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Descriptive Summary

Title:
AIDS/ARC Vigil Records

Dates:
1985-1993

Collection number:
1991-05

Creator:
AIDS/ARC Vigil

Collection Size:
4.25 Linear Feet
5 manuscript boxes, 1 carton, and 1 oversized box

Repository:
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94105

Abstract:
The ARC/AIDS Vigil began on October 27, 1985, when Steve Russell and Bert Franks chained themselves to the Federal Building on United Nations Plaza in San Francisco. The group was protesting the government's inactivity in respect to the AIDS crisis. This collection consists of records, notebooks and photographs documenting the first several years of this continual protest vigil.

Physical location:
Stored at the Archives of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society in San Francisco, California.

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection: English

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