Deaf AIDS Center (San Francisco, Calif.) Collection, 1987-2011, bulk 1987-1996

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Summary

Creators:
Deaf AIDS Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
Abstract:
The Deaf AIDS Center Collection documents the educational and social activities of the Center through photographs, flyers, and ephemera.
Extent:
2 boxes (5 scrapbooks + 1 DVD)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Deaf AIDS Center Collection (SFH 71), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection documents the activities of the Deaf AIDS Center through scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera. The Center organized educational workshops and conferences, retreats, an annual memorial for those who died of AIDS, and quilt panel sewing bees for the NAMES Project. There is a videorecording of the 16th annual Deaf AIDS memorial service from 2005.

Biographical / historical:

The Deaf AIDS Center was founded in 1986 by Darol Nance. The original team members included St. Benedict's Church, Deaf Service Network–-North, Interpreting Service at St. Benedict's, Father Ken Canedo, Father Tom Coughlin, Garet Stark, and other staff and volunteers. In the 1990s, the Deaf AIDS Center become part of the University of California, San Francisco, Center on Deafness.

Acquisition information:
Scrapbooks donated by Frank Lester, December 2011. DVD recording of the 16th annual Deaf AIDS Memorial (December 3, 2005) donated by Daniel Sonnenfeld in 2012.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1. Scrapbooks; and Series 2. Audiovisual Materials. The scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order with some loose materials in folders.

Physical location:
The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Deaf AIDS Center Collection (SFH 71), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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