Data and Publications of Current Interest: HAFC, Supplement 6, 1974

File — Carton: 3, Folder: 19

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of various materials collected and produced by John Newmeyer, an epidemiologist at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic (HAFC) in San Francisco, throughout his career spanning the 1970s to the early 2000s. Included in this collection are manuscripts, notes, press, publications, reports, personal papers, and research files. The prominent themes of this collection pertain to Newmeyer's Research and Personal Papers, HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse, Newmeyer’s work at the HAFC, and the overlap between HIV and Intravenous Drug Users (IVDUs). A major aspect of his career was his risk reduction programs for IVDUs in the form of needle exchanges and bleach distribution programs to mitigate the spread of HIV and other bloodborne infections. Along with the paper materials that make up the bulk of this collection, it also includes two vials of bleach from these bleach distribution programs. There are duplications present in this collection due to Newmeyer’s compilation of his work both chronologically and thematically.

Dates

Other: 1974

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The bulk of the collection is in English, with a few research papers and publications in Russian and German.

Conditions Governing Access

The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. Access to medical records is restricted for 100 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.