Finding aid of the Alan Cantwell Papers

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Series 1: Origin of AIDS -- Research Files 1967-2008

Physical Description: 49 folders.

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series one contains materials by Cantwell and others that relate to Cantwell's theoretical work. Subjects discussed include: the origin of AIDS; animal experimentation; biological warfare; bacteria; cancer; HIV; Hepatitis B; gay rights; tuberculosis; vaccination; the medical community; and radiation.

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AIDS autopsy studies 1985

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AIDS -- CDC 1983 -- first 1000 cases 1983

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AIDS -- celebrity deaths 1992 - 1995

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AIDS -- man-made conspiracy 1986 - 1996

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AIDS -- media articles 1982 - 1993

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AIDS -- origin -- general articles 1979 - 1998

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AIDS -- origin -- "old cases" -- pre-AIDS 1983 - 1995

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AIDS -- origin -- London Times story 1987 - 1988

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AIDS -- origin 1981, 2001

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AIDS -- origin in chimps 1998 - 2001

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AIDS is man-made -- black celebrities 1991 - 1998

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Animal experimentation -- pre-AIDS 1972 - 1989

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Biggar, Robert -- Danish AIDS researcher in Africa/AIDS origin 1981 - 1998

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Biohazard Conference -- Cold Spring Harbor 1973/meeting at Asilomar, CA 1973

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Biowarfare -- human experiments 50s-70s -- Los Angeles Times 1976 - 2000

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Biowarfare Congressional Hearings -- 1969 -- prediction of "AIDS" 1969, 1987

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Cantwell, Alan -- Do TB-type bacteria cause AIDS? Nexus September 2008

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Cantwell, Alan -- Media publications (selected reprints) 1982 - 2008

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Cantwell, Alan -- Rev. Wright was right about man-made AIDS, Paranoia Fall 2008

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Cantwell, Alan -- Scientific publications (selected reprints) 1979 - 1998

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Clemmesen, J. -- predicts "AIDS" 1973

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Friedman-Kien, A., M.D. -- detected first NYC KS cases/AIDS researcher 1981 - 1994

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Gallo, Robert, M.D. -- co-discoverer of HIV in 1984 1983 - 2000

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Gay Men's Health Crisis/New York City 1982

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Gay Rights struggle 1970s -- pre-AIDS 1977 - 1993

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Genetic engineering 1967, 1991

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Haitians -- AIDS, tuberculosis 1983

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Hampton, Aubrey -- playwright produced Mixed Blood (m-mAIDS) 1990, Tampa FL 1990 - 1999

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HIV -- "ancient origin" -- computer molecular analysis to determine time of origin 2000

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HIV -- false-positive HIV test from flu shots 1991

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Ho, David, M.D. -- Time Man of the Year 1997 AIDS researcher 1996 - 1999

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Kaiser-Permanente -- unethical vaccine experiments on children (1989-1991) 1992 - 1997

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Keske, Tom -- engineer, AIDS activist -- statistical analysis hep B gay expert SF, CA 2000

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Kramer, Larry -- AIDS activist -- ACT-UP -- writer, playwright 1991 - 2001

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Krim, Matilde -- Head, AMFAR, NYC 1987 - 1990

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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth -- author Death and Dying -- hospice developer 1990 - 1997

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LEMSIP -- primate lab, NY, closed 1997 -- connections with NY Bd Ctr/hep B experiments 1996 - 2001

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Luria, Sal -- microbiologist, Nobel Laureate -- warned dangers biowarfare 1968

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Montagnier, Luc -- Discoverer of HIV at Pasteur/Origin of AIDS 1986 - 1992

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New York Blood Center -- site of Hepatitis B gay vaccine experiments, NYC, 1978-1981 1996 - 1997

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New York Native -- gay weekly published extensively on AIDS, now defunct 1984 - 1991

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Radiation -- unethical, secret human radiation experiments on US population Cold War 1993 - 2001

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Shilts, Randy -- author, promoted myth of "patient zero" -- man who brought AIDS to US 1987 - 1994

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Strecker, Robert, M.D. -- CA internist -- first physician to go public with man-made AIDS 1972 - 1992

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Vancouver AIDS study -- attempts to prove that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS 1993

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Vilab -- Liberia, Africa primate center established 1975 pre-AIDS 2000 - 2001

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Virus Cancer Program, 1968-1980 -- the animal virus transfer that spawned the epidemic 1972 - 1994

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WHO-World Health Organization -- vaccine programs in Africa produced AIDS? 1987 - 1992

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Toungstein, Kenneth -- insider on pre-AIDS primate lab in Africa 2000

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Series 2: Origin of AIDS -- Hepatitis B Experiment Files 1973-2003

Physical Description: 14 folders.

