AIDS (Disease)

Scope and Contents The AIDS Project Rhode Island collection includes materials documenting the work of the organization from 1985-2020. The bulk of the collection is photographs, however organizational records, newsletters and ephemera are included. The photographs document fundraising events, such as the annual Walk for Life, Gay Bingo, and Heart to Heart, as well as staff and volunteers (or “Buddies”) in the office and at retreats. The collection also contains a selection of pins and buttons, as well as a...

Scope and Contents The collection contains administrative and organizational records, papers, newspaper clippings and photographs. Photographs show a range of individual AIDS Quilt panels as well as displays of the panels throughout New England. Additional photos show quilt panels displayed at regional and national conferences. Papers in the collection primarily include administrative records of NAMES Project RI and materials relating to displays of AIDS Quilt panels in Rhode Island and regionally....

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The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art and creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.

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This small collection contains records, meeting notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings featuring both press about Newport AIDS Net as well as marketing (including advertisements and support group listings).

One folder contains records of the Newport County Council of Community Services, of which Newport AIDS Net was a member.