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HIV oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2958

Scope and Contents

Forming part of the Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder HIV/AIDS Archive, the HIV oral history project is an ongoing initative to document the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Utah. The interviews were conducted with those who interacted with the epidemic including medical professionals, social workers, therapists, nuns from Holy Cross hospital, drag queens engaged in safer sex education and fundraising, community members who founded or volunteered for first AIDS Project Utah and the Salt Lake AIDS Foundation, and later, the Utah AIDS Foundation, as well as people with AIDS, their lovers, friends, and family. (Abstract adpated from the American West Center website.)

Dates

  • 2015-2020

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Historical Note

During the HIV epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Kristen Ries was the only doctor in Utah who would treat people with AIDS. The Ries/Snyder Archive was created to honor Dr. Ries and her partner and medical assistant, Maggie Synder. The HIV oral history project is an initative to document the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Utah. Biographies of individual interview subjects may be found below.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Forming part of the Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder HIV/AIDS Archive, the HIV oral history project (2015-2017) is an initative to document the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Utah through oral histories.

Arrangement

Interviews arranged alphabetically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from the American West Center in 2017 and 2019.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Kristen Ries and C. Maggie Snyder HIV/AIDS Archive.

Forms part of the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Archive.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Processing Information

Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2018.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2022 and 2023.

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Title
Inventory of the HIV oral history project
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston and Betsey Welland.
Date
2017 (last modified: 2019, 2022 and 2023)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2023-01-23: Box 5 processed by Betsey Welland and added to the finding aid.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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