Katherine Krebs papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2017-39

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Selected items from the Katherine Krebs papers on Calisphere.

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various materials collected and produced by Katherine Krebs, an Event Manager and Communications Analyst responsible for many of the AIDS conferences and conventions held in San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s. Included in this collection are event materials, handouts, logistical planning documents, daily planners, photos, color slides, audio tape cassettes, and VHS tapes. Audio tape cassettes make up the majority of this collection and are recordings of lectures and events from the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th National AIDS Update Conferences held between 1988-1996 in San Francisco. The VHS tapes pertain to the Gay Games held in 1986 in San Francisco, including promotional videos and video taping of the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony. Paper materials related to the 6th International Conference on AIDS that was held in San Francisco in 1990 are also included. This collection offers a detailed look into the planning that went into the AIDS conferences and events that shaped the national and global response to the AIDS epidemic.

Dates

Creation: 1986-2001

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

This collection consists of various materials collected and produced by Katherine Krebs, an Event Manager and Communications Analyst responsible for many of the AIDS conferences and conventions held in San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s. Included in this collection are event materials, handouts, logistical planning documents, daily planners, audio tape cassettes, and VHS tapes. Audio tape cassettes make up the majority of this collection and are recordings of lectures and events from the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th National AIDS Update Conferences held between 1988-1996 in San Francisco. The VHS tapes pertain to the Gay Games held in 1986 in San Francisco, including promotional videos and video taping of the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony. Paper materials related to the 6th International Conference on AIDS that was held in San Francisco in 1990 are also included. This collection offers a detailed look into the planning that went into the AIDS conferences and events that shaped the national and global response to the AIDS epidemic.

Biographical / Historical

Katherine Krebs was a Communications Analyst, Editor, Social Media Manager, and Executive Assistant in UCSF's Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences. Prior to her employment at UCSF, she was the Founder and President of KREBS Convention & Event Management Services based in San Francisco. Krebs served as President for 35 years, during which she also worked as the company’s Communications Manager. Krebs still works as a Communications Manager at KREBS Convention & Event Management Services, where she has been for over 40 years.

Beginning in 1983, Kreb’s company was enlisted to manage medical conventions, conferences, and meetings. This included local events at the state or city level, national events, and even international events. Krebs managed meetings for the SF Department of Public Health and AmFAR, many of which were focused on HIV/AIDS. Notably, KREBS Conventions & Event Management Services helped put on the 6th International Conference on AIDS that was held in San Francisco in 1990.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (4 cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Katherine Krebs was the Founder and President of KREBS Convention & Event Management Services, which was the company responsible for many of the AIDS conferences and conventions held in San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s. She later served as a Communications Analyst, Editor, Social Media Manager, and Executive Assistant in UCSF's Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences. This collection includes materials Krebs gathered from her work with her company in the form of event materials, handouts, logistical planning documents, daily planners, photos, color slides, audio tape cassettes, and VHS tapes. These all pertain to events held at the city/state level, national level, or international level—most of which were focused on HIV/AIDS efforts. Audio tape cassettes make up the majority of this collection and are recordings of lectures and events from various National AIDS Update Conferences held in the late 1980s to the mid 1990s in San Francisco. The VHS tapes pertain to the Gay Games held in 1986 in San Francisco. This collection offers a detailed look into the planning that went into the AIDS conferences that shaped the national and global response to the AIDS epidemic.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series:

I. Medical Conferences, 1992-2000

II. AIDS Conferences, 1987-2001

III. AIDS Workshops, Projects, and Events, 1986-1996

Series I-III are each arranged into Sub-Series and organized by subject matter.

Series II, AIDS Conferences, is specifically divided into conferences at the State level, the national level, and the international level.

Several national conferences have paper materials and audiotape cassettes that are all organized under the same subseries based on conference title, but they are physically housed in separate cartons for preservation purposes.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Katherine Krebs in 2017.

Accruals

No future additions are expected.

Condition Description

Collection is comprised mostly of audiocassette tapes, as well as 3 VHS tapes. These materials require further processing in order to assess their condition.