OHY_Mss2988-9 Guide to the Jim Gersbach AIDS collection 1987-1998 Gersbach (Jim) AIDS collection Finding aid prepared by Diane Couture Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2009
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Mss 2988-9 Gersbach, Jim Jim Gersbach collection 1987-1998 1.5 cubic feet 4 document boxes 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. Materials in the collection are inEnglish. Biographical note

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.

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

The collection is open to the public.

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.

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

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

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

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Gersbach, Jim. Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest AIDS (Disease)--Oregon AIDS (Disease)--Washington (State) Diseases--Oregon. Diseases--Washington (State) Gay liberation movement--Northwest, Pacific Oregon Washington (State) Oregon Disease Gays and Lesbians Medicine and Health Sexuality Artifacts Clippings Printed ephemera.

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

Jim Gersbach AIDS collection 1/1 AIDS and the medical profession undated

1/2 AIDS/HIV conference 1990 1/3 AIDS in Oregon undated 1/4 AIDS in Washington undated 1/5 AIDS litigation undated 1/6 AIDS-Proofing Your Kids undated

Book published in Oregon by Loren Acker and others.

 1/7 AIDS quilt undated 1/8 Articles, general undated

Various news articles from Northwest newspapers concerning AIDS

 1/9 Basic AIDS information undated 1/10 Community agencies undated 1/11 Condoms undated 1/12 Drug therapy undated 1/13 Education undated 1/14 Hand in Hand 1994, 1995

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

 1/15 Highly publicized AIDS cases undated 1/16 Human interest undated 1/17 IV drugs/needles undated 1/18 Kaiser Permanente packets undated

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

 2/1 Local Red Cross and AIDS undated 2/2 Medication/Research articles in the Oregonian 1995 February 9

Concerns Saliva Diagnostic Systems clinical trials

 2/3 Names Project undated

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

 2/4 OraSure undated

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

 2/5 Oregon Health Department HIV booklets undated 2/6 Oregon Health Department HIV Conference 1995

Program.

 2/7 Oregon Health Division AIDS curriculum and guide undated

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

 3/1 Oregon HIV/AIDS resource guide circa 1991

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

 3/2 Oregon surveillance reports undated

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

 3/3 Pamphlets, general undated

Question & Answer and educational pamphlets concerning AIDS.

 3/4 Racial minorities and AIDS. undated 3/5 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland guidelines undated 3/6 Safer sex

Brochures.

 3/7 Secrets undated

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

 3/8 Service agency pamphlets undated 3/9 Speaking Up 1995

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

 3/10 Teens undated 3/11 Testing undated 3/12 Vaccine research undated 3/13 Washington reports undated 3/14 Washington State Responds 1993

AIDS bimonthly journal.

4/1 Washington State Responds 1994

AIDS bimonthly journal.

 4/2 Washington State Responds 1995, 1996

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

 4/3 Washington surveillance reports undated

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

 4/4 Women and AIDS undated 4/5 World AIDS poster exhibition undated

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

 4/6 World Comics 1995

AIDS-related comic book. Spring 1995 issue.