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PWA Health Group records

 Collection
Identifier: 7528

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, and conference programs related to AIDS, particularly new drugs for the treatment of opportunistic infections and the specific issues relating to women with AIDS. Includes correspondence with drug companies and files about the Countdown/18 Months Plan of ACT UP/NY's Treatment and Data Committee.

Dates

  • 1990-1991.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

PWA (People With AIDS) Health Group formed in New York City in 1987 to facilitate access to experimental drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related infections. The Countdown/18 Months Plan was a plan to make the five major opportunistic infections which claim the most lives treatable in the next year and one-half.

Extent

2.2 cubic feet. (2.2 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, and conference programs related to AIDS, particularly new drugs for the treatment of opportunistic infections and the specific issues relating to women with AIDS. Includes correspondence with drug companies and files about the Countdown/18 Months Plan of ACT UP/NY's Treatment and Data Committee.

SERIES LIST

AIDS
Box 1
General
Boxes 1-2
Notebooks
Box 2
Miscellaneous Supporting Materials
Box 2

Separated Materials

Periodicals Separated from #7528:

  1. AIDS Surveillance Update: Dec. 1990; Jan. 1991
  2. AIDS Treatment News: no. 108 (1990); nos. 122, 125, 129, 132-133, 138, 140-141 (1991)
  3. AIDS Update: May 4, Aug. 24, Aug. 10, Sept. 21, Nov. 2 1990
  4. Being Alive/Long Beach Newsletter: June, Sept. 1991
  5. BOTA (Bulletin of Experimental Treatment for AIDS): Nov. 1988; June 1989; Aug., Nov. 1990
  6. Bulletin: State Communities AID Association: Dec. 1990
  7. CFIDS Chronicle: Mar. 1991
  8. Dallas Buyer's Club Newsletter: May 1991
  9. Dateline: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Sept. 1991
  10. Digest: A Review of Issues addressed by ACT UP's T + D committee during its past week of activities: nos. 87-88, 96, 99-103, 105-106, 118-199 (1991)
  11. Health Care for All: Mar. 14 1991
  12. HIV/AIDS Surveillance: Mar., July, Aug. 1991
  13. New York Citizens' AIDS Lobby Alert: Apr. 23 1991
  14. News from ICAAC (Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy): 1990
  15. NewSource: Oct. 1991
  16. Notes from the Underground: Jan., July/Aug. 1991
  17. PWA Coalition Newsline: July/Aug. 1991
  18. STNews: Jan. 1991
  19. The Blue Sheet: Feb. 6 1991
  20. Treatment Issues: Nov. 30 1990; Mar. 28, May 15, Aug. 30. 1991
  21. Treatment Issues Bulletins: Oct. 1991
  22. Treatment Issues Report: v.2, no.8; v.2, no.11 1992
  23. Treatment Update: May 1991
  24. U.S. Regulatory Reporter: Apr. 1989
  25. UMTFA (Upper Manhattan Task Force on AIDS): Fall 1991

Physical Description

Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, conference programs.

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:
B.C. Beredo
Date completed:
July 2000
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, July 2000
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by B.C. Beredo
Date
July 2000
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)