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Guide to the Richard Berkowitz Papers MSS.421

Richard Berkowitz Papers

Call Number

MSS.421

Dates

1925, 1944-2022, undated, inclusive
; 1982-2015, bulk

Creator

Berkowitz, Richard, 1955-

Extent

22.7 Linear Feet
in 12 record cartons, 7 flat boxes, and 1 half manuscript box.

Extent

47 film reels

Extent

1 videoreels (1/2 inch)

Extent

131 audiocassettes

Extent

24 videocassettes

Extent

2 videodiscs (dvd)

Extent

3.02 Gigabytes
in 18,824 computer files.

Extent

1 websites
in 1 archived website.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Richard Berkowitz (b. 1955) is a gay American author, AIDS activist, and a former sex worker. In 1983, Berkowitz and Michael Callen wrote the first safe sex guide, How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach. Berkowitz continued to write about and advocate for safe sex through the 1980s into the 2000s. The Richard Berkowitz Papers date from 1944 to 2015, with the bulk being between 1982-2015, and document his work as a writer, AIDS activist, and sex worker, as well as his family, his education, his medical history, and Daryl Wein's documentary about Berkowitz's life, Sex Positive. The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, published material, clippings, programs, photographs, a scrapbook, audiovisual material, and a website.

Biographical Note

Richard Berkowitz (b. 1955) is a gay American author, AIDS activist, and former sex worker. He graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in communications in 1977. While at Rutgers, he wrote for the campus newspaper, The Daily Targum, and organized the first gay rights protest in New Jersey in 1976. After graduation, he attended New York University's (NYU) Graduate School of Film for one year. He moved to the Chelsea neighborhood of New York and worked as a sex worker, specifically as an S&M dominant, between 1978 and 1982.

In the late 1970s, Berkowitz met Dr. Joseph Sonnabend while seeking treatment at the Gay Men's Health Project clinic in New York City. In 1982, Berkowitz was diagnosed with AIDS. In laying out treatment options, Sonnabend shared his multifactorial theory of AIDS, which held that AIDS was caused by repeated exposure to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in particular cytomegalovirus, and semen. This theory was in opposition to the more widely held theory at the time that a single, new infectious agent was the cause of AIDS. Berkowitz felt that gay men needed to know their risk of contracting AIDS and Sonnabend offered to introduce him to another of his patients with AIDS, Michael Callen, who was also interested in spreading this information to the gay community. Together, the three men are credited with creating the concept of safe sex. Berkowitz and Callen formed the support group Gay Men with AIDS and began writing about the multifactorial theory, AIDS, and safe sex. They wrote "We Know Who We Are", a warning to sexually active gay men with AIDS in New York, (published in the New York Native in 1982) and the first safe sex guide, How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, published in 1983. They began making television appearances; speaking to support groups, legislators, and others; writing about AIDS; and were founding members of the People with AIDS Coalition.

Callen died in 1993 from AIDS-related complications. Sonnabend co-founded the AIDS Medical Foundation in 1983, and continued writing about AIDS issues and serving in private practice until his retirement in 2005. Berkowitz continued to write about AIDS, safe sex, and gay rights issues throughout the 1980s and into the 2000s. He returned to sex work in the late 1980s, promoting himself as a safe sex S&M dominant in Florida and New York. In 2003 he published his autobiography, Stayin' Alive, and in 2008 was the subject of Sex Positive, a documentary written and directed by Daryl Wein.

Arrangement

The Richard Berkowitz Papers are arranged in eight series, three of which have been further arranged into subseries. The series and subseries in the collection are as follows:

Series I. Correspondence, 1973-2016, undated

Subseries I.A. General, 1973-2016, undated

Subseries I.B. Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS)/Gulf Coast HIV/AIDS Evaluations, 2009-2012

