Michael S. Gottlieb papers MSS.2019.34

Erin Hurley
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
February 2021
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu


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.

 

Published articles on AIDS by Gottlieb 1978-1986

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[1]

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[2]

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[3]

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[4]

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[5]

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[6]

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[7]

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[8]

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[9]

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[10]

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[11]

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[12]

carton 5, folder 8

[13]

carton 5, folder 9

[14]

 

Published articles on AIDS by others 1982-1987

carton 1, folder 16

[1]

carton 1, folder 17

[2]

carton 1, folder 18

[3]

carton 1, folder 19

[4]

Scope and Contents

Published articles by others on AIDS ethics and patient consent.
carton 5, folder 6

Sheila Hutman [1] 1989-1990

carton 5, folder 7

Sheila Hutman [2] 1989-1990

 

AIDS drug treatment studies

carton 1, folder 24

AIDS studies and drug treatment protocols [1]

carton 1, folder 25

AIDS studies and drug treatment protocols [2]

carton 1, folder 26

RESTRICTED: Patient information from AIDS studies, legal and financial records

carton 1, folder 27

HPA-23 treatment study

carton 1, folder 29

Ribavarin treatment study

carton 1, folder 30

DTC study protocol; grant documentation

carton 6, folder 8

AZT clinical trials 1986

carton 6, folder 9

Draft outline for Phase II clinical trial, ATEU-06 1986

carton 6, folder 10

Isoprosine study protocol 1984

carton 6, folder 11

RESTRICTED: Clinical studies of Antivirial/Immunomodulator Regimens for HTLV-III Infection, and of Antiviral and Antimicrobial Agents for Infectious Complications of AIDS 1982

carton 6, folder 12

Azidothymidine double-blind placebo-controlled trial undated

carton 6, folder 13

RESTRICTED: Azidothymidine study [1] November 25, 1986

carton 6, folder 14

RESTRICTED: Azidothymidine study [2] November 25, 1986

carton 6, folder 15

AIDS studies (Suramin, AZT, HPA-23) 1985

carton 6, folder 16

Herpes treatment study 1984

carton 6, folder 17

RESTRICTED: Patient records and lab reports [1] 1983-1984

carton 6, folder 18

RESTRICTED: Patient records and lab reports [2] 1983-1984

 

Correspondence

 

Personal correspondence

carton 4, folder 3

1985-2014

 

Professional correspondence

Scope and Contents

Includes academic journal submissions, grant applications, and related correspondence.
carton 1, folder 20

[1] 1982-1986

carton 1, folder 21

[2] 1982-1986

carton 1, folder 22

Grant applications and related correspondence [1] 1982-1986

carton 1, folder 23

Grant applications and related correspondence [2] 1982-1986

carton 2, folder 1

General correspondence 1983

carton 2, folder 2

UCLA AIDS Center; Mr. Theodore's desk 1984

carton 2, folder 3

Chron. file [1] 1984

carton 2, folder 4

Chron. file [2] 1984

carton 2, folder 5

General correspondence 1984

carton 2, folder 6

General correspondence [1] 1985

carton 2, folder 7

General correspondence [2] 1985

carton 2, folder 8

General correspondence [3] 1985

carton 2, folder 9

General correspondence [4] 1985

carton 2, folder 10

General correspondence [5] 1985

carton 2, folder 11

General correspondence [6] 1985

carton 2, folder 12

RESTRICTED: Correspondence - Patients 1985

carton 2, folder 13

Outgoing correspondence [1] 1986

carton 2, folder 14

Outgoing correspondence [2] 1986

carton 2, folder 15

Outgoing correspondence [3] 1986

carton 2, folder 16

General correspondence [1] 1986

carton 2, folder 17

General correspondence [2] 1989-1990

carton 2, folder 18

Incoming correspondence [1] 1989-1990

carton 2, folder 19

Incoming correspondence [2] 1989-1990

carton 2, folder 20

CRC (Clinical Research Center) 1985-1986

carton 2, folder 22

Kempf, Dale 1995-1999

carton 5, folder 10

NEJM 1981-1984

carton 2, folder 23

NEJM 2001

carton 4, folder 5

1985-2006

carton 4, folder 6

Jonas Salk 1995

carton 5, folder 16

Burrough's Wellcome 1983

carton 6, folder 24

Professional correspondence and academic journal submissions [1] 1982-1992

carton 6, folder 25

Professional correspondence and academic journal submissions [2] 1982-1992

carton 6, folder 26

Professional correspondence and academic journal submissions [3] 1982-1992

 

"Crazy mail" circa 1985-1995

carton 5, folder 11

[1]

carton 5, folder 12

[2]

carton 5, folder 13

[3]

carton 5, folder 14

[4]

carton 5, folder 15

[5]

