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AIDSWORK of Tompkins County records

 Collection
Identifier: 7324

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Meeting minutes, budgets, grant proposals, broadsides, and some correspondence from Tompkins County AIDS Task Force and AIDS Work; also subject files, office files, material from other AIDS organizations, photographs, and other material. Posters that duplicated ones in collection #51-1-2746 were removed. A list of these posters is provided at the end of the guide.

Dates

  • 1987-1994.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Tompkins County AIDS Task Force formed in late 1985 to mobilize a countywide response to the AIDS epidemic. In late 1988 the name changed to AIDSWORK: HIV Support and Information for Tompkins County.

Extent

14.4 cubic feet. (14.4 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Meeting minutes, budgets, grant proposals, broadsides, and some correspondence from Tompkins County AIDS Task Force and AIDS Work; also subject files, office files, material from other AIDS organizations, photographs, and other material.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Original Accession (list available)
Box 1
Series II. Educational Office Files
Boxes 2-7
Series III. Other AIDS Organizations
Boxes 8-10
Series IV. Subject Files
Boxes 11-14
Series V. Resource Material
Boxes 15-16

SEPARATED MATERIAL

All of these posters can be found in collection #51-1-2746. Removed posters are listed below by the heading or first couple words of the poster. Simply search the 51-1-2746 guide for the titles found here.

AIDS Affects All, Cornell multilingual poster

AIDS is a problem for Hispanics, too. (English and Spanish)

Ayudando una persona que tiene SIDA

¿Como se adquiere el SIDA?

El futuro esta en tus manos.

El licor, el crack y otras drogas te ponen en riesgo de contraer el SIDA. (Spanish and English)

El dejo de inyectarse drogas

El SIDA no discrimina.

Getting High Doesn't Cause AIDS.

How much do your children know about AIDS?

How to Avoid AIDS: A Few Tips.

How Would You Deal With It If One Of You Got AIDS?

If You Are HIV Positive (GMHC poster, Spanish and English)

If You're Dabbling In Drugs

If Your Man Is Dabbling In Drugs

It might take more than motherwit to tell my children what to do about AIDS.

Most people think HIV is only a problem in big cities.

No Matter What Shape You're In, Anyone Can Get The AIDS Virus.

On the wrong track.

Papi, ponte el sombrero.

¿Quien cuidara de tus seres querido si tu faltas?

Sharing Needles Can Get You More Than High.

She shows all the signs of having HIV.

Since I got HIV, all I want to do is tell women that love alone won't protect them.

There's a simple way to prevent AIDS.

Today, almost one million Americans are infected with HIV.

When I found out I had HIV at age 17, I learned that anyone can get it.

Why there's a connection between sexually transmitted disease and AIDS. (English and Spanish)

You Won't Get AIDS From A Bug Bite

You Won't Get AIDS From A Public Pool.

You Won't Get AIDS From Hide 'N' Seek

You Won't Get AIDS In A Restaurant

Physical Description

Manuscripts, broadsides, photographs.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Brenda Marston and Phil McCray
Date completed:
April 1997
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 2001
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Brenda Marston and Phil McCray
Date
May 25, 2001
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)