Enrique Hermosillo papers

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2023


Descriptive Summary

Title: Enrique Hermosillo papers
Dates: 1952-1997
Collection Number: 1998-10
Creator/Collector: Hermosillo, Enrique
Extent: 4.4 linear feet (3 boxes, 3 oversize boxes)
Repository: GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains materials relating to the professional and personal life of nurse and cosmetologist, Enrique Hermosillo (1952-1997), who lived in San Francisco off and on from the mid-1970s until his death from HIV. The collection includes correspondence; journals; materials related to his two careers; drawings; personalia; and photographs.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Publication Rights

Copyright has been transferred to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Enrique Hermosillo papers. Collection Number: 1998-10. GLBT Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains materials relating to the professional and personal life of nurse and cosmetologist, Enrique Hermosillo (1952-1997), who lived in San Francisco off and on from the mid-1970s until his death from HIV. The collection includes correspondence; journals from 1976 to 1997; materials related to his two careers; drawings by Bruce Higgins, a man with HIV that Hermosillo cared for at Kaiser Hospital; personalia; and photographs from the 1950s to the 1990s that document Hermosillo’s friends, family, colleagues and professional work. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007641; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001813; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001826

Indexing Terms

Latinx people
Health
AIDS (disease)
Latinos

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