 

Celebrity donors and related correspondence

carton 4, folder 4

Celebrity donors and correspondence 1985-1995

carton 4, folder 5

Correspondence and press related to Rock Hudson donation 1985-1986

 

Presentations, speeches, and drafts

carton 2, folder 29

Speeches and symposia presentation 1984

carton 2, folder 34

Text of Paris conference speech 1986

carton 4, folder 8

Draft of speech undated

carton 4, folder 9

Drafts of speeches circa 1990-1995

carton 4, folder 10

Transcript of Gerald Oppenheimer interviewing Gottlieb 1995

carton 4, folder 11

Transcript of Gottlieb oral history 1995

carton 4, folder 12

Published AIDS studies, symposium program 1982-1994

carton 6, folder 22

Program and Abstracts of the 25th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1985

 

Meeting minutes, reports, and AIDS-related task force proceedings

carton 6, folder 1

Proceedings of AIDS Budget Task Force March 4, 1985

carton 6, folder 2

Proceedings of AIDS Budget Task Force March 8, 1985

carton 6, folder 3

UCLA AIDS Center - University-wide Task Force on AIDS site visit [1] January 24, 1985

carton 6, folder 4

UCLA AIDS Center - University-wide Task Force on AIDS site visit [2] January 24, 1985

carton 6, folder 5

RESTRICTED: UCLA AIDS Center serum bank logbook 1984

carton 6, folder 6

AIDS Advisory Committee meeting minutes [1] 1984-1985

carton 6, folder 7

AIDS Advisory Committee meeting minutes [2] 1984-1985

carton 6, folder 19

AIDS: Women at Risk! ca. 1980-1985

carton 6, folder 20

Reports on AIDS Published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1981-1986

carton 6, folder 21

Proposition 64: The AIDS Initiative in California 1986

carton 6, folder 23

RESTRICTED: American Foundation for AIDS Research Report and Analysis, Part 1 January 12, 1987

carton 3, folder 1

CDC AIDS Weekly March - April, 1986

carton 3, folder 2

CDC AIDS Weekly May - August, 1986

carton 3, folder 3

CDC AIDS Weekly September - November, 1986

carton 3, folder 4

CDC AIDS Weekly November - December, 1986

carton 3, folder 5

CDC AIDS Weekly November - December, 1986

carton 4, folder 14

The 100th Being Alive Medical Update 1996

carton 4, folder 15

DVDs and CD-ROMs re: 25th Anniversary of UCLA Report on AIDS 2005

 

Events

carton 3, folder 5

1st workshop of the European KS/AIDS study grp. June 25, 1983

carton 3, folder 6

Swedish Society of Medical Sciences Annual meeting November 30 - December 2, 1983

carton 3, folder 7

CDC International Conference, Atlanta April 15-17, 1985

carton 3, folder 8

AIDS Mental Health Conference 1985

carton 3, folder 9

Dept. Head Meeting September 19, 1985

carton 3, folder 10

Information Seminar/UCEX September 23, 1985

carton 3, folder 11

UCSF AIDS Mental Health Conference September 13-14, 1985

carton 3, folder 12

ICAAC October 1, 1985

carton 3, folder 13

New Directions in Surinam Studies, Bethesda October 7, 1985

carton 3, folder 14

Faculty Retreat October 11-12, 1985

carton 3, folder 15

UCLA Medicine and Society Forum October 17, 1985

carton 3, folder 16

Sepulveda VA Hospital October 17, 1985

carton 3, folder 17

Congress of Allergy & Clin. Immunol. October 20-25, 1985

carton 3, folder 18

ULCA Alumni Assoc./Speaker Diane Watson October 28, 1985

carton 3, folder 19

CIA Conference October 30, 1985

carton 3, folder 20

UCLA Medical Ground Rounds October 30, 1985

carton 3, folder 21

Network Coordinating Council November 22, 1985

carton 3, folder 22

K-West News Service Interview UCLA November 27, 1985

carton 3, folder 23

Immunology of Cancer, Copenhagen November 4-6, 1985

carton 3, folder 24

Amer. Soc. of Clin. Pathol., Las Vegas November 4, 1985

carton 3, folder 25

Dr. Merv Silverman and AMI November 7, 1985

carton 3, folder 26

CA Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sacramento November 7, 1985

carton 3, folder 27

Calif. AIDS Strategic Planning Comm. November 8, 1985

carton 3, folder 28

Japanese TV interview November 14, 1985

carton 3, folder 29

Greenspan Lecture & Lunch November 15, 1985

carton 3, folder 30

UCLA Board of Regents November 15, 1985

carton 3, folder 31

Vancouver November 11, 1985

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MSI Hyatt LAX November, 1985

