AIDS Poster Collection, circa 1985-2003

Collection context

Summary

Title:
AIDS poster collection
Dates:
circa 1985-2003
Extent:
1 unknown (949 items)
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

The AIDS poster collection consists of 949 posters from 44 countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Martinique, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tahiti, Uganda, the United Kingdom and the United States. The posters were issued by a variety of institutions and organizations to educate and warn people about AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) and to offer advice and information in visual form. Some posters are torn, creased. Some are duplicates. Some are fragile. 625 posters have been digitized; an additional 324 posters have not yet been digitized.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2020.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-12-08 11:55:13 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Location of this collection:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
Contact:
(310) 825-6940