Subseries I.C. Michael Callen Projects, 2012-2015

Subseries I.D. Joseph Sonnabend, 2008-2015

Series II. Education, 1974-1980, undated

Subseries II.A. Rutgers University, 1974-1977, undated

Subseries II.B. New York University, 1977-1980, undated

Series III. Family records, 1925, 1944-1994, undated

Series IV. Financial Records, 1982-2012, undated

Series V. Medical Records, 1979-2002, undated

Series VI. Sex Positive, 2007-2015

Series VII. Sex Work, 1978-2002, undated

Series VIII. Work Files, 1976-2015, undated

Subseries VIII.A. Audio Recordings, 1982-2005, undated

Subseries VIII.B. Correspondence, 1984-2015, undated

Subseries VIII.C. Research Files, 1976-2012, undated

Subseries VIII.D. Writings, 1982-2009

Subseries VIII.E. Archived Website, 2016

Scope and Content

The Richard Berkowitz Papers document the life and career of AIDS activist, writer, and safe-sex advocate Richard Berkowitz, particularly his writings on AIDS, safe sex, and gay rights issues; the documentary Sex Positive, about his life and work; his family; his education; his medical history; and his time as a sex worker. The papers date from 1944 to 2015, with the bulk being between 1982-2015. The bulk of the collection contains Berkowitz's work files, including drafts, notes, and published versions of his writings, including "We Know Who We Are", How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, and Stayin' Alive; audio recordings of and correspondence with Michael Callen, Joseph Sonnabend, and others; video recordings of interviews with Callen, Larry Kramer, and others, and off-air recordings of AIDS-related programs; research files on different aspects of AIDS, safe sex, gay rights issues, and topics of interest to Berkowitz; and his website documenting his career, Safer Sex Positive. Material related to Berkowitz's undergraduate and graduate education includes his student films from Rutgers University and New York University. Material related to Berkowitz's medical history include his blood test results from the mid-1980s to the 2000s. Material related to Sex Positive includes correspondence with Daryl Wein, Sonnabend, and others; correspondence, programs, and other material related to film festivals Berkowitz attended in conjunction with the film; and newspaper and magazine clippings about the film. Material from Berkowitz's time as a sex worker includes correspondence with and photographs of clients; writings and photographs of clients used on his escort website, analorgasm.net; and some lists of clients and services he provided for them. His family records include a scrapbook compiled by his father, Milton Berkowitz, during his tour of duty with the United States Army in World War II; Milton Berkowitz's stag films; family home movies from the 1950s; and photographs of both parents, Berkowitz, his brothers, and their families.

Subjects

Genres

People

Topics

Conditions Governing Access

Donor permission is required for access. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, which was created by Richard Berkowitz, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Richard Berkowitz Papers; MSS 421; box number; folder number; Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University.

For archived website: Identification of item, date; Collection Name; Collection Number; Wayback URL; Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Purchased from Richard Berkowitz in 2014. The accession numbers associated with this collection are 2014.421, 2015.421.001, 2015.421.002, 2015.421.003, 2015.421.004, and 2016.007.

https://richardberkowitz.com/ was selected by curators and captured through the use of Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. There is no accession number associated with the archived website.

Custodial History

The collection was purchased by New York University (NYU) in November 2014 and the first accretion (2014.421) was transferred in December 2014 from the homes of two friends of Berkowitz's, Patrick Merla and Norma C. Connolly. Accretions 2015.421.001 and 2015.421.002 were transferred from Berkowitz's New York City apartment. Accretions 2015.421.003 and 2015.421.004 consist of seven of Berkowitz's email folders, totaling 4870 email messages. Accretion 2016.007 consists of one folder of Berkowitz's email, totaling 10583 email messages.

Items from this collection were used in the Fales Library's 2015 exhibition "Positive/Negative".

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact nyuspecialcollections@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Appraisal

Duplicates of periodicals and programs were deaccessioned, as were newspaper and magazine clippings, receipts, and ephemera not relevant to Berkowitz's interests or work. Floppy disks were deaccessioned after forensic imaging and analysis determined items contained no usable data.

Take Down Policy

Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.

If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this website for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), you may request the removal of the material from our site by submitting a notice, with the elements described below, to the special.collections@nyu.edu.

Please include the following in your notice: Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; your contact information, such as an address, telephone number, and email address; a statement that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed and that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury; and your physical or electronic signature. Upon receiving a notice that includes the details listed above, we will remove the allegedly infringing material from public view while we assess the issues identified in your notice.

