Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-97-14
Content Description
Materials documenting history of Haight Ashbury Free Clinic -- a free health care service provider that was founded by UCSF alumni David E. Smith in 1967. With the guiding principle that "Health care is a right, not a privilege," Smith opened up the clinic at 558 Clayton Street, near the corner of Haight Street. The clinic's first clients were primarily young people who had come to San Francisco for the Summer of Love who could not afford health care, but it has since become a model for...
Dates:
1963-2017
Found in:
UCSF Archives and Special Collections