Series 2: Collected materials, 1985-1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series is made up of materials gathered for research and display for the AIDS/Brooklyn exhibition. The materials relate to the AIDS epidemic in Brooklyn, as well as to HIV/AIDS in the New York metropolitan area. The series includes brochures, flyers, newsletters, obituaries, and news clippings. Subjects include AIDS awareness for teens and adults, support services for people with HIV and AIDS, including healthcare, food, and legal resources, and a few flyers with discriminatory messages against people with AIDS. There is one 1988 report on "AIDS in Brooklyn" from the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President and proceedings from the National Museum of Health and Medicine workshop "What About AIDS?," which Brooklyn Historical Society Executive Director David Kahn presented at in 1994. Many of the brochures and flyers are in both English and Spanish. Also included is one piece of signage from the exhibition.
Arrangement
The series has been arranged by type of material.
Language of Materials
Materials primarily in English, with some advocacy and awareness materials in Spanish.
Spanish-language AIDS awareness + educational materials, 1988-1992, inclusive
Spanish-language AIDS support services, 1990-1992, inclusive
AIDS resource directories: Brooklyn, circa 1993, inclusive
AIDS resource guides: New York City, 1989
AIDS awareness and educational materials, 1987-1992, inclusive
AIDS counseling materials, 1988-1992, inclusive
AIDS counseling materials, 1988-1992, inclusive
HIV/AIDS healthcare programs, 1989-1991, inclusive
Support services: food distribution, circa 1992, inclusive
Discriminatory flyers, 1966-1992, inclusive
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The "A Cure for AIDS" flyer was donated by Dr. Leonard B. Berkowitz.