Related Materials

For more information regarding Joseph Sonnabend, see Joseph A. Sonnabend Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. For more information regarding Michael Callen, see the Michael Callen Papers at the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

Collection processed by

Megan O'Shea

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-10-16 11:43:42 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Paper materials were housed in archival folders and boxes. Audiovisual material with damaged or no housing was housed; all audiovisual material was placed in archival boxes and labeled with unique identifiers. Floppy disks were forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged in Forensic Toolkit. Email was ingested into and arranged in Forensic Toolkit. Berkowitz's website was archived to the Internet Archive using the Archive-It service. Material that belonged together intellectually was brought together physically and duplicate publications were removed. Items of a sexually explicit nature were identified and will be restricted until two years after Berkowitz's death.

Descriptive information about the archived website was updated in 2022.

Revisions to this Guide

September 2018: Item-level records for five films added to Subseries II.A
July 2019: Updated by Kelly Haydon to reflect digitized access copies available for Subseries II.A
November 2022: Edited by Nicole Greenhouse to reflect additional administrative information related to archived website

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections

Series I. Correspondence, 1973-2016, undated, inclusive; 2009-2013, bulk

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet in 3 folders.

Extent

1.05 Gigabytes in 12,839 computer files.

Scope and Content

This series includes correspondence relating to Berkowitz's writings, post-AIDS crisis activism, interviews he conducted for an evaluation of National AIDS Fund grantees, gay rights, and personal correspondence with friends and family. Frequent correspondents include Jim Bredeson, Alex Fialho, David France, Sherri Lewis, Patrick Merla, Joseph Sonnabend, Sean Strub, Daryl Wein, Todd Wiggins, and Sharon Wood. The bulk of the correspondence is email with a small amount of paper correspondence.

Arrangement

The paper correspondence was arranged in loose chronological order by Berkowitz. He maintained folders in his email account for specific topics, as well as general correspondence.

Original arrangement was maintained and is reflected in the following subseries:

Subseries I.A. General, 1973-2016, undated

Subseries I.B. Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS)/Gulf Coast HIV/AIDS Evaluations, 2009-2012

Subseries I.C. Michael Callen Projects, 2012-2015

Subseries I.D. Joseph Sonnabend, 2008-2015

Subseries I.A. General, 1973-2016, undated, inclusive; 2008-2013, bulk

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet in 3 folders.

Extent

933.2 Megabytes in 12,082 messages in three email archives, and 19 computer files.

Scope and Content

This subseries includes correspondence relating to Berkowitz's speaking engagements and writings on AIDS and safe sex; requests to interview Berkowitz for documentaries, biographies, and museum and library exhibits; personal reflections from friends, family, and strangers upon seeing Sex Positive; personal experiences from individuals living with HIV/AIDS; and personal correspondence with friends and family. The bulk of the correspondence is email and includes attachments of word processing documents and photographs as well as voice messages from Abby Tallmer and others. Frequent correspondents include Berkowitz's brothers, sister-in-law, nephews, and niece; Michelle Cochrane; Norma C. Connolly; Greg Ellis; Alex Fialho; David France; Paula Frew; Kevin Kushel; Sherri Lewis; Ardele Lister; Patrick Merla; Spencer Schilly; Jeffrey Schwarz; Stephen Simon; Sean Strub; Abby Tallmer; Enrique Torre Molina; Daryl Wein; and Sharon Wood. There is a small amount of correspondence with Joseph Sonnabend.

Conditions Governing Access

The email in this subseries is closed until two years after the death of Richard Berkowitz.

Correspondence, 1973-2009, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Email and correspondence, 1995-1997, 2008-2016, inclusive

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_4 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Email and correspondence: 1995-1997, 2008-2016 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Subseries I.B. Southern REACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS)/Gulf Coast HIV/AIDS Evaluations, 2009-2012, inclusive

Extent

20.34 Megabytes in 276 computer files.

Scope and Content

This subseries contains email correspondence regarding telephone interviews conducted by Berkowitz on behalf of Paula Frew, an investigator at Emory University's Center for AIDS Research. He interviewed HIV/AIDS organizations in the southern United States that were grantees of a project funded by the National AIDS Fund to increase HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy outcomes in their regions. Correspondents include Frew and Carla Rotole, who transcribed the interviews.