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series two contains materials about the Hepatitis B vaccine experimentation conducted on homosexual males starting in 1978 and their aftermath.

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AIDS -- European gay men's studies 1982 - 1996

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Francis, Donald, M.D. -- conducted some hep B vaccine trails in gay men 1977 - 1996, nd

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Hepatitis B -- general information 1963 - 1994

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Hepatitis B vaccine -- Africa 1973 - 1984

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Hepatitis B vaccine -- development 1976 - 1992

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Hepatitis B vaccine -- Pasteur, Paris, France 1981

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Hepatitis B vaccine -- safety 1982 - 2000

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Hepatitis B vaccine experiment -- Holland 1983 - 1999

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Hepatitis B vaccine experiment -- NY Aftermath -- File #1 1975 - 2002

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Hepatitis B vaccine experiment -- NY Aftermath -- File #2 1979 - 2003

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Hepatitis B vaccine experiment -- NY Blood Center (1978-1981) 1979 - 1982

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Hepatitis B vaccine experiment -- San Francisco, CA 1982 - 1993

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Szmuness, Wolf, M.D. -- headed the hep B vaccine experiment 1978, NYC, died 1982 1976 - 1990

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Miscellaneous items found in books 1978-2002

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Series 3: Virus Cancer Annual Reports 1973-1977

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series three contains four Virus Cancer Annual Reports from 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977. Cantwell studied these reports extensively while conducting his research.

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National Cancer Institute. The Virus Cancer Program Annual Report. Washington, D.C. August 1973

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National Cancer Institute. The Virus Cancer Program Annual Report. Washington, D.C. August 1974

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National Cancer Institute. The Virus Cancer Program Annual Report. Washington, D.C. August 1976

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National Cancer Institute. The Virus Cancer Program Annual Report. Washington, D.C. August 1977

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Series 4: Books 1957-2007

Physical Description: 38 items.

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series four contains books written by Cantwell and others. The books relate to the theory of man-made AIDS and its origin; the history of the AIDS epidemic; vaccines and cell contamination; microbiology of AIDS, cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma; and biological warfare and human experimentation.

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Final Report. New York: Oxford University Press 1996

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Bluefarb, Samuel M. Kaposi's Sarcoma: Multiple Idiopathic Hemorhagic Sarcoma . Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers c1957

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Brown, Raymond Keith. AIDS, Cancer and the Medical Establishment . Revised. New York: Trizoid Press c1993

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Broxmeyer, Lawrence. AIDS: What the Discoverers of HIV Never Admitted: Is AIDS Really Caused by a Virus? . 3rd edition. Chula Vista, CA: New Century Press c2003

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Cantwell, Alan R. "AIDS, A Doctor's Note on the Man-Made Theory," in Hindell, Al, and D'Arc, Joan. The Conspiracy Reader. Citadel Press. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group c1999

Physical Description: Pages 275-288.

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Cantwell, Alan R. AIDS and the Doctors of Death: An Inquiry into the Origin of the AIDS Epidemic . Los Angeles: Aries Rising Press c1988

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Cantwell, Alan R. AIDS: The Mystery and the Solution. 2nd edition, revised. Los Angeles: Aries Rising Press 1986

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Cantwell, Alan R. "Biological and Chemical Warfare," in Hindell, Al, and D'Arc, Joan. The New Conspiracy Reader. Citadel Press. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp 2004

Physical Description: Pages 253-289.

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Cantwell, Alan R. "Bionous Breakdown in Degenerative Disease," Journal of Orgonomy, Vol. 25, No. 2 November 1991

Physical Description: Pages 191-202.

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Cantwell, Alan R. The Cancer Microbe: The Hidden Killer in Cancer, AIDS, and other Immunologic Diseases . Los Angeles: Aries Rising Press 1990

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Cantwell, Alan R. Four Women Against Cancer: Bacteria, Cancer and the Origin of Life . Los Angeles: Aries Rising Press 2005

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Cantwell, Alan R. Queer Blood: The Secret AIDS Genocide Plot . Los Angeles: Aries Rising Press 1993

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Cantwell, Alan R., and Blasband, Richard A. "Bionous Tissue Disintegration in AIDS," Journal of Orgonomy, Vol. 22, No. 2 November 1988

Physical Description: Pages 220-226.

