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AIDS History Project collection, circa 1967-2007, 1985-1997

Title: AIDS History Project collection circa1967-2007 1985-1997

Materials relating to the AIDS epidemic, withspecial emphasis on Los Angeles County. The collection includes records of thevarious Los Angeles City and County government departments, agencies, and taskforces involved in the fight against AIDS, in particular the Los Angeles CountyAIDS Programs office. The majority of the records relates to HIV/AIDScounseling and testing; community education; the Long Beach Early InterventionNetwork (EIN) Project; funding through the Centers for Disease Control andunder the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990; projects undertaken by private agenciesunder contract to Los Angeles County; and the work of various commissions andtask forces. Additional records of the California State Office of AIDS and theCenters for Disease Control and its subsidiary institutes document the responseof the state and Federal governments. The collection also contains materialscreated by Los Angeles County, California, and national organizations andinstitutions involved in AIDS research, education, awareness, and communitysupport; a wide variety of materials created by or about persons affected byAIDS; geographic files containing information on AIDS elsewhere in the UnitedStates and the world; subject files; a substantial number of English- andSpanish-language AIDS-related newsletters; graphic materials includingphotographs and posters; ephemera and memorabilia; and a large number ofnewspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 164 boxes + 7 oversize boxes + 1shoebox; (210.4 linear feet).

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