Email, 2009-2012, inclusive

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_5 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Email: 2009-2012 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Subseries I.C. Michael Callen Projects, 2012-2015, inclusive; 2012, bulk

Extent

45.97 Megabytes in 72 computer files.

Scope and Content

This subseries includes email correspondence regarding projects based on Michael Callen's life. The bulk of the correspondence is between Berkowitz and Jim Bredeson regarding the development of Even for One Night, a musical based on the life and work of Callen. The remaining correspondence is between Berkowitz and Martin Duberman regarding his book Hold Tight Gently: A Biography of Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS and correspondence between Berkowitz and Richard Dworkin regarding Callen's life and legacy.

Email, 2012-2015, inclusive

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_6 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Email: 2012-2015 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Subseries I.D. Joseph Sonnabend, 1997, 2008-2015, inclusive

Extent

55.58 Megabytes in 390 computer files.

Scope and Content

This subseries contains email correspondence between Berkowitz and Joseph Sonnabend regarding various topics, including day-to-day life, AIDS advocacy and policy work, the early history of AIDS, and the documentary Sex Positive. Discussion related to Sex Positive includes some reconciliation between Berkowitz, Sonnabend, and some of their opponents from the beginning of the AIDS crisis, including Larry Kramer and Rodger McFarlane, as well as continued friction with others, including Larry Mass. There is also correspondence between Berkowitz, Sean Strub, and Stephen Simon, some of which relates to Sonnabend, and voice messages from Sonnabend, mainly regarding day-to-day life.

Email and correspondence, 1997, 2008-2015, inclusive

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_7 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Email and correspondence: 1997, 2008-2015 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Series II. Education, 1974-1980, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in 6 legal-size folders and 4 oversize folders.

Extent

3 audiocassettes

Extent

32 film reels

Extent

1 videoreels (1/2 inch)

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's undergraduate and graduate education at Rutgers University and New York University (NYU), respectively. The series includes articles written by Berkowitz, student films he produced, financial records, and correspondence documenting Berkowitz's time at Rutgers and NYU.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into the following subseries:

Subseries II.A. Rutgers University, 1974-1977, undated

Subseries II.B. New York University, 1977-1980, undated

Material within the subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by type or topic of the material.

Subseries II.A. Rutgers University, 1974-1977, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet in 2 legal-size folders and 4 oversize folders.

Extent

3 audiocassettes

Extent

32 film reels

Extent

1 videoreels (1/2 inch)

Scope and Content

This subseries includes articles written by Berkowitz for Rutgers' campus newspaper, The Daily Targum; student films he produced; financial aid documents; and a poster for a film panel in which he participated.

Audio cassettes, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0073-421.0076 (Material Type: Audio)

"The Changing Stereotypes of Women, Blacks, and Gays in Cinema"--poster, 1977

Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1975-1977, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Films, 1975-1977, undated, inclusive

Box: 17, Film: 421.0001-421.0033 (Material Type: film)
Box: 16, Video: 421.0209 (Material Type: video)

Suburban Showdown, 1977

Box: Digitized Access Files, file: 421.0014 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 17, Film: 421.0014 (Material Type: film)
Scope and Contents

A student film directed by Richard Berkowitz.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

9 minutes 9 seconds, Black and White, Silent

Suburban Showdown [outtakes], 1977

Box: Digitized Access Files, file: 421.0015 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 17, Film: 421.0015 (Material Type: film)
Scope and Contents

Outtakes from Suburban Showdown, a student film directed by Richard Berkowitz.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

1 minute 6 seconds, Black and White, Silent

[Gay Rally], 1977

Box: Digitized Access Files, file: 421.0019 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 17, Film: 421.0019 (Material Type: film)
Scope and Contents

Contains footage from the 1977 Gay Pride Parade in New York City. Rollerena Fairy Godmother and Felipe Rose of The Village People make brief appearances.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

3 minutes, Color, Silent

[Home movie], 1975

Box: Digitized Access Files, file: 421.0020 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 17, reel: 421.0020 (Material Type: film)
Scope and Contents

Contains Double-exposed footage of a family vacationing near a lake.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

3 minutes 21 seconds, Color, Silent

At Seventeen, 1974-1979, inclusive

Box: Digitized Access Files, file: 421.0033 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 17, reel: 421.0033 (Material Type: film)
Scope and Contents

Contains footage of street scenes and scenery taken in the areas around Rutgers University.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

2 minutes 30 seconds, Color, Silent

Movie notes, 1976, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Daily Targum, 1974-1977, undated, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.B. New York University, 1977-1980, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet in 6 folders.

