Finding aid to the John Iversen ACT UP/East Bay Collection, 1992-2004 GLC 83

Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
2013


Title: John Iversen ACT UP/East Bay Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1992-2004
Collection Identifier: GLC 83
Creator: Iversen, John
Physical Description: 2.0 boxes + 4 oversized folders (0.75 cubic feet)
Contributing Institution: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: The collection contains flyers, clippings, brochures, and publications related to protests and other actions organized by ACT UP/East Bay, an organization based in the San Francisco bay area.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.

Access

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Iversen ACT UP/East Bay Collection (GLC 83), Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

Donated by John Iversen, August 2004.

Biographical note

John Iversen is an HIV/AIDS rights activist and journalist who lives in the San Francisco bay area, specifically the East Bay. He began the East Bay chapter of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains flyers, clippings, brochures, and publications related to protests and other actions organized by ACT UP/East Bay. Major actions include: affordable medicines and big pharmaceuticals, housing for people with HIV/AIDS in Berkeley, and Kaiser/HMO. For the Berkeley protests, Iversen adopted the drag persona "Surely Mean" to criticize Berkeley mayor Shirley Dean. Additional materials relate to ACT UP/San Francisco, KPFA radio station, needle exchange, and John Iversen's activism and journalism.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by folder. Oversized folders are stored separately.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

ACT UP East Bay (Organization). -- History-Sources
Iversen, John -- Archives
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects
AIDS activists--California

Box 1, Folder 1

"Access for All: XV International AIDS Conference. Bangkok, July 11-18, 2004" [button, sticker], 2004

Box 1, Folder 2

ACT UP. Brochures, stationery, undated

Box 1, Folder 3

ACT UP/East Bay. Information sheet and flyers, 1997-2002, undated

Box 1, Folder 4

ACT UP Network contact lists, 1993, undated

Box 1, Folder 5

ACT UP San Francisco clippings, 1997-2001

Box 1, Folder 6

"Acting Up in the Bay Area. The Local Politics of the AIDS Epidemic" by Bridget Lee, 1998

Box 1, Folder 7

Affordable Medicines protests. Bayer / Bristol, Meyers, Squibb / Pharmaceutical Companies lawsuit, 2001-2002

Box 1, Folder 8

An Ark of Love, Inc., 1992

Oversize-folder 1

Bay Area Reporter

 

[Issue includes KPFA story], July 29, 1999

 

December 6, 2001

Box 1, Folder 9

Berkeley AIDS Housing / Rose Street Housing ["Surely Mean"], 1992-1998

Oversize-folder 2

Berkeley Daily Planet [regarding affordable medicines protest], December 1-2, 2001

Box 1, Folder 10

"East Bay Gay Leaders Honored" by John Iversen (in San Francisco Sentinel), July 12, 1995

Box 1, Folder 11

Global AIDS Fund [includes Coca-Cola protest], 2000-2003

Box 1, Folder 12

Health GAP Global Access Project, undated

Box 1, Folder 13

Hillhaven protest, 2001

Box 1, Folder 14

Immune Research in HIV Disease flyer, 1995

Box 1, Folder 15

Iversen, John. Interviews and articles about, 1993-2000

See also:

Oversized folders.
Box 1, Folder 16

Kaiser HMO campaign, 1995-1996

Box 1, Folder 17

KPFA [radio station], 1999

Box 1, Folder 18

LGBT Yoga Class flyer, undated

Box 1, Folder 19

Live 105 concert advertisement (in San Francisco Bay Guardian), May 17, 1995

Box 1, Folder 20

Needle Exchange, 1999-2001

Oversize-folder 3

"Non-Celluloid Hero and AIDS Fighter, John Iversen: an Interview" (in Downtown, Issue no. 368), October 18-November 15, 1995

Box 1, Folder 21

Notes from the Underground: the PWA Health Group Newsletter, 1998-1999

Box 1, Folder 22

Photograph: "Surely Mean for a Bitter Berkeley" [John Iverson holding sign], 1998

Box 1, Folder 23

Pledge 04.STOP.AIDS: A Presidential Platform for 2004 [2004]

Box 1, Folder 24

POZ, "The ACT UP Issue," March 1997

Box 1, Folder 25

Qual Med (HealthNet) HMO campaign, 1992-1993

Box 1, Folder 26

"Queercore Rocks Gilman" by Sam Hurwitt (in Express), December 8, 1995

Oversize-folder 4

San Francisco Bay View

 

["Drug firms' denial of affordable AIDS drugs…"], February 28, 2001

 

November 21, 2001

Box 1, Folder 27

World AIDS Day selective raffle, 1996-2001

Box 2

T-Shirts (2), undated

 

ACT UP/East Bay logo, tie-dyed short-sleeve shirt, undated

 

"Demand the AIDS Cure Project" sleeveless white shirt, undated