Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Publication Rights
Separated Materials
Acquisition Information
Additions
Related Collections
Processing Information
Organizational History
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title:
AIDS
Treatment News records
creator:
AIDS
Treatment News
creator:
James, John S., 1941-
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.94.28
Physical Description:
60 Linear Feet
(48 cartons, oversize posters, and 1 web site)
Date (inclusive): 1942-2000, bulk 1985-1998
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
AIDS
Treatment News records, MSS 94-28. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with
privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the series and/or folder level.
This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access
to restricted material. Additional terms for MSS 94-28: Access to records that contain personal and confidential information
about an individual or individuals (including
AIDS
Treatment News mailing list) is restricted for 50 years from the date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned
in the records, whichever is longer. Any records that identify individuals are restricted to researchers who sign UCSF's Confidentiality
Statement.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of
the Library and 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 researcher.
Separated Materials
Selected publications from the collection have been transferred to the
AIDS
History Book Collection of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections. They have been individually cataloged and are available
to researchers in the reading room.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by John S. James and
AIDS
Treatment News in 1994 and 2015.
Additions
No future additions are expected.
Related Collections
The collection is part of the
AIDS
History Project. Learn more about the project and related collections by contacting the UCSF Archivist or visiting www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/
aids
.
Processing Information
Processed by Kelsi Evans with assistance from Edith Martinez in 2017.
Organizational History
AIDS
Treatment News (ATN) is a publication created by John S. James that investigates and reports on both conventional and experimental
treatments for HIV/
AIDS
and related social and political issues. It is a resource for community-based organizations, government agencies, physicians
and scientists, and people with
AIDS
. ATN began publishing in May 1986 in the form of a biweekly column written by James. The column first appeared in the San
Francisco Sentinel, a local gay newspaper, where it was featured for over two years. In January 1989 it moved to Bay Times,
a monthly San Francisco lesbian and gay newspaper. Since 1986, ATN has also been published as an independent newsletter. In
1994, ATN had a paid circulation of about 5,000 and a staff of five. ATN stories, leads, and other information are gathered
by community informants who pass them on to James and by James himself at meetings and conferences, in-person interviews,
and through correspondence, journal research, and telephone conversations. James is the editor, publisher, and main writer
of ATN.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes ATN newsletters and other
AIDS
-related publications and ephemera, ATN operational records and writings and research by James, correspondence and working
files, photographs and slides, and audiovisual material and computer media. Correspondence files of note include letters to
and from subscribers, people with
AIDS
(including incarcerated PWAs), physicians and researchers, and others. Correspondence files are restricted. Working files
include a significant number of subject files regarding specific drugs and treatments. Photographs of special note include
images of
AIDS
protests and Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day activities. There are a significant number of audiotapes in the collection, including
recordings of interviews, conference proceedings, educational broadcasts, and other material. One web site related to ATN
has been archived and made available through Archive-It.
Arrangement
The collection has been subdivided into six series: I.
AIDS
Treatment News (ATN) publications and operations, 1985-2000; II.
AIDS
-related publications and ephemera, 1984-1995; III. Working files, 1966-2000; IV. Correspondence files, 1985-1999; V. Photographs
and 35mm slides, 1942-1999; VI. Audiovisual material and computer media, 1980-1998.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS
(Disease) -- Treatment -- Periodicals