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William R. Alschuler Collection
MSS.2019.07  
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  • Contributing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
    Title: William R. Alschuler collection
    source: Alschuler , William R.
    Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2019.07
    Physical Description: 1.417 Linear Feet (1 carton and 1 box)
    Date (bulk): 1992-1996
    Language of Material: English .

    Content Description

    This collection includes materials assembled and organized by William R. Alschuler, California Institute of the Arts science faculty, for a class on the AIDS epidemic he was teaching in 1993-96, "AIDS as exhibit." It contains flyers, handouts, newsletters, and other publications from numerous public health departments and community based organizations in California and around the country with information about AIDS transmission and prevention, treatment, testing protocols, nutrition, service organizations, legal rights and educational resources as well as newspaper and journal clippings and course syllabi about the history of the AIDS epidemic. The final project of this class included exhibits curated by students that were displayed in hallways at California Institute of the Arts.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--Epidemiology--California
    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--History--California
    AIDS (Disease) -- United States -- History
    AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Periodicals
    AIDS (Disease) -- United States -- Periodicals
    AIDS (Disease) -- California -- San Francisco
    AIDS (Disease)
    AIDS (Disease)--History--California--San Francisco
    AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation
    AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for
    AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care
    AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects
    AIDS (Disease)--Prevention
    AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
    AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--California--San Francisco Bay Area
    AIDS (Disease)--Social Aspects--United States
    AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching--United States
    AIDS (Disease) California
    AIDS (Disease) in children
    AIDS (Disease) in women--United States
    Alschuler , William R.