Extent

4 film reels

Extent

1 audiocassette

Scope and Content

This subseries contains Berkowitz's notes, script, and films for his student film, Selling It; report cards; resumes; class notes; and correspondence with NYU administrators.

Correspondence, 1977-1979, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous, 1977-1980, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Movie notes, Undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resumes, 1978, undated

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Selling It, Undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 17, Film: 421.0034-421.0037 (Material Type: film)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0077 (Material Type: Audio)

Series III. Family Records, 1925, 1944-1994, undated, inclusive

Extent

1.2 Linear Feet in 3 legal-size folders and 1 flat box.

Extent

4 audiocassettes

Extent

15 film reels

Extent

901.4 kilobytes in 5 computer files.

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's family, particularly his father, Milton Berkowitz. The series contains a small amount of correspondence between Richard Berkowitz and various family members and between other members of the family; home movies from the 1950s; and photographs of Berkowitz, his parents, his brothers, and their families. Materials related to Milton Berkowitz include his scrapbook created during his tour of duty in the United Kingdom and Germany with the United States Army in World War II; his collection of stag films; and his dues books from the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union of America.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by type of material.

Audio cassettes, Undated, inclusive

Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0081, 421.0083-421.0085 (Material Type: Audio)

Biographical materials, 1925, 1944-1952, 1962-1965, 1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1976-1993, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Home movies, 1958-1959, undated, inclusive

Box: 18, reel: 421.0049-421.0052 (Material Type: film)

Photographs, 1964, 1994-2000, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_1 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Photographs: 1999-2000 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Scrapbook, 1944-1946, undated, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stag films, Undated, inclusive

Box: 18, reel: 421.0038-421.0048 (Material Type: film)

Series IV. Financial Records, 1982-2012, undated, inclusive; 1994-2004, bulk

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in half of a record carton.

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's finances, including his income and issues he faced in maintaining his residence. Materials in this series include pay stubs from Berkowitz's work as a driver for the American Red Cross in Greater New York, and for his work for POZ and SPIN magazines; correspondence, legal documents, and receipts detailing issues Berkowitz had with his landlords and apartment management companies; and correspondence regarding grants he received, including one from the PEN American Center which allowed him to purchase AIDS medications.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by organization or topic.

American Red Cross in Greater New York, 1984

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Apartment, 1982-2012, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous expenses, Undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PEN American Center, 1991-1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

POZ, 1997-1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SPIN, 1996

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Taxes, 1983-1986, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series V. Medical Records, 1979-2002, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in half of a record carton.

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's medical history before and after his AIDS diagnosis. Included in this series are Berkowitz's blood and other medical test results, prescription receipts, information on AIDS drugs, and correspondence and reports regarding a Crixivan drug trial in which he participated.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by type or topic of the material.

Bills, 1979-1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Crixivan drug trial, 1994-1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Discharge instructions and notes, 1994-2002, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Home healthcare, 1989-1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Laboratory orders, 1984-1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Laboratory results, 1981-2001, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Medication, 1982-2002, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stuyvesant Polyclinic/Cabrini Medical Center patient records, 1996-1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series VI. Sex Positive, 2007-2015, inclusive; 2008-2009, bulk

Extent

1.8 Linear Feet in one record carton and half of a flat box.

Extent

37.89 Megabytes in 718 computer files.

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's role in the creation, distribution, and reception of Daryl Wein's documentary, Sex Positive, focusing on Berkowitz's life and safe sex advocacy. The series includes correspondence, clippings of reviews of and advertisements for the film, film festival programs, travel documents, and ephemera relating to the documentary. The bulk of the series documents Berkowitz's attendance at multiple film festivals around the United States at which the film was screened. The correspondence contains correspondence between Berkowitz and Joseph Sonnabend, as well as letters from Berkowitz to others, regarding a disagreement Berkowitz and Sonnabend had following the release of the film.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by type or topic of the material.

