A Collection of Corinne Lightweaver's Publications with AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB) MSS.2022.04

Geremy Lowe

University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections

June 11, 2022

530 Parnassus Ave

Room 524

San Francisco, CA 94143-0840

libraryarchives@ucsf.edu

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Contributing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections

Title: A Collection of Corinne Lightweaver's Publications with AIDS

Project of the East Bay (APEB)

source: Lightweaver, Corinne

Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.04

Physical Description: 1 carton (1 carton)

Date (inclusive): 1986-1989

Abstract: A collection of newspaper and journal articles documenting the history and activities of the

AIDS

Project of the East Bay (APEB), including issues of San Francisco Sentinel and other newspapers.

Language of Material: English .

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], A Collection of Corrine Lightweaver's Publications with

AIDS

Project of the East Bay (APEB), MSS 2022-04, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management 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 by the reader.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Corinne Lightweaver in 2022.

Processing Information

Processed by Geremy Lowe in 2022.

Biographical / Historical

AIDS

Project of the East Bay (APEB) was founded in 1983 by Oakland physician Dr. Robert C. Scott as a program of the Pacific Center for Human Growth in Berkeley. Dr. Scott provided safer sex information to people at risk for HIV infection from his clinic waiting room to public sex environments and points between.

Corinne Lightweaver served as the Media Specialist for

AIDS

Project of the East Bay (9/1985 – 6/1987). Throughout her career, Lightweaver served as Associate Editor for Frontiers Magazine (11/1987 – 6/1989), Assistant News Editor for San Francisco Sentinel (10/1986 – 10/1987) and since her departure for focusing on HIV/

AIDS

-related topics, Lightweaver has continued writing and creating visual art regarding her own life story with her journey through breast cancer and mental illness. Currently, Lightweaver is the owner and consultant for Structure and Form—a nonprofit management and organizational development consulting and coaching for executive directors and board chairs of small to medium-sized nonprofits.

Content Description

This collection contains the publications and writing files of Corrine Lightweaver and LGBTQ-centered magazines and newspapers, to which Lightweaver has featured work. The bulk of the collection focuses on Lightweaver's writings during her tenure with

AIDS

Project of the East Bay (also known as APEB) and the LGBTQ-centered written works of other journalists from 1985-1989—focused on

AIDS

activism and LBGTQ+ experiences in Oakland, San Francisco, and other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

AIDS

activists--United States

AIDS

(Disease)--California--San Francisco

AIDS

(Disease)--Activists--United States

Lesbian activists

Lightweaver, Corinne

box 1, folder 1

The Lesbian Inciter, December 1985 1985

box 1, folder 2

AIDS Project of the East Bay In the News

box 1, folder 3

AIDS Project of the East Bay Press Releases and Publicity

box 1, folder 4

Corinne Lightweaver Portfolio, 1986-1987 1986-1987

box 1, folder 5

Beyond the Bay, San Francisco Sentinel, June 1987-September 1987 1987

box 1, folder 6

Coming Up, October 1987 1987

box 1, folder 7

Los Angeles Dispatch, November 25, 1987 1987

box 1, folder 8

The Lesbian News, February 1988 1988

box 1, folder 9

Frontier, September 1988-June 1989 1988-1989

box 1, folder 10

Miscellaneous AIDS News clippings 1987