The Survivors: An HIV/AIDS Oral History Project Records, 2024

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Summary

Title:
The Survivors: An HIV/AIDS Oral History Project records
Dates:
2024
Creators:
Lick-Wilmerding High School
Abstract:
Extent:
13.85 GB
Language:
Preferred citation:

The Survivors: An HIV/AIDS Oral History Project records. GLBT Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

A digital collection of eight, documentary short films, eight oral history transcripts, and an impact statement resulting from “The Survivors: An HIV/AIDS Oral History Project,” conducted by students at Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, CA in the spring of 2024.

Biographical / historical:

From an "Impact Statement" written by Alegria Barclay and Eleanor Sananman: "In the Spring of 2024, high school students in two different classes came together to conduct oral histories with long-term survivors living with HIV/AIDS. One class was a 12th grade history seminar entitled ‘ACT UP, FIGHT BACK–A History of the AIDS Movement’ taught by Alegria Barclay and the other class was a mixed grade introductory film class entitled ‘Cinematic Storytelling’ taught by Eleanor Sananman. The students in the history seminar spent the first half of the semester delving into the social, political, scientific, and activist history of the AIDS crisis, specifically during the ‘Plague Years.’ They then were joined by the film class students and collaborated in groups of three to interview, transcribe, and make a short film of the experiences of their narrators. In total, students worked with eight narrators who all had been living with an HIV diagnosis since the 1980s. We were intentional about seeking out a diverse group of narrators to counter the mainstream narrative that only white, cis, gay men were the primary victims of the AIDS crisis. In addition, we chose to pair, when possible, narrators with a particular racial identity with students who might share that identity."

Acquisition information:
Gift of Alegria Barclay, September 2024.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by GLBT Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
2024
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

The Survivors: An HIV/AIDS Oral History Project records. GLBT Historical Society

Location of this collection:
989 Market Street, Lower Level
San Francisco, CA 94103, US
Contact:
(415) 777-5455
reference@glbthistory.org
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