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This collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, conference materials and other administrative and publicity materials relating to the UCSF Kaposi's Sarcoma (K-S) Clinic, the AIDS epidemic, and AIDS research as pursued by Dr. Marcus Conant. Materials from the K-S (later San Francisco AIDS) Foundation, and other organizations associated with Dr. Conant, are also included.

Abstract Steven Deeks, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in Residence at UCSF and a UCSF clinical faculty researcher specializing in HIV/AIDS. Deeks is a leading AIDS Researcher and is known for being at the forefront of cutting-edge research in search of treatment options for AIDS patients in the 1990s. In 1995, Deeks performed a controversial operation on AIDS patient and activist, Jeff Getty, involving a transplantation using bone marrow from a baboon to replace part of Getty’s own bone marrow. This...

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...

Abstract John Newmeyer was an epidemiologist at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco. In 1983, Newmeyer instituted a needle exchange and bleach distribution program to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS among intravenous drug users. This collection includes Newmeyer’s manuscripts, publications, reports, research files, ephemera, and bleach vials. Newmeyer compiled his own research and personal papers chronologically, as found in Series One of this collection, and duplicated much of this...