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Finding aid to the Jeffery Masino collection on the California AIDS Ride, 1993-2000
Coll2012.179
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Title: Jeffery Masino collection on the California AIDS Ride
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2012.179
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.4 linear feet.
1 archive box + 1 archive flat box.
Date (inclusive): 1993-2000
Abstract: Administrative records, promotional material, a photograph, clippings, T-shirts and videocassettes from the Los Angeles branch
of the California AIDS Ride, 1993-2000, collected by Jeffery Masino, former director of the Los Angeles office. Materials
in the collection document the planning and implementation of the state-wide bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles
that raised funds and created awareness of HIV/AIDS.
creator:
Masino, Jeffery Jon
Jeffery Jon Masino grew up in Oxnard, California, and attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura. Masino built a career
in philanthropic fundraising, working with Palotta Teamworks, California AIDS Ride and the Avon Breast Cancer three-day walks.
Around 2002, Masino, a film enthusiast, founded Flicker Alley, a small organization in Hollywood that specializes in producing
DVD releases of silent and archival films. In 2012, Masino continues to operate Flicker Alley.
Sources:
Catania, Sara, "Fund Raising an Uphill Battle for Local AIDS Ride Activists,"
Los Angeles Times (May 11, 1995).
Darr, Brian, "Jeff Masino on Making Flicker Alley a Gateway to Cinema History,"
Keyframe (November 5, 2012)
(last accessed January 4, 2013).
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Donated by Jeffery Jon Masino, June 20, 2009.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Jeffery Masino collection on California AIDS Ride, Coll2012-179, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Collection processed by Jacquelyn Lopez and Loni Shibuyama, January 2013.
The collection comprises administrative records, promotional material, a photograph, clippings, T-shirts and videocassettes
from the Los Angeles branch of the California AIDS Ride, 1993-2000, collected by Jeffery Masino, former director of the Los
Angeles office. The administrative records include correspondence, operations manuals, rider manuals, schedules, pamphlets,
financial records, and other material documenting the planning and implementation of the state-wide bicycle event that raised
funds for and created awareness of HIV/AIDS.
T-shirts and videocassettes are at the end of the collection. The remaining folders are arranged chronologically.
The following periodicals and programs have been separated from the collection and cataloged into ONE Archives' periodicals
collection:
California AIDS Ride newsletters, 1993-2001.
The Center News, 1995-1996 (Winter).
The Center News, "Special Focus: Lesbian Perspectives," Undated.
Hero, [5 issues dated from 1999-2000]
Poz, [2 issues dated from 1995-1996].
Tanqueray AIDS Ride USA, [3 issues dated from 1999-2001].
Tanqueray California AIDS Ride, [2 issues dated from 1994-1995].
TeamWorking, [4 issues dated 1998].
Update: Southern California's Gay and Lesbian Newspaper, [Issue 646 (May 11, 1994) and Issue 676 (May 18, 1994)].
The following items have been separated from this collection and placed with ONE Archives' collection of buttons and other
ephemera:
"California AIDS Ride" button [white button with purple text]
"Tanqueray California AIDS Ride 1994" dog tags [with green text]
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Services for--California--Los Angeles County
AIDS activists
Fund raising
Gay men--Health & social issues--United States
T-shirts
Video tapes