OHY_Mss2988-16 Guide to the John Terrill papers 1980-2009 Terrill (John) Papers Finding aid prepared by Michele McKinnon Fricke and Geoffrey B. Wexler Oregon Historical Society, Research Library © 2010
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Mss 2988-16 Terrill, John John Terrill papers 1980-2009 1983-1994 2 cubic feet 6 document cases Papers of an AIDS activist of Portland, Oregon, primarily containing files of the Cascade Aids Project and Our House, a residential care and hospice facility for people with AIDS. Most files date from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. Materials in the collection are inEnglish Biographical Note

John Terrill was involved with a number of gay rights organizations in Portland, Oregon, during the 1980s and 1990s. He worked as a volunteer with the Cascade Aids Project in 1983, shortly after the founding of the organization, and later served as chairman of the board of directors. He later became involved with Juniper House, a group home care facility for people living with AIDS. He went on to work with Our House, which was formed by members of Juniper House and provided residential and hospice care for people with AIDS in Portland. He served on Our House board of directors from around 1988 to 1993.

The collection consists primarily of files on Our House and the Cascade Aids project, including minutes, financial records, publicity, and correspondence. Also included is an oral history interview with John Terrill conducted by members of a Portland State University "Capstone" class in 2009.

The collection is arranged in three series: Our House filesCascade Aids Project filesGeneral files

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.

John Terrill Papers, Mss 2988-16, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

The collection was originally acquired by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). It was processed by members of a class at Portland State University, and later donated to the Oregon Historical Society.

Acquired January 2010, Library Accession 27027.

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.

Terrill, John--Archives Cascade Aids Project--Archives Our House (Portland, Or.)--Archives Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest Portland (Or.)--Social life and customs AIDS activists--Oregon--Portland AIDS (disease)--Oregon--Portland Hospice care--Oregon--Portland Gay liberation movement--Oregon Oregon Portland Gays and lesbians Minutes

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

Series A Our House 1982-1994 1/1 Blank resident papers 1988-1989 1/2 Board meeting minutes 1988-1990 1/3 Board meeting minutes 1991-1994 1/4 Board of Directors--Descriptions, member information 1989-1994 1/5 Budget income balance sheets / financial reports 1990 1/6 Budgets 1993-1994 1/7 Bylaws 1987 1994 1/8 Cooperative Alliance Forum 1989 1/9 Finances 1991 1/10 Finances 1992 1/11 Finances--Quarterly reports, budget, annual report circa 1988-1993 1/12 Fundraising circa 1989-1994 1/13 Fundraising events, brochures, letters, guidelines for comunity fundraising for outside agencies, Heathman Holiday Tea 1991-1994 2/1 General circa 1982-1994

Preferred Provider Option Rider, list of doctors, "Democracy and Homosexuality", American Adjustable Rate Term Trust, "Raj on Healing", an aids diary

 2/2 Legal health documents--HIV prevention 1993 2/3 Lucille Hart Dinner 1989-1992 2/4 Newsletters--Communication 1990-1992 2/5 Newspapers--Just Out, Oregon Gay News, Alternative Connection, Cascade Voice 1982 1988 1994 2/6 Out and About 1983-1984 2/7 Personal Notes and Letters 1986-1994 Personnel Policies and Resident Procedures 2/8 1988 2/9 1989 2/10 1990 2/11 1991 2/12 1992-1993 2/13 undated 3/1 Program 1989-1994

Information about Program, Mission Statements

 3/2 Property Documents 1988-1991 3/3 Volunteering 1988-1992 Series B Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) 1985-1990 3/4 Brinker Fund 1986-1989 3/5 Business Minutes 1985 3/6 Business Minutes 1986 3/7 Business Minutes 1987 3/8 Business Minutes 1988 4/1 Business Minutes 1989, January-April 4/2 By-laws undated 1985-1989 4/3 Community Health Support Services' Newsletter--impact 1985-1986 4/4 Employment circa 1986

Board selection, job descriptions

 4/5 Entertainment circa 1985-1990 Financial records 4/6 1987 4/7 1988 5/1 1984 5/2 1985 5/3 1986 5/4 1987-1989 5/5 1989 5/6 Fundraising undated 1987 1989 5/7 Fundraising circa 1987-1988 5/8 General circa 1987-1989 5/9 Human Resources circa 1987 5/10 Political circa 1985-1988 5/11 Newsletter 1985-1989 5/12 Overview--Reports--Goals--Mission Statements undated 5/13 Policy and Procedures 1987-1989 6/1 The PAL Project--Community Health Support Services circa 1985 6/2 Published Reports 1988 6/3 Surveys--Questionnaires circa 1985-1987 6/4 Retreat--Menucha 1985, July 8 6/5 AIDS Medical Information Pamphlets undated 6/6 Volunteer Training 1985-1990 Series C General Files 1980-2009 6/7 Chart undated 6/8 Personal File circa 1993

Information on lobbying, information about AIDS related legislation

 6/9 Outward Bound 1980-1988 6/10 Oral history interview with John Terrill by Cynthia Nagata and Monica Ruiz (transcript only) 2009