Stephen Michael Chapot (November 21, 1951-August 24, 1988), born in San Francisco, was a medical illustrator educated at the University of California San Francisco. In the 1980s, he was diagnosed with AIDS. He depicted his disease through illustrations and art and spoke and wrote representing people with AIDS. The collection includes printed material, including “a Hundred Legends” - a portfolio of 127 artworks by people with AIDS published in 1989, correspondence, buttons, clippings and ephemera, and a sculpture by Chapot titled “Saint Kaposi.”

2 manuscript boxes

Collection is open for research.