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Title: Stephen M. Chapot papers
Dates: 1985-2006
Collection Number: 2018-52
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 manuscript boxes
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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.”
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Stephen M. Chapot papers. Collection Number: 2018-52. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Hank Chapot, April 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.” GSSO linked terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001154; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
AIDS (disease)
Art
Gay men