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Title: Jeff Getty papers
Dates: circa 1980s-1990s
Collection Number: 2023-77
Creator/Collector:
Getty, Jeff
Extent: 3.75 linear feet (3 cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Jeff Getty (1957 July 14-2006 October 9) was an AIDS treatment activist. In 1995, Getty became the first person to receive
a transplant of baboon bone-marrow. Personal research files; article clippings; correspondence with physicians; and protocols
and consent forms documents Getty’s participation in the transplant procedure. Also include are ACT UP Golden Gate materials
on xenotransplants; a draft of Getty’s memoir; CDs and VHS from AIDS activist events; and t-shirts related to AIDS activism.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT
Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on
behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use
requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Jeff Getty papers. Collection Number: 2023-77. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of John J. Winters, February 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
Jeff Getty (1957 July 14-2006 October 9) was an AIDS treatment activist. In 1995, Getty became the first person to receive
a transplant of baboon bone-marrow. Personal research files; article clippings; correspondence with physicians; and protocols
and consent forms documents Getty’s participation in the transplant procedure. Also include are ACT UP Golden Gate materials
on xenotransplants; a draft of Getty’s memoir; CDs and VHS from AIDS activist events; and t-shirts related to AIDS activism.
LGBTQ
AIDS (disease)
Health
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)