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Network Coordinating Council November 22, 1985

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Channel City Club November 25, 1985

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Astra Conference Phoenix, AZ December 9, 1985

carton 3, folder 36

Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital December 10, 1985

carton 3, folder 37

Sherman Oaks Hospital December 5, 1985

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Irvine ARC meeting December 12, 1985

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So Cal Assn. for Philanthropy January 7, 1985

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Chilean TV interview 14-214c CHS January 28, 1985

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Cal State Dominguez 7:00 January 28, 1985

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Speech to Nurses BH-928 CHS 1:15-2:30 January 31, 1985

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Publishing event: Abbott Labs monograph, end of Jan. January, 1985

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Pending publications: Chapter for John Wiley & Sons on the role of diag. immun. in AIDS March 1, 1986

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Dean's Committee April 1, 1986

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Hawaii: "Strategy for HTLV. infect." speech April 4, 1986

carton 3, folder 47

Meeting w/ Lamontaigne and Dr. Byrson at 12 floor conference room, 1:30 April 23, 1986

carton 3, folder 48

Lecture to Detel's class, campus April 28, 1986

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Ortho lecture April 30, 1986

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Clinical research mtg., Washington D.C. May 2 -5, 1986

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AIDS Videoconference May 6, 1986

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Amer. Assn. of Cancer Res., LA Convention Center May 7-10, 1986

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"13th Ann. Family Practice Referesher C.," Santa Monica May 27-31, 1986

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Retroviral Symposium, UCLA May 30, 1986

carton 3, folder 55

Publishing event: Chapman & Hall UK, Chap. "Clinical effects," due May 1986 May, 1986

carton 3, folder 56

Int'l Conf. on AIDS, Sorrento June 2, 1986

carton 3, folder 57

Paris abstracts 1986

carton 3, folder 58

International Conference on AIDS June 23-25, 1986

carton 3, folder 59

IUIS Conf. on Clin. Immun., Toronto, Ontario July 5, 1986

carton 3, folder 60

Canned: Meeting to discuss space, Brentwood Room July 9, 1986

carton 3, folder 61

APLA Annual Board of Directors meeting, 7:00 pm July 14, 1986

carton 3, folder 62

Maui conference July 27 - August 2, 1986

carton 3, folder 63

NIH Workshop on AIDS vaccines July 27, 1986

carton 3, folder 64

Int'l Cancer Congress, Budapest, Hungary August 21-27, 1986

carton 3, folder 65

Children's Hospital LA, 11:30 August 26, 1986

carton 3, folder 66

Dean's Advisory Committee meeting September 2, 1986

carton 3, folder 67

Interview with NHK News Director, Tokyo, Japan, 9/13 or? September 13, 1986

carton 3, folder 68

Behring Symposium, Tokyo September 19, 1986

carton 3, folder 69

Multi Center meeting, Tucson, AZ September 24, 1986

carton 3, folder 70

CA AIDS Advisory Committee, Santa Ana September 26-27, 1986

carton 3, folder 71

ICAAC September 29 - October 1, 1986

carton 3, folder 72

"Pneumocystis for Lunch-Bunch," New Orleans September 29, 1986

carton 3, folder 73

HOAG Hospital Update, Speech to Med. Staff October 3, 1986

carton 3, folder 74

UCLA Medical Center auxiliary speech, 1:00 October 8, 1986

carton 3, folder 75

Immun. Conf. Moss Auditorium MDCC A2-342, 12:00 noon October 9, 1986

carton 3, folder 76

Second National Conference on AIDS, Australia October 31, 1986

carton 3, folder 77

International Symposium on Arthritis and Infectious Diseases, St. Francis Hotel, San Fran. November 14-15, 1986

carton 3, folder 78

Speech to Medical Staff at VA, 8:00 am November 19, 1986

carton 3, folder 79

Daniel Freeman Hospital AIDS: update 1986, 8:15 am December 9, 1986

carton 3, folder 80

AIDS & Workman's compensation, San Fran. December 12, 1986

carton 3, folder 81

CDC meeting for revision of AIDS def. December 15, 1986

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AZT Forum, New York December 19, 1986

carton 3, folder 83

California AIDS Advisory Committee, Orange County - Fresno - Santa Barbara - Santa Clara September 9-13, October 10-11, November 14-15, December 14-15, 1986; January 9-10, 1987

carton 3, folder 84

Selected Topics in Allergy & Clinical Immunology January 14-18, 1987

carton 3, folder 85

Century City Hospital, 6 - 8:30 January 15, 1987

carton 3, folder 86

ICN Annual Conference on Virology January 16, 1987

carton 3, folder 87

NPI Auditorium UCLA Men's Study FORUM, 2 pm January 25, 1987

carton 3, folder 88

Lecture to Detel's Class, 9 - 12 February 2, 1987

carton 3, folder 89

LA Airport Hilton AHEC Forum on "Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Medical School Curriculum" February 11, 1987

