AIDS activists.

Abstract Film scripts and pre-production material; photographs, stills with relevant negatives and film slides; publicity material, drafts and final copies of articles, newspaper and magazine clippings; personal and professional correspondence; books with inscriptions, postcards, handwritten notes, and other ephemera of Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (May 27, 1943 - July 29, 1987), one of the pioneers of independent gay cinema in the 1970s and ‘80s, documenting his personal and professional activity, from...

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Files on early AIDS/insurance activism and ACT-UP files on health insurance; subject files pertaining to viatical settlements, financial planning, the New York State Health Care Reform bill, and the organizations New Yorkers for Affordable Health Care, and Affording Care.

Abstract Photographic prints, negatives, digital files, documents, correspondence, art work, news clippings, promotional materials, and ephemera documenting the art, life, and activism of photographer Jessica Tanzer, especially her contributions to the visual record of 1980s and 90s queer culture, aesthetics, erotica, and politics in northern California and nationally and to the magazine On Our Backs. The Papers represent the complete body of her work as a photographer of erotic and queer images...

Abstract Documentation spanning 1976-2019 of Page Hodel's (b. December 4th, 1965) work to create, promote, and DJ at dance parties, clubs, festivals, and fundraisers designed to welcome diverse audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The collection consists of typed and handwritten correspondence and notes, agreements and applications (for instance, a float in a Pride Parade), and many kinds of event promotional material, including postcards, fliers, posters, brochures, programs,...

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Material collected by Rose Marie (Roe) Bressan related to her brother, Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.