Robert Dreher papers

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2023

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