ACT UP/Los Angeles records, circa 1980s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
ACT UP Los Angeles (Organization)
Abstract:
ACT UP is an international direct action advocacy group focused primarily on improving the access to and quality of AIDS healthcare services, as well as coalition building with a broad range of other activist communities. This collection contains ephemera and promotional materials from ACT UP Los Angeles.
Extent:
1.4 linear feet (1 record carton and 1 document box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], ACT UP/Los Angeles records (Collection 2224). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains ephemera, such as t-shirts, buttons and stickers from ACT UP Los Angeles, as well as publications by the national organization and some organizational documents.

Biographical / historical:

Meeting for the first time in West Hollywood in 1987, the Los Angeles chapter of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was inspired by the activities of ACT UP New York which had been active throughout that year.

The Los Angeles chapter focused primarily on improving the access to and quality of AIDS healthcare services, as well as coalition building with a broad range of other activist communities. They advocated for non-violent direct action as a means to draw media attention. The group provided training in civil disobedience and conflict resolution, and support teams were formed to track and respond to confrontations and arrests.

The Los Angeles chapter defined their organization as a "grass-roots, democratic, militant, direct action organization dedicated to creating positive changes around AIDS in federal and local government, the media and medical industries through non-violent public protests."

Acquisition information:

Provenance unknown, 2014.

This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the UCLA Library .

Processing information:

Processed by Stacy Wood, 2014. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2017.

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Arrangement:

Materials in this collection have been arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], ACT UP/Los Angeles records (Collection 2224). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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