Correspondence, 2007-2015, inclusive; 2008-2009, bulk

Box: 2, Folder: 23-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_2 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Email: 2008-2015 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Film festivals--General, 2008-2010, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 25-28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--Edmonton International Film Festival, 2008

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--NewFest: The NYC LGBT Film Festival, 2008

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, 2008

Box: 3, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--Rochester International Film Festival, 2008

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--San Francisco International Film Festival, 2008

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--Seattle International Film Festival, 2008

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film festivals--South by Southwest (SXSW), 2008

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Funding, 2007-2008, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotional condom, 2008

Box: 9, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews and publicity, 2008-2010, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Royalties, 2008-2009, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speaking engagements and screenings, 2008-2011, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series VII. Sex Work, 1978-2002, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet in 4 legal-size folders.

Extent

2.2 Megabytes in 28 computer files.

Scope and Content

This series documents Berkowitz's work as an S&M top or dominant. The series contains writings and photographs of clients used on his website, analorgasm.net; lists of clients, including their physical descriptions and preferences; lists of services he provided; correspondence with and photographs of clients; and correspondence regarding and copies of Berkowitz's classified advertisement he placed in The Advocate and the New York Native.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order by topic or type of material.

Conditions Governing Access

This series is closed until two years after the death of Richard Berkowitz.

Series VIII. Work Files, 1976-2022, undated, inclusive

Extent

11.5 Linear Feet in 6 and a half record cartons and 3 flat boxes.

Extent

124 audiocassettes

Extent

24 videocassettes

Extent

2 videodiscs (dvd)

Extent

1 websites

Extent

23.88 Megabytes in 179 computer files.

Scope and content

This series documents Berkowitz's work as a writer on issues related to AIDS, safe sex, and gay rights. The series contains Berkowitz's drafts, notes, and published versions of and research materials and correspondence regarding his writings, including his collaborations with Michael Callen "We Know Who We Are" and How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, and his autobiography, Stayin' Alive. The series also includes Berkowitz's research files which include notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings; audio and video recordings of Berkowitz, Callen, Joseph Sonnabend, and others; and Berkowitz's website, Safer Sex Positive. Topics in the research files include HIV/AIDS; safe sex advocacy; gay rights issues; and other topics of interest to Berkowitz.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into the following subseries: Subseries VIII.A. Audio Recordings, 1982-2005, undated

Subseries VIII.B. Correspondence, 1984-2015, undated

Subseries VIII.C. Research Files, 1976-2012, undated

Subseries VIII.D. Writings, 1982-2009

Subseries VIII.E. Archived Website, 2016

Subseries VIII. A. Audio and Video Recordings, 1982-2005, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet in one third of a record carton.

Extent

102 audiocassettes

Extent

24 videocassettes

Extent

2 videodiscs (dvd)

Scope and Content

This subseries contains audio recordings of Berkowitz's conversations with Callen, Sonnabend, Gabriel Rotello, Michelle Cochrane, and others, and recordings of television and radio interviews with Arthur Bell, Callen, Larry Kramer, Vito Russo, and others. This subseries also includes Berkowitz's notes on the content of the audiocassettes. This subseries also contains video recordings of television appearances by Berkowitz, Callen, Sonnabend, and others, as well as off-air recordings of television programs and movies.

Arrangement

This subseries has not been arranged. Audio recordings that could be intellectually arranged within a series or subseries have been removed from this subseries and physically arranged and described with those materials. Audio recordings in this series contain conversations with multiple people and/or off-air recordings of interviews or programs. Any extra documentation attached to the cassettes (apart from the sleeves in the cases) have been removed and housed separately. All video recordings have been kept in this series.

Conditions Governing Access

Two audio cassettes in this subseries are restricted until two years after the death of Richard Berkowitz.

Audio cassettes, 1982-2005, undated, inclusive

Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0079-421.0080, 421.0082, 421.0086-421.0102 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 15, Cassette: 421.0103-421.0115, 421.0117-421.0120, 421.0122-421.0137, 421.0139, 421.0141-421.0172, 421.0174-421.0184 (Material Type: Audio)

Notes, 1982-1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 23-37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Restricted audio cassettes, undated, inclusive

Box: 20, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Audio)

Video recordings, 1976-2009, undated, inclusive

Box: 16, DVD: 421.0210-421.0211 (Material Type: video)
Box: 16, Video: 421.0185-421.0208 (Material Type: video)

Subseries VIII. B. Correspondence, 1984-2015, undated, inclusive

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet in 3 folders.

