Pacific Pride Foundation records, late 1970s-2015, bulk 1991-2015

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Summary

Creators:
Pacific Pride Foundation
Abstract:
Records documenting the activities of the Pacific Pride Foundation of Santa Barbara, California, the bulk of these dating from 1991-2015. Materials include office files and correspondence, loose photographs and photograph albums, clippings, publications, posters, ephemera, and moving image materials.
Extent:
22.3 linear feet (6 document boxes, 4 cartons, 13 flat boxes, 1 flat file, 3 videocassettes, 3 DVDs)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Pacific Pride Foundation records, SBHC Mss 113. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Records documenting the activities of the Pacific Pride Foundation of Santa Barbara, California, the bulk of these dating from 1991-2015. Materials include office files and correspondence, loose photographs and photograph albums, clippings, publications, posters and various ephemera.

Office files include bylaws, board of directors minutes, meeting notes, budgets, planning documents, reports, memos, correspondence, research, event, and subject/issue files.

Loose photographs and albums cover such Pacific Pride events as the AIDS Walk, Waiters Dinner, and Safe Saturday Night, from the 1990s through the 2000s. Clippings cover topics such as Gay Marriage, Hate Crime, and HIV/AIDS.

Publications include the Gay and Lesbian Resource Center and Pacific Pride Bulletin, from the 1990s through the early 2000s.

Moving image materials include DVDs and videocassettes covering Pacific Pride public service advertisements, programs, and events.

Biographical / historical:

"Pacific Pride Foundation (PPF) began in 1976 as a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling and Referral center for Gay men and Lesbians. At that time the organization was called Western Addiction Services Program (WASP), and also offered a newsletter called The Bulletin, which is still in publication as our monthly eBulletin. In 1984 the agency initiated the AIDS Counseling and Assistance Program (AIDS CAP), in an effort to contend with the emerging HIV epidemic, and began offering free, anonymous HIV Testing in 1985 as one of the first county test sites. Over the next several years the program was expanded with state and county funding to provide HIV education and prevention to gay and bisexual men, substance abusers, and sex workers. In 1991, PPF established the Necessities of Life Project (NOLP), a food pantry providing free food and household items to low-income HIV-positive people and their families. That year also saw the legal name of the organization change to the Gay & Lesbian Resource Center (GLRC). In 1994, the organization changed its name to Pacific Pride Foundation, which became the parent organization for the GLRC as well as AIDS Project Central Coast (APCC, formerly AIDS CAP). Since its formation, Pacific Pride Foundation has become the foremost resource for people living with HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community, both in Santa Barbara County and the coastal communities of California between Los Angeles and San Francisco. With offices in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, PPF is a strong, respected leader providing high quality, compassionate health and social service programs not available through any other organization in the county." Pacific Pride Foundation History and Mission, https://pacificpridefoundation.org/history-mission/, accessed on December 1, 2017.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Collette Schabram, 2017.
Arrangement:

Materials have been arranged into the following series: 1. Office files, 2. Publications, 3. Photographs, 4. Clippings, 5. Artifacts and graphic materials, 6. Moving images.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Pacific Pride Foundation records, SBHC Mss 113. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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