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Robert Dreher papers
1990-14  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Robert Dreher papers
    Dates: 1900-1989
    Collection Number: 1990-14
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 1.6 linear feet
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: The Robert Dreher papers document the life of the former Catholic priest and social worker, who died of AIDS.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Robert Dreher papers. Collection Number: 1990-14. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of James Dewsnap on November 15, 1990.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Robert Dreher papers document the life of the former Catholic priest and social worker, who died of AIDS. Dreher (1935-1989) was ordained as a priest in 1961. He served in parishes in Tracy, Stockton and Lodi until 1976, when he became a social worker for Alameda County and a volunteer masseur for Hospice of San Francisco. The collection contains diaries (1957-1989), personalia, family papers and photo albums. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/MESH/D019497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194

    Indexing Terms

    AIDS (disease)
    Diaries
    Photography