McGregor (Marilyn) ACT UP/Golden Gate Breast Cancer Committee Records, 1993-2000

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Title:: Marilyn McGregor ACT UP/Golden Gate Breast Cancer Committee Records
Dates:: 1993-2000
Creators:: McGregor, Marilyn.
Abstract:
Extent:: 6 cartons (6 cubic feet) + 1 mounted poster (oversized)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Marilyn McGregor ACT UP/Golden Gate Breast Cancer Committee Records. San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

Scope and content:: The collection contains the records for the campaign to get compassionate access to Genentech's breast cancer drug Herceptin while it was in clinical trials. From letter writing, to reading drug testing protocols, to creating oversized posters, these records are a primer on the ACT UP model for health care and drug testing activism. The collection also includes material from Breast Cancer Action, and the Herceptin NOW Oversight Committee. For related materials, see also the Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Committee files in the Survive AIDS--ACT UP/Golden Gate Records (GLC 76).
Biographical / historical:: By the 1990s the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) had successfully campaigned to obtain access to drug trials for AIDS and HIV patients. In the mid-1990s, they formed a breast cancer committee which for 3 years taught advocates how to do ACT UP-style activism on behalf of breast cancer patients.
Acquisition information:: Donated by Marilyn McGregor, September 2018.

Subjects:: Breast--Cancer--Treatment.
Breast--Cancer--Political aspects--United States.
Cancer in women--Political aspects--History--20th century.
Names:: ACT UP Golden Gate (Organization).
Genentech, Inc.
Breast Cancer Action (Organization)
ACT UP/Golden Gate.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center staff.
Date Prepared:: 1993-2000
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is unprocessed. Please consult Hormel LGBTQIA Center archivist for more information.
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:: Marilyn McGregor ACT UP/Golden Gate Breast Cancer Committee Records. San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

Location of this collection:: San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center

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