Extent

17.49 Megabytes in 68 computer files.

Scope and Content

This subseries contains correspondence regarding Berkowitz's writing. The bulk of the subseries includes email correspondence regarding articles by Berkowitz, including a response to How to Have Sex in a Police State, written by an anonymous collective of Canadian artists with HIV.

Arrangement

The paper correspondence is in Berkowitz's original order.

City of New York Commission on Human Rights, 1984

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_8 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

General: 1996-1999, 2013-2015 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Rotello, Gabriel, 1993

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries VIII. C. Research Files, 1976-2012, undated, inclusive

Extent

7.82 Linear Feet in 2 and one third record cartons and 3 oversize flat boxes.

Extent

245.22 Megabytes in 13 computer files.

Extent

22 audiocassettes

Scope and Content

This subseries contains research files on HIV/AIDS, safe sex advocacy, gay rights issues; and other topics of interest to Berkowitz, most of which was used in his writings. The files contain paper and born-digital materials, including newspaper and magazine clippings, books, pamphlets, fliers, audio recordings, correspondence, and notes. Berkowitz's collaborations with Michael Callen, Michelle Cochrane, Celia Farber, and Joseph Sonnabend are documented in audio recordings of their conversations, notes on the conversations, drafts of articles by Cochrane and Farber, and email and internet chats between Berkowitz and Farber.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by topic.

1984 by Samuel R. Delany, 2000

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Books)

1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Adnum, Mark, 2013

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bathhouses, 1976-1987, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Callen, Michael, 1983-2015, undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 22-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0053-421.0069 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15, Cassette: 421.0173 (Material Type: Audio)

Clinton, Bill--Impeachment, 1998-1999, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cochrane, Michelle, 1993-2003, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0071 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_9 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Cochrane, Michelle: 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Condoms, 1982-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contagion, 1982-2001, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Curriculum vitae, 2000

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cytomegalovirus, 1975-1983, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Disclosure, 2003

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Duberman, Martin, 2009

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Early People with AIDS movement, 1983-1985, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fain, Nathan, 1983-2003, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Farber, Celia, 1988-2008, undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 8-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0078 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_10 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Farber, Celia: 1998-2005 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), 1982-1998, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General, 1993-2012, undated, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Giuliani, Rudolph W., 1995-2000, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

HIV/AIDS, 1981-2014, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 22-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Homosexual Matrix by C. A. Tripp, 1975

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Books)

Infectious diseases, 1974-1984, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kushner, Tony, 1992-2010, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lambda Passages, 1985

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legal issues, 1982

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

LGBT issues, 1996-2012, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lister, Ardele, 2008

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_11 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Lister, Ardele: 2008- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Lymphadenopathy, 1982-1984, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Madonna, 1981-2009, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 5-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obama, Barack, 2008-2010, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

People with AIDS, 1989-2004, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Physicians for Human Rights, 1982-1983, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pride, 1992

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Recreational drugs, 1998-2005, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rotello, Gabriel, 1995

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Russo, Vito, 1975-1990, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0000 (Material Type: Audio)

Safe sex, 1982-2013, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 19-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sex clubs, 1982-1993, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sex Panic!, 1996-2008, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_12 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sex Panic!: 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sexually transmitted infections, 1976-2008, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sonnabend, Joseph, 1991-2008, undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 26-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 14, Cassette: 421.0070-421.0072 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 15, Cassette: 421.0138, 421.0140 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_13 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Sonnabend, Joseph: 1996-1998 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sperm, 1980-1992, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ultra-violet light and immune suppression, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unsafe sex, 1997-2005, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries VIII. D. Writings, 1982-2009, inclusive

Extent

3.9 Linear Feet in 3 and three quarters record cartons and 1 oversize folder.

Extent

6.25 Megabytes in 98 computer files.

Scope and content

This subseries contains Berkowitz's drafts, notes, and published versions of his writings, including his collaborations with Michael Callen "We Know Who We Are" and How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, and his autobiography, Stayin' Alive. It features research material used by Berkowitz in his writing and correspondence regarding his work.

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by title of work or type of material.

