Finding Aid to the ACT-UP Golden Gate Records, 1988-1993 MSS 98-47
Finding Aid written by Julia Bazar
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
© 2007
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: ACT-UP Golden Gate records
Creator:
ACT-UP Golden Gate
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 98-47
Physical Description:
1 box
.5 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1988-1993
Abstract: Though donated by and named after ACT-UP Golden Gate, a significant portion of the materials are from 1990 and earlier, before
ACT-UP GG separated from ACT-UP San Francisco, in September of that year. The largest amount of material concerns ACT-UP actions
and responses to the 6th International AIDS Conference which was held in San Francisco in June of 1990. There are also materials
about the 5th and 7th conferences and materials from ACT-UP Golden Gate's Treatment Issues Committee.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog:
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/ .
General
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Julia Bazar
- Date Completed:
- February 2007
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright for ACT-UP Golden Gate materials has been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. Copyright for
other materials has not been assigned to the Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives & Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
Library & Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], ACT-UP Golden Gate Records, MSS 98-47, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives
and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
MSS 2000-06 Nancy (Shaw) Stoller Papers
MSS 2000-32 AIDS History Project Audio/Video Collection
MSS 98-49 AIDS Community-Based Organization Records Collections
Separated Material
None
Acquisition Information
The ACT-UP Golden Gate Records were given to the Library by ACT-UP Golden Gate in 1998. They were surveyed and collected by
then AIDS Project Archivist Bill Walker. The formal deed of gift was signed in April 2000.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Julia Bazar, December 2005
Organizational History
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) New York was formed in March 1987. ACT-UP San Francisco was formed a year later.
ACT-UP Golden Gate separated from ACT-UP San Francisco after a contentious meeting on September 14, 1990. The focus of the
new group was on treatment, research, education, and prevention issues. An all volunteer organization, much of the work was
done by committees, and weekly meetings were held to discuss proposed demonstrations, educational campaigns, meeting with
corporate or governmental officials, and endorsements of other organizations actions. The organization considers all of Northern
California within its service area, but is primarily focused on San Francisco and its immediate environs. In 2000 or 2001
the organization changed its name to Survive AIDS.
The ACT UP/Golden Gate Statement of Purpose from a c. 1991 newcomer's packet reads: "ACT UP/GOLDEN GATE is a diverse, non-partisan
group of individuals, united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. We are engaged in a battle to
reform the research and treatment of HIV and its associated opportunistic diseases, intensify HIV education and prevention
efforts, and revolutionize the health care delivery system in this country. The HIV pandemic crosses all racial, sexual, age,
cultural and class boundaries and we are committed to involving all affected communities in this fight. THE FIGHT AGAINST
THE HIV PANDEMIC IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY."
The ACT-UP Golden Gate committees include: Coordinating Committee, State and Local Issues Committee, City Issues Committee
(CHIC) [San Francisco], Fundraising Committee, Insurance and Health Access Committee, Treatment Issues Committee, Media Relations
Committee, Women's Action Committee (WAC), Outreach Committee. There are also several Working Groups and Subcommittees. INS
(Immigration) Working Group is independent. The Treatment Issues Committee oversees the KS Working Group, Neurology Subcommittee,
Testing Issues Working Group, Count Down 18 Months, Immune Based Therapy Working Group, and the Anti-viral Subcommittee. The
State Issues Committee has the AIDS Drug Program Working Group, the UC Research Subcommittee, and the FDB Working Group. Committee
chairs were in charge of keeping their committee's records.
Scope and Content of Collection
Though donated by and named after ACT-UP Golden Gate, a significant portion of the materials are from 1990 and earlier, before
ACT-UP GG separated from ACT-UP San Francisco, in September of that year. The largest amount of material concerns ACT-UP actions
and responses to the 6th International AIDS Conference which was held in San Francisco in June of 1990. There are also some
materials on the 5th and 7th International AIDS conferences, as well as both ATAC (AIDS Treatment Activist Conference) and
ATAC² (2nd AIDS Treatment Activist Conference) from 1990 and 1991, and the 13th and 14th AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)
meetings December 1991 and April 1992.
While there is some documentation of ACT-UP General meetings and a few documents concerning the City Issues Committee (CHIC)
[San Francisco] and the INS (Immigration) Working Group, the majority of the ACT-UP SF and ACT-UP GG materials appear to be
from the Treatment Issues Committee and mostly concern drug protocol studies, ethics, and length of time for drugs to be approved
by the FDA. There are no formal minutes and only a few agendas and formal reports from either ACT-UP SF or ACT-UP GG
Most of the more formal documents were actually issued by ACT-UP New York. This includes the two ACT-UP AIDS Treatment Agendas
(1990 and 1991). The ACT-UP New York folder contains other New York-issued and New York-specific items, including a series
of newspaper articles that touch on ACT-UP or AIDS, and fundraising letters from Harvey Fierstein and Keith Haring. The Boston
materials focus on a meeting and protest held in Boston in 1988. The Washington, D.C. items are similar, though they also
include information on an NIH Meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. The "other ACT-UP groups" file includes both flyers for local
non-ACT-UP events or organizations and materials from ACT-UP chapters in Louisiana, and elsewhere, and materials on police
brutality in Canada.
The two folders of ACT-UP publications include: 1- AIDS Treatment News (SF), 5- ACT-UP San Francisco newsletters, 1- ACT-UP
Reports (NY), as well as several AIDS Action News (Toronto) from 1988. The clippings include a variety of articles concerning
various ACT-UP protests or people from around the country.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--California--San Francisco Bay Area
AIDS activists--United States
ACT UP San Francisco (Organization)
ACT UP Golden Gate (Organization)
box 1, folder 1
ACT-UP San Francisco
1986-1993
box 1, folder 2
ACT-UP Golden Gate - General Meetings, etc.
1990-1993
box 1, folder 3
ACT-UP Golden Gate - Treatment Issues Committee
1991-92
box 1, folder 4
5th International AIDS Conference - Montreal
1989
box 1, folder 5
6th International AIDS Conference - 1990 ACT-UP AIDS Treatment Agenda
1990
box 1, folder 6
6th International AIDS Conference - San Francisco week of International AIDS Activism
1990
box 1, folder 7
7th International Conference on AIDS - Florence, Italy -
1991 ACT-UP AIDS Treatment Agenda
1991
box 1, folder 8
ATAC² - 2nd AIDS Treatment Activist Conference
September 1991
box 1, folder 9
"Report on 13th AIDS Clinical Trials Group Meeting (ACTG)
December 1991
box 1, folder 10
ATAC - AIDS Treatment Activist Conference
November 1990
box 1, folder 11
Treatment Issues ACT-UP Golden Gate and other Organizations
1993-1994
box 1, folder 12
14th AIDS Clinical Trials Group Meeting/ACT-UP Golden Gate Report-backs (ACTG)
April 1992
box 1, folder 14
ACT-UP Washington, D.C.
1988-1993
box 1, folder 15
AIDS Action News (Toronto)
1988
box 1, folder 16
6th International AIDS Conference - Various Organizations
1990
box 1, folder 17
Other ACT-UP Groups and AIDS Organizations - Local, National and Overseas
1988-1990,
undated
box 1, folder 18
Newspaper Clippings
1987-1993
box 1, folder 19
ACT-UP Publications
1989-1990,
box 1, folder 20
ACT-UP New York
1988-1992,
undated
