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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
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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