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Archives and Records
Finding Aid
COLLECTION NUMBER:
TITLE:
Coll.58
Fenway Community Health Collection
COLLECTION SUMMARY
Creator(s):
Title:
Extent:
Repository:
Stewart Landers and The History Project
Fenway Community Health Collection
1/2 Linear Feet
The History Project, Archives and Records Department
Administrative Information:
Provenance: This collection was donated by Stewart Landers and The History Project.
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 by
William Holden, July 2017.
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: 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
www.historyproject.org
Related Materials/See also:
Coll. 2 – David Scondras Collection
Coll.4 – AIDS Ephemera Collection
Coll.44 – AIDS Action Committee (AAC)
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�Coll.57 – Above and Beyond Collection
Coll.99 – Search for A Cure
SUBJECTS TERMS
Subject Names:
Fenway Community Health Center
Fenway Health
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
HISTORICAL NOTE
Fenway Community Health Center started in 1971 when a group of students and community
activists started a weekly drop-in health clinic serving the diverse population of the Fenway
neighborhood: gay men, the elderly, students, and low-income tenants. In 1973, the
Center moved to the basement of 16 Haviland Street and incorporated as a free-standing
health center. The Center became fully licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public
Health in 1978. A forum created in 1982 to discuss the medical and psycho-social issues
surrounding AIDS would later become the AIDS Action Committee, which split from the
Center in 1986. In 1991, the Center moved to a new state-of-the-art facility at 7 Haviland
Street.
In 2009, the Center shortened its operating name to Fenway Health and moved into a new
facility at 1340 Boylston Street. It provides medical, dental and eye care along with STD
testing and a variety of services addressing violence recovery, substance abuse and LGBT
family/parenting. It has become internationally known for its work on HIV/AIDS prevention,
treatment and research.
(Above excerpted from 1996 25th Anniversary Timeline and the Fenway Health website,
www.fenwayhealth.org.)
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
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�The collection consists of newspaper clippings and publications donated by Stewart Landers
relating to Fenway Community Health Center. Included are
copies of newsletters dating back to 1985, such as Fenway Health, Frontlines, Healthy
Outlook and Fenway Connections, as well as newspaper and magazine articles from The
Boston Globe and Bay Windows. There are also pamphlets for events held by the Fenway
Community Health Center, including the 1989 groundbreaking ceremony and the official
1991 opening ceremonies/ribbon cuttings for its new facility at 7 Haviland Street.
Additional materials include annual reports from 1987 and 1988, a promotional brochure, a
blank copy of a lesbian health study questionnaire, a marketing plan from 1984.
[Removed from the collection were a copy of the Feb/Mar 1976 issue of Fag Rag,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health documents relating to crystal meth, AZT, and
abstinence, and a copy of the 1995 Massachusetts HIV Services Consumer/Producer
Conference Manual.
A copy of the Mar/Apr 1989 issue of Frontlines and a copy of the Apr/May 1998 issue of
Outlook were removed from Coll.57 and are included in this collection.]
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Box 1
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
Folder
1: Marketing Plan, 1984
2: Annual Reports, 1987-1988
3: Newsletters, 1985-2003
4: Newspaper Articles, 1988-1996
5: Lesbian Health Study Questionnaire, n.d.
6: Event Brochures, 1985-2014
7: Programs and Informational Brochures, 1997-2005
8: 20th Anniversary, 1991
9: 25th Anniversary, 1996
10: 40th Anniversary, 2011
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Fenway Community Health Center started in 1971 when a group of students and community activists started a weekly drop-in health clinic serving the diverse population of the Fenway neighborhood: gay men, the elderly, students, and low-income tenants. In 1973, the Center moved to the basement of 16 Haviland Street and incorporated as a free-standing health center. The Center became fully licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 1978. A forum created in 1982 to discuss the medical and psycho-social issues surrounding AIDS would later become the AIDS Action Committee, which split from the Center in 1986. In 1991, the Center moved to a new state-of-the-art facility at 7 Haviland Street.
In 2009, the Center shortened its operating name to Fenway Health and moved into a new facility at 1340 Boylston Street. It provides medical, dental and eye care along with STD testing and a variety of services addressing violence recovery, substance abuse and LGBT family/parenting. It has become internationally known for its work on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research.
(Above excerpted from 1996 25th Anniversary Timeline and the Fenway Health website, www.fenwayhealth.org.)
The collection consists of newspaper clippings and publications donated by Stewart Landers relating to Fenway Community Health Center. Included are copies of newsletters dating back to 1985, such as Fenway Health, Frontlines, Healthy Outlook and Fenway Connections, as well as newspaper and magazine articles from The Boston Globe and Bay Windows. There are also pamphlets for events held by the Fenway Community Health Center, including the 1989 groundbreaking ceremony and the official 1991 opening ceremonies/ribbon cuttings for its new facility at 7 Haviland Street.
Note: The finding aid is a document containing detailed information about this specific collection within The History Project archives. You can use the finding aid to determine whether information within this collection that has not be digitized is relevant to your research. The finding aid includes a description of the scope of the collection, biographical and historical information related to the collection, restrictions on use of or access to the materials, and inventories that will help you better understand what we have onsite that you may wish to access for your research.
Identifier
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THP-058
Fenway Community Health Center