In recognition of World AIDS Day, we want to highlight a digitization project recently funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant supports the scanning of paper archives that document the experiences
of people with AIDS, and the medical, political, and community responses to the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco bay area. San Francisco Public Library,
UCSF Archives and Special Collections, and the
GLBT Historical Society will provide the primary source material from their extensive HIV/AIDS-related collections.
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Article in Scrapbook 1
(San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Ward 5B/5A Archives) |
The library's archival material is drawn from the
San Francisco History Center and from the
Hormel LGBTQIA Center. A few of the collections that will be scanned, in whole or in part, are: the
Deaf AIDS Center Collection, the
Vincent diaries,
Gary Fisher's journals, and the
San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Ward 5B/5A Archives. Portions of these collections will be unavailable during the scanning process.
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San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration, 1988
(San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Ward 5B/5A Archives) |
The project is currently underway and will continue for another year
and half. UCSF Archives and Special Collections just
posted some additional information on the project with examples from their own collections. Once completed the digitized material will be available
through
Calisphere, a part of the California Digital Library. The San Francisco Public Library is excited to increase the visibility of
these materials and to make them accessible to a wider audience.
