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Archives and Records
Finding Aid
COLLECTION NUMBER:
TITLE:
Coll.44
AIDS Action Committee Collection
COLLECTION SUMMARY
Creator(s):
Title:
Extent:
Date Span:
Repository:
The History Project
The History Project
1/2 Linear Foot
1983 – ongoing
The History Project, Archives and Records Department
Administrative Information:
Processing Note: Finding aid prepared for The History Project, Archives and Records
Department by Robert Johnston, student in the GSLIS Archives masters degree program at
Simmons College, under the supervision of Andrew Elder, Spring 2010. Materials added
2017 by William Holden, Board Member.
Terms of Use: Materials described in the finding aid are available for research at The
History Project. Contact info@historyproject.org to make an appointment.
Digital Repository: If none available state Not Applicable.
Copyright: Unrestricted, though some items in the collection are copyrighted by individuals
and/or organizations outside The History Project.
Contact The History Project for further information.
29 Stanhope Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.266.7733
info@historyproject.org
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SUBJECTS TERMS
Subject Names:
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
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�Subject Topics:
AIDS
AIDS
AIDS
AIDS
AIDS
(Disease)—Government policy—Massachusetts.
(Disease) in women—United States.
(Disease)—Law and legislation—Massachusetts.
(Disease)—Massachusetts.
(Disease)—Social aspects—United States.
Document Types:
Newspapers Clippings
Pamphlets
Newsletters
Booklets
HISTORICAL NOTE
Founded in 1983, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. (AAC) is an advocacy and
support group for people with AIDS in Boston that also focuses on AIDS education and
prevention throughout the New England area. An April 1983 newsletter explained that the
organization “has many goals, including distributing printed educational materials, hospice
training, possible emergency financial assistance to AIDS patients, and administrative
expenses.” The organization offers free support to thousands of people living with AIDS and
runs a pair of statewide phone hotlines,
A benefit walk, AIDS Walk Boston, is held every year to support AAC; the first walk took
place on Sunday, June 1, 1986. The organization also hosts a variety of other events
throughout the year to raise both awareness and funds.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of publications, promotional material for events, and other
documents relating to AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection
consists of the publications, which include a pair of early newsletters from April and June of
1983, as well as the more official AAC Update newsletter from June of 1986 through the
winter of 1992 (incomplete) and later editions from 2001 and 2003 through 2006 and 2009.
There are also other miscellaneous publications from AAC, including issues of SST Express,
Wellspring, Forward Living and the 2008 AAC annual report. There are also a variety of
pamphlets and booklets published by AAC, some of which promote the organization itself.
Many advocate safe sex and the use of condoms, oftentimes using graphic terminology.
The collection also contains material relating to the annual AIDS Walk Boston, beginning
with pamphlets from the very first walk held in 1986. The material consists of pamphlets,
booklets, flyers and newspaper clippings. There are also donation appeals from AAC, public
service advertisements (many are photocopies) and newspaper articles about the
organization. There are also two printed finding aids for the AAC records at the Northeastern
University Archives in Boston, MA.
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�DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
Series I: Publications (newsletters, pamphlets and booklets published by AAC)
Series II: Events (promotional material relating to events held over the years by AAC)
Series III: Other Documents (donation appeals, PSAs and newspaper articles from and
about AAC)
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Box 1
Series I:
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Publications
1: Boston Public Schools AIDS Policy, 1985
2: History of AIDS Action Committee, 1989
3: AIDS Action Committee News, 1983
4: AIDS Action Committee Lifelines, 1983 - 1985
5: Update Newsletter, 1986 - 1988
6: Update Newsletter, 1989 – 1992
7: Update Newsletter, 1003 - 1999
8: Update Newsletter, 2001 - 2010
9: Miscellaneous Publications, 1985; 1987-1988; 1993; 2004; 2008; Undated
10: Pamphlets, Undated
11: Booklets, 2006; Undated
12: Blank Survey Booklets, Undated
Series II:
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Events
12: AIDS Walk Boston, 1986-2000
13: AIDS Walk Boston, 2001-2011
14: Miscellaneous Events, 1987-2008; Undated
15: Academy Awards Night, March 25, 1991
16: Community Recognition Awards, 1989 – 2003
17: Bayard Rustin Breakfast, 1994-2009
Series III:
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Other Documents
16: Donation Appeals, 1983; 1989; 1990; Undated
17: Public Service Advertisements, Undated
18: Miscellaneous Documents, 1983-1994; Undated
19: Newspaper Articles, 1986; 1987; 1999; 2003-2004; Undated
20: Northeastern University Special Collections
21: HIV/AIDS Articles, 2007-2008
22: Client Services Handbook
Related Materials/See also: Coll.4 – AIDS Ephemera Collection; Coll.57 – Above +
Beyond Collection; Coll.58 – Fenway Health Collection
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Coll. 044: AIDS Action Committee Collection
Description
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The collection consists of publications, promotional material for events, and other documents relating to AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection consists of the publications, which include a pair of early newsletters from April and June of 1983, as well as the more official AAC Update newsletter from June of 1986 through the winter of 1992 (incomplete) and later editions from 2001 and 2003 through 2006 and 2009. There are also other miscellaneous publications from AAC, including issues of SST Express, Wellspring, Forward Living and the 2008 AAC annual report. There are also a variety of pamphlets and booklets published by AAC, some of which promote the organization itself. Many advocate safe sex and the use of condoms, oftentimes using graphic terminology.
The collection also contains material relating to the annual AIDS Walk Boston, beginning with pamphlets from the very first walk held in 1986. The material consists of pamphlets, booklets, flyers and newspaper clippings. There are also donation appeals from AAC, public service advertisements (many are photocopies) and newspaper articles about the organization.
Identifier
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THP-044
AIDS Action Committee
HIV/AIDS