carton 3, folder 90

Beverly Hilton OB/GYN Assembly February 12, 1987

carton 3, folder 91

AIDS Awareness Week, UCLA February 17-18, 1987

carton 3, folder 92

Int'l Conference on AIDS in Children, Adolescents and HETS February 19, 1987

carton 3, folder 93

American Red Cross Conference on AIDS and IV Drug Use February 27-28, 1987

carton 3, folder 94

DNA and Hybridoma Research, San Fran March 1-4, 1987

carton 3, folder 95

1987 CMA Meeting, Disneyland March 7, 1987

carton 3, folder 96

Interview with Tokyo Broadcasting System March 7, 1987

carton 3, folder 97

The 2nd National Conference for Practitioners, Baltimore, MD March 11, 1987

carton 3, folder 98

EF Hutton AIDS Scientific Symposium, New York City March 13, 1987

carton 3, folder 99

The Second National Conference for Practitioners - AIDS and Children: The Legal Issues March 13, 1987

carton 3, folder 100

The Second National Conference for Practitioners - Family Dynamics: The Impact of Pediatric AIDS March 13, 1987

carton 3, folder 101

Canned: Drug Allergy Talk November 13, 1982

carton 3, folder 102

Canned: Miscellaneous Events circa 1982-1987

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Canned Events 1986

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Canned: Tokyo, Japan January 12-24, 1986

carton 3, folder 105

Canned: IG talk circa 1982-1987

carton 3, folder 106

Canned: Eye disease lecture March 1984

carton 3, folder 107

Canned: Immunodifficiency Talks June 1981

carton 3, folder 108

Canned: Immunodulator Talk May 1984

carton 3, folder 109

Canned: Neurologic Talk undated

carton 3, folder 110

Canned: Prepared Text October 1984

 

AIDS-related press, periodicals and ephemera

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AIDS ephemera and educational materials 1985-1986

carton 2, folder 35

Periodicals with AIDS-related articles 1987

carton 4, folder 13

AIDS-related press with handwritten notes 1988-1989

carton 4, folder 16

AIDS anniversary press 2001-2006

carton 4, folder 17

Commemorative AIDS materials 1986-2009

carton 4, folder 18

Medical journals [1] 1984-2006

carton 4, folder 19

Medical journals [2] 1984-2006

carton 4, folder 20

Newspaper clippings 1991

carton 4, folder 21

Newspaper clippings [1] circa 1991-2006

carton 4, folder 22

Newspaper clippings [2] circa 1991-2006

carton 4, folder 23

UCLA and AIDS-related ephemera 1987-2006

carton 4, folder 24

Student AIDS study 2005

carton 5, folder 1

AIDS articles: NY Native - "From Grid to AIDS to Visna?" August 26 - September 1, 1986

carton 5, folder 2

NY Native - "Report Finds 17% o California AIDS Deaths Go Unreported" February 17 - 23, 1986

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NY Native - "Birth of An Antibody Underground" September 2 - 8, 1986

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NY Native - "A CDC Designed Disease" September 2 - 8, 1986

carton 5, folder 5

NY Native - "The Human Response" February 17 - 23, 1986

carton 5, folder 17

AIDS news: magazines and newspapers 1987

carton 6, folder 27

AIDS ephemera; periodicals circa 1989-1993

 

Photographs, slides, and proofs

carton 4, folder 2

Photographs (black-and-white, color, proofs, and slides) circa 1980s - 1990s

carton 7

Slides (black-and-white, color, glass slides) circa 1980s-1990s

Conditions Governing Access

Glass slides are restricted due to HIPAA patient privacy rules.
 

Computer media

carton 5

5.25 inch floppy disks circa 1980s-1990s

Physical Description: 87 5.25 inch floppy disk(s)
carton 7

3.5 inch floppy disks circa 1980s-1990s

Physical Description: 32 3.5 inch floppy disk(s)
 

Audiovisual materials

carton 7

CDs circa 1980s-1990s

Physical Description: 5 CDs(CD-ROM discs)
carton 7

VHS tapes circa 1980s-1990s

Physical Description: 7 videocassette
 

Miscellaneous

carton 2, folder 13

Book chapters written or edited by Gottlieb 1984-1986

carton 2, folder 14

Handwritten notes ca. 1980-1987

carton 2, folder 32

AIDS policy recommendations 1983-1987

carton 2, folder 21

Book interviews 1985-1995

carton 6, folder 28

Miscellaneous journal articles, press releases, correspondence, and speeches 1984-1986