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Chirimuuta, Richard C., and Chirimuuta, Rosalind J. AIDS, Africa and Racism. Stanhope, Derbyshire, UK: R. Chirimuuta 1987

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Crewdson, John. Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, A Massive Cover-Up, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo . Boston: Little, Brown and Co 2002

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Douglass, William Campbell. AIDS: The End of Civilization. Brooklyn, NY: A&B Books Publishers 1992

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Fettner, Ann Giudici. The Science of Viruses: What They Are, Why They Make Us Sick, How They Will Change the Future . New York: Quill/William Morrow and Co c1990

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Fettner, Ann Giudici, and Check, William A. The Truth About AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston c1984

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Gallagher, Carole. American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War c1993

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Gallo, Robert. Virus Hunting: AIDS, Cancer and the Human Retrovirus . New York: Basic Books c1991

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Gold, Michael. Conspiracy of Cells: One Woman's Immortal Legacy and the Medical Scandal it Caused . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press c1986

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Goliszek, Andrew. In the Name of Science: A History of Secret Programs, Medical Research, and Human Experimentation . New York: St. Martin's Press 2003

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Gottlieb, Geoffrey J., and Ackerman, A. Bernard, eds. Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Text and Atlas. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger 1988

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Greene, Gayle. The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation . Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press c1999

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Harris, Robert, and Paxman, Jeremy. A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret Story of Chemical and Biological Warfare . New York: Hill and Wang 1982

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Haslam, Edward T. Mary's Monkey. Waterville, OR: TrineDay c2007

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Hess, David J. Can Bacteria Cause Cancer? Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science . New York: New York University Press c1997

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Horowitz, Leonard G. Emerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola, Nature, Accident or International? . Rockport, MA: Tetrahedron c1996

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Jones, James H. Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment . New and expanded edition. New York: Free Press c1993

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Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co c1987

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Lee, Robert E. AIDS: An Explosion of the Biological Time Bomb? . Prospect, CT: Biographical Publishing Co 2000

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Livingston, Virginia Wuerthele-Caspe. Cancer: A New Breakthrough c1972

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Livingston-Wheeler, Virginia, with Addeo, Edmond G. The Conquest of Cancer: Vaccines and Diet . San Diego, CA: Livingston Foundation Medical Center c1984

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Livingston-Wheeler, Virginia, and Wheeler, Owen Webster. The Microbiology of Cancer: 1. Compendium . San Diego, CA: Livingston Wheeler Medical Clinic c1977

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McCormick, Joseph B., and Fisher-Hoch, Susan, with Horvitz, Leslie Alan. Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing c1996

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Miller, Neil Z. Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Professionals . Santa Fe, NM: New Atlantean Press c2008

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Montagnier, Luc. Virus: The Co-Discoverer of HIV Tracks its Rampage and Charts the Future . New York: WW Norton and Co c2000

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Piller, Charles, and Yamamoto, Keith R. Gene Wars: Military Control over the New Genetic Technologies . New York: Beech Tree Books / William Morrow c1988

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Series 5: Audiovisual Materials 1988-2006

Physical Description: 7 items.

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series five contains audiovisual materials, including one DVD of lectures given at the 2006 Autoimmunity Conference in Los Angeles; a taped performance of The Man Who Created AIDS (a play written about Cantwell's work); and other materials relating to AIDS.

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Cantwell, Alan R. Dr. Alan Cantwell Lectures, Presented at the Autoimmunity Conference, Los Angeles 2006

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) : 4 3/4 in. ; 75:08 min.

Scope and Content Note

1. The Cancer Microbe and the Russell Body (35:08 min.); 2. The Cancer Microbe in AIDS and Kaposi's Sarcoma (40:00 min.).

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Cantwell, Alan R.; Horowitz, Len; Haslam, Edward T.; and Nicholson, Garth L. Biowar Forum -- Virus Makers of the CIA , moderated by Dave Emory. Produced in cooperation with KFJC-FM Los Altos Hills, CA, and Dave Emory's One Step Beyond. Rockport, MA: Tetrahedron Inc c1997

Physical Description: 2 audiotapes ; 1/4 in. ; 180 min.

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History Channel, Declassified Human Experimentation. A&E Television Networks c1999

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 in. ; 50:00 min.

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Horowitz, Leonard G. Emerging Viruses: AIDS, Ebola & Vaccinations . Rockport, MA: Tetrahedron c1997

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 in.

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Lanoo (Christian Anders). The Man Who Created AIDS. Stoneman Production c1992

Physical Description: 2 videocassettes (VHS) : 1/2 in. ; 240:00 min.

Scope and Content Note

Tape 1: Dr. Wolf Szmuness, "The Truth About AIDS" (120 min.); Tape 2: Wolf Szmuness, "Childhhod, Siberia, Homosexuals" (120:00 min.).

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Snead, Eve Lee. AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) Or IRS (Immunization Related Syndrome) . San Antonio, TX: Wellness Council [1988]

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 in. ; 150:00 min.

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Strecker, Robert B. The Strecker Memorandum. Los Angeles: Strecker Group c1988

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) : 1/2 in. ; 96:48 min.

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