AIDS Crisis Archive
Abstract
Grouping of publications documenting how the AIDS crisis was described and addressed shorly after its outbreak in 1981.
Dates
- Creation: 1983-1989
Conditions Governing Access
All collections are subject to applicable Vanderbilt University privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific restrictions: No Restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the History of Medicine Collections, Special Collections and University Archives, Vanderbilt University or is retained by the authors of specific published items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
This small collection of publications documents how governmental, religious, and community organizations addressed the AIDS crisis. The term AIDS was officially coined by the United States Government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1982 after its discovery and outbreak in 1981. By 1984, the cause was identified as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Full Extent
.75 Linear Feet (One rare book phase box)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Physical Location
EBL History of Medicine Collections (Room 332)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection was purchased.
Processing Information
Collection was processed shortly after it was acquired.
- Title
- AIDS Crisis Archive
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2025-05-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the History of Medicine Manuscripts Collection Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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