Conditions Governing Access
Accruals
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Content Description
Separated Materials
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Michael S. Gottlieb papers
source:
Gottlieb, Michael Stuart, Dr.
Creator:
Gottlieb, Michael Stuart, Dr.
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2019.34
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
(7 cartons)
Date (bulk): 1980-2019
Abstract: Michael Stuart Gottlieb is an American physician and immunologist known for his 1981 identification of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease. This collection contains published papers by Gottlieb and many others on AIDS-related topics.
It also includes information on various AIDS drug treatment studies, professional and personal correspondence, and information
about various talks and events attended by Gottlieb during the 1980s. It also includes materials related to Gottlieb's AIDS-related
philanthropic work, as well as materials related to his time as actor Rock Hudson's personal physician until the actor's death
from AIDS in 1985.
Condition Description: Collection was infected with silver fish and was treated at the Bancroft library preservation department. Some of the materials
show evidence of water damage.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific
time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the file level. Contact the Head of Archives and Special
Collections for information on access to restricted files.
Accruals
Future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Dr. Michael S. Gottlieb in 2019.
Arrangement
The collection has been subdivided into twelve series, and has been organized primarily by content (published articles, drug
treatment studies, etc.) and material type.
Biographical / Historical
Michael Stuart Gottlieb is an American physician and immunologist known for his 1981 identification of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease. Gottlieb was born in 1947 in New Jersey and was educated at Rutgers University, the University
of Rochester, and Stanford University, where had a fellowship in immunology. In 1980, he accepted a position at the UCLA School
of Medicine, where he worked for nearly 20 years. In 2019, he accepted a position at APLA Health in Los Angeles, a nonprofit
devoted to the health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Gottlieb is also well-known as the personal physician to actor Rock Hudson after Hudson's AIDS diagnosis. He also established,
with a gift from the Hudson estate and with the help of Hudson's friend Elizabeth Taylor and medical researcher Mathilde Krim,
the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Gottlieb was also actively involved in fundraising and philanthropy related to
AIDS treatment and advocacy.
He was also an investigator in early clinical trials of several different AIDS drug treatment studies, including AZT, an antiretroviral
which was later approved by the FDA for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Preferred Citation
Michael S. Gottlieb papers, MSS 2019-34. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Processing Information
Processed by Erin Hurley in 2021.
Content Description
Professional papers of Michael Stuart Gottlieb, an American physician and immunologist known for his 1981 identification of
acquired immune deficiency syndrome as a new disease, and for his HIV/AIDS research, HIV/AIDS activism, and philanthropic
efforts associated with HIV/AIDS treatment.
The collection contains published papers by Gottlieb and many others on AIDS-related topics. It also includes information
on various AIDS drug treatment studies, professional and personal correspondence, and information about various talks and
events attended by Gottlieb during the 1980s. It contains AIDS-related newspaper and magazine articles and ephemera, as well
as photographs, slides, VHS tapes, and CD-ROMs.
Separated Materials
1.5 cartons worth of books on AIDS and related subjects were donated and removed after culling for duplicates in the UCSF
Library collection. Non-duplicative titles were kept for cataloging.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be
submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of UCSF
Archives and Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission ofthe
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease) Government Policy United States
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) California
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care
Clinical trials
Gottlieb, Michael Stuart, Dr.