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Title: Robert A. Smith papers
Dates: 1978-1997
Collection Number: 1993-21
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Robert A. Smith (Bob Smith) papers contain correspondence with family friends and lovers, personal journals documenting
his life in San Francisco, travels and time at the University of Texas and in the Merchant Marines, writings, notebooks from
political meetings, personalia, photographs, and ephemera. There are materials related to ACT/UP San Francisco and ACT-UP
Golden Gate, Act Now, the Sixth International AIDS Conference, the AB 101 veto riot and other grassroots activism in San Francisco.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Collection may include some restricted material. Contact the archivist for more information.
[Identification of item]. Robert A. Smith papers . Collection Number: 1993-21. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The Robert A. Smith (Bob Smith) papers contain correspondence with family friends and lovers, personal journals documenting
his life in San Francisco, travels and time at the University of Texas and in the Merchant Marines, writings, notebooks from
political meetings, personalia, photographs, and ephemera. There are materials related to ACT/UP San Francisco and ACT-UP
Golden Gate, Act Now, the Sixth International AIDS Conference, the AB 101 veto riot and other grass roots activism in San
Francisco. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521
Gay men
AIDS (disease)