Finding aid to the Daniel Warner papers, 1980-1994
Coll2013.014
Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Ansley
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Title: Daniel Warner papers
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.014
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet.
1 archive carton.
Date (inclusive): 1980-1994
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, videocassettes and personal information, 1980-1994, of Daniel P. Warner,
AIDS educator and co-founder of the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation. Materials in this collection primarily concern Warner's
experience living with HIV and AIDS from the 1980s to the time of his death in 1993.
creator:
Warner, Daniel, 1955-1993
Biography
Daniel P. Warner was the co-founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation, an organization that provided
care for people living with AIDS; and the program director of West Hollywood CARES. He also organized the National Candlelight
March in 1983 and 1990 and served as a health educator for the City of West Hollywood. In addition, Warner acted as a consultant
on two television movies about AIDS,
Our Sons on ABC and the Emmy award-winning
An Early Frost on NBC. In 1991, in recognition of his service to the community, Warner was given Los Angeles Shanti's first Daniel P. Warner
Commitment to Service Award, Los Angeles County's Community Service Award, and a certificate of recognition from the California
State Senate.
Daniel Warner was born on June 14, 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to Los Angeles in 1976, where he attended the California
Institute of the Arts and the University of California, Los Angeles. In the 1980s, Warner contracted HIV, and began writing
extensively about his experience living with HIV/AIDS. In 1987, he moved to San Francisco, but continued to spend most of
his time in Southern California. He returned to San Francisco permanently in 1991 and lived there with his partner, Matt Satterlund,
until he died on June 14, 1993.
Source: [Box 1, Folder 1] Daniel Warner Papers, Coll2013-014, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Acquisition
Gift of Jim Hooker, January 15, 2005.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Daniel Warner Papers, Coll2013-014, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly box 102-A095. Collection processed by Jennifer Ansley, February 2013.
Scope and Content
This collection includes the correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, videocassettes and funeral-related documents,
1980-1994, of Daniel P. Warner, AIDS educator and co-founder of the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation. Materials in this collection
primarily concern Warner's experience living with HIV and AIDS from the 1980s until the time of his death in 1993.
Among the items in this collection are four diaries from the years 1980 to 1991, as well miscellaneous manuscripts and loose
diary pages from the years 1984 to 1992. The correspondence addresses both his personal experiences and his organizational
activities, particularly his involvement with the National Candlelight March and West Hollywood CARES, from the years 1982
to 1983. The personal documents in the collection include copies of his death certificate, will, medical bills, and documents
related to his memorial service. The collection also includes the correspondence of Jim Hooker, as it relates to his duties
as the executor of Warner's will, from 1993.
These materials also include videocassettes: one of Warner's memorial service; and another that includes an edited video of
photographs, home videos, coverage of the National Candlelight March, and clips from his appearances on
60 Minutes, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, and Channel 5 News.
Arrangement
A folder of Daniel Warner's obituary and memorial service documents is at the beginning of this collection. The remaining
folders are arranged alphabetically.
Related Archival Materials
Los Angeles Shanti Foundation Records, Coll2012-164, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease)--Diaries, letters, and memoirs
AIDS (Disease)--Patients
AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
AIDS activists--California--Los Angeles
Diaries
Gay men
Box 1, Folder 1
Obituary and funeral-related documents
1991-1993
Box 1, Item 3-6
Diaries and journals
1980-1991
General Physical Description note: 4 notebooks.
Box 1, Folder 7
Diary pages and manuscripts
Undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Hooker, Jim, correspondence
1993
Box 1, Folder 9
Los Angeles Shanti
Undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Photographs
1988-1994
General Physical Description note: 6 photographs: b&w, col.
Box 1, Item VV2776-VV2778
Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1993
General Physical Description note: 3 videocassettes (VHS).
Scope and Contents note
Content for two of the videocassettes is of Daniel Warner's memorial service.