Abstract
Subject files/vertical file collection on the topic of AIDS maintained by the Surgeon-General's office largely during the C. Everett Koop administration.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-1989
Extent
16.25 Linear Feet (36 boxes + 2 oversized folders)
Creator
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Copyright and Re-use Information
Copyright status is unknown. Archival materials often contain mixed copyright ownership. While the NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.
Privacy Information
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Collection Summary
Subject files/vertical file collection on the topic of AIDS maintained by the Surgeon-General's office largely during the C. Everett Koop administration. The collection largely consists alphabetically arranged files which include publications, reports/report drafts, informational and educational materials, posters/ephemera, copies of articles, and copies of some memoranda and correspondence. The materials were declared not of permanent historical value by the National Archives and offered to NLM for its value as ephemera.
Abstract
Subject files/vertical file collection on the topic of AIDS maintained by the Surgeon-General's office largely during the C. Everett Koop administration.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Transfer, Surgeon-General's Office, 2/28/1990, Accession #630.
General
- Processed by:
- Lloyd Willliams
- Processing completed:
- March 2003
- Encoded by:
- John Rees
Processing Information
The Surgeon-General's Office AIDS Subject Files Collection was rehoused from original containers into archival folders and boxes upon receipt from the donor.
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- John Rees
- Date
- March 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area
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