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Jim Gersbach collection, 1987-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gersbach, Jim
Title
Jim Gersbach collection
Dates
1987-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 cubic feet , (4 document boxes)
Collection Number
Mss 2988-9
Summary
Items include a wide array of materials concerning AIDS and HIV, primarily related to Oregon and Washington State. Includes government reports, news articles, social service agency brochures, and medical information.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English.
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Historical Note

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Content Description

Items include a wide array of materials concerning AIDS and HIV, primarily related to Oregon and Washington State. Includes government reports, news articles, social service agency brochures, and medical information. Of special interest is an "Ora-Shure" testing kit, manufactured in Oregon.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Preferred Citation

Jim Gersbach AIDS collection, Mss 2988-9, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in one series, alphabetical by folder title. Titles are those of the donor.

Custodial History

Materials were collected by Jim Gersbach and originally held by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN)

Acquisition Information

Acquired from Jim Gersbach via the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Jim Gersbach AIDS collection

    • Description: AIDS and the medical profession

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS/HIV conference
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS in Oregon
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS in Washington
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS litigation
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS-Proofing Your Kids

      Book published in Oregon by Loren Acker and others.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: AIDS quilt
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Articles, general

      Various news articles from Northwest newspapers concerning AIDS

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Basic AIDS information
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Community agencies
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Condoms
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Drug therapy
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Education
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Hand in Hand

      Newsletter of Oregon's HIV Care Community. Incomplete. (August and October 1994; January, February, and March 1995).

      Dates: 1994, 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Highly publicized AIDS cases
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Human interest
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: IV drugs/needles
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Kaiser Permanente packets

      Envelopes with labels on various AIDS-related topics provided by Kaiser Permanente (health insurer and provider).

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Local Red Cross and AIDS
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Medication/Research articles in the Oregonian

      Concerns Saliva Diagnostic Systems clinical trials

      Dates: 1995 February 9
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Names Project

      Information on Portland chapter of the Names Project for the AIDS quilt.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: OraSure

      Information on oral specimen collection for AIDS testing and a training kit. Made in Beaverton, Oregon.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Oregon Health Department HIV booklets
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Oregon Health Department HIV Conference

      Program.

      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Oregon Health Division AIDS curriculum and guide

      Proposed teaching material for AIDS education produced by the Oregon Health Department.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Oregon HIV/AIDS resource guide

      AIDS resource guide listing statewide and by-region resources in Oregon.

      Dates: circa 1991
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Oregon surveillance reports

      AIDS statistics from the state of Oregon, showing number of cases and deaths. Produced by the Oregon State Health Department.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Pamphlets, general

      Question & Answer and educational pamphlets concerning AIDS.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Racial minorities and AIDS.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland guidelines
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Safer sex

      Brochures.

      Dates:
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Secrets

      Various materials on the Kaiser Permanente-created AIDS play, Secrets. This play was presented at various high schools in Oregon.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Service agency pamphlets
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Speaking Up

      Newsletter of the Cascade AIDS Project. January/February 1995.

      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Teens
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Testing
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Vaccine research
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Washington reports
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Washington State Responds

      AIDS bimonthly journal.

      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Washington State Responds

      AIDS bimonthly journal.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Washington State Responds

      AIDS bimonthly journal. March/April 1995, July/August 1995, January/February 1996.

      Dates: 1995, 1996
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Washington surveillance reports

      AIDS statistics from the state of Washington, showing number of cases and deaths. Produced by the Washington State Health Department.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: Women and AIDS
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: World AIDS poster exhibition

      Program for exhibition of AIDS posters to be held at the American Advertising Museum.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection
    • Description: World Comics

      AIDS-related comic book. Spring 1995 issue.

      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
      Location: Jim Gersbach AIDS collection

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Subject Terms

  • AIDS (Disease)--Oregon
  • AIDS (Disease)--Washington (State)
  • Diseases--Oregon.
  • Diseases--Washington (State)
  • Gay liberation movement--Northwest, Pacific

Personal Names

  • Gersbach, Jim. (creator)

Corporate Names

  • Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (creator)
  • Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest

Form or Genre Terms

  • Artifacts
  • Clippings
  • Printed ephemera.

Finding aid prepared by Diane Couture
2009

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