Joseph A. Sonnabend papers, 1963-2004.

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Joseph A. Sonnabend papers, 1963-2004.

The Joseph A. Sonnabend papers, dating 1963 to 2004, contain interviews, lectures, press clippings, correspondence, published and near-print materials, legal case files and depositions, organizational records, clinical trial records, grant applications and research proposals, scientific research, article drafts, charts, graphs, notes, conference materials, and ephemera, documenting his work as a clinical researcher and community activist in the vanguard of the fight against AIDS.

9.4 linear feet (24 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7164772

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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