017-2018
Creators:: GLBT Historical Society
Abstract:
Extent:: 102 audiovisual recordings of 23 interviewees
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Preferred citation:: San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project collection. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and content:: The San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project of the GLBT Historical Society is a wide-scale oral history project to chronicle, preserve and share the history of ACT UP/San Francisco and other AIDS direct-action groups in the city. ACT UP/San Francisco was a highly visible and influential group of militant AIDS activists associated with a national network of independent organizations that shared the name AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. The collection consists of 102 audiovisual recordings of interviews with 23 Bay Area activists. ACT UP/San Francisco emerged from earlier AIDS direct-action efforts in the city starting in 1984; it remained active into the mid-1990s. The project documents this wider context by also gathering oral histories on AIDS direct action by other local groups, including Enola Gay, the ARC/AIDS Vigil, AIDS Action Pledge, ACT UP/Golden Gate and Prevention Point. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001813; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008519.
Acquisition information:: The project was initiated by Joey Plaster and later managed by Eric Sneathen. Interviews were conducted between 2017 and 2018 and the collection was finalized in 2020.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 2017-2018
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to material is owned by the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred citation:: San Francisco ACT UP Oral History Project collection. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US