Tony Davis ACT UP records 1988-1996 1989-1994

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Tony Davis ACT UP records 1988-1996 1989-1994

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The Tony Davis ACT UP records contain files collected and maintained by Tony Davis, an active member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) from 1989 to 1996. Davis had a leading role in ACT UP's Treatment and Data Committee, attended demonstrations and conferences on the subject of AIDS activism and testified before Congress about the illness in 1990. The collection includes administrative files, minutes, correspondence, records of demonstrations, financial and legal documents, subject files, conference notes and programs, published and near-print material, fliers and handbills, photographs, and artifacts documenting ACT UP's efforts.

13 linear feet; 29 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313936

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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ACT UP (Organization). Treatment & Data Committee

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Davis, Tony, 1955-

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Tony Davis was one-time chair of the Treatment and Data Committee of ACT UP, and a contributing member of the Barbara McClintock Project to Cure AIDS (later named the AIDS Cure Project). From the guide to the Tony Davis ACT UP records, 1988-1996, 1989-1994, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

ACT UP (Organization)

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The organization ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was formed in 1987 to address the AIDS crisis through direct political action. The Oral History Project was created to document the work of ACT UP through interviews with surviving members, and to shed light on the process of making social change. From the guide to the ACT UP Oral History Project videotapes, 2002-2005, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) The organization ACT ...