"AIDS: One Man's Odyssey", 1984

Box: 5, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"AIDS: Return of the Sex Police", 1995-1997, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 32-34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_16 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"AIDS: Return of the Sex Police": 1995-1997 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Best of Manhattan: Best Gay Bookstore", 1993

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Birth of Safe Sex", 1996

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"A Brief History of AIDS Dogma", 1993-1996, undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_15 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"A Brief History of AIDS Dogma": 1996- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"The Co-factor Factor", 1995-1997, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_27 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Co-factor Factor": 1997- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Crixivan Study and Arrest in Philadelphia, 1998

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_14 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Crixivan Study and Arrest in Philadelphia: 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Florida bathhouse talks, 1985

Box: 6, Folder: 9-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Heterosexual Men and AIDS", 1987-2003, undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 13-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_17 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Heterosexual Men and AIDS": 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"A History of the Creation of the Term "People with AIDS"", 1998

Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach, 1983-2002, undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ideas, undated, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters to the editor, 1982-1998, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Little Sissy, 1995

Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_18 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Little Sissy: 1995- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Mrs. Duesinger", 1993

Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Night Larry Kramer Dissed Me", 2005

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_28 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Night Larry Kramer Dissed Me": 2005- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Notes, 1995-1998, inclusive

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_19 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Notes: 1995-1998 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"The Original Safe Sex Slut's Guide to Healthy Living", 1996-1998, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_29 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Original Safe Sex Slut's Guide to Healthy Living": 1997-1998 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"The Other Epidemic", 2005

Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_30 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Other Epidemic": 2005- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

POZ biography, 2000

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_21 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

POZ biography: 2000- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"PrEP: Prevention & Profits", 2013

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

QW articles, 1992

Box: 7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"S+M: Sons and Mothers", 2006

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_22 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"S+M: Sons and Mothers": 2006- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Safer-sex Panic", 1995-1998, undated, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_23 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Safer-sex Panic": 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Safer Sex Positive", 2011

Box: 7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Satire on Gay Articles Declaring Oral Sex a Risk for AIDS", 1995

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_24 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Satire on Gay Articles Declaring Oral Sex a Risk for AIDS": 1995- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"A Second Look" and "Before the Revolution", 1997

Box: 7, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Silence of the Lambdas" by Katie Szymanski, 1998

Box: 7, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_25 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Silence of the Lambdas" by Katie Szymanski: 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Stayin' Alive, 1977-2009, undated, inclusive; 1992-2003, bulk

Box: 7, Folder: 21-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 9, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_26 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Stayin' Alive: 1995-2009 (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Surviving and Thriving with AIDS: Collected Wisdom, Volume Two, 1988

Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Books)

"Timeline of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend's Contributions to AIDS", 1998, undated

Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Tragic Death of Robert Gould, M.D.", 1988-1999, undated, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_31 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"The Tragic Death of Robert Gould, M.D.": 1998- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"Truth Be Told", 1994

Box: 9, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Truth Sucks", 1993

Box: 9, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"A Warning to Gay Men with AIDS", 1982

Box: 9, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Way We War", 1996

Box: 9, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Walter Fuck-up", 2005

Box: Electronic records, E-records: FA_MSS_421_ER_32 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

"Walter Fuck-up": 2005- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

"We Know Who We Are", 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 15-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"When Do HIV-exposed Individuals Seroconvert?", 1997

Box: 9, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"When the Epidemic Hits Home", 1983

Box: 9, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries VIII. E. Archived Website, August 2016-October 2022, inclusive

Box: Electronic records (Material Type: electronic records)

Extent

1 websites

Scope and Contents

Berkowitz's website documents his writings on safe sex, AIDS, and gay rights from the 1970s through the 2000s. The website includes published and unpublished writings, including journal entries from 2010 and 2013, which include interviews with Berkowitz and Callen in 1983; scans of his writings published in periodicals; and information about his biography, Stayin' Alive, and the documentary based on his life, Sex Positive.

Appraisal

Crawl was limited to domains and subdomains of richardberkowitz.files.wordpress.com, videos.files.wordpress.com, and richardberkowitz.com in order to remain within the collection scope and data constraints.

Robots.txt (a piece of code designed to limit crawler activity within a website) was ignored.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.

Externally hosted content

Archived website of Richard Berkowitz: August 2016-October 2022
https://wayback.archive-it.org/7727/*/https://richardberkowitz.com
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