Guide to the PWA Health Group. Records,
1990-1991

Collection Number: 7528

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
B.C. Beredo
Date completed:
July 2000
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, July 2000

© 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
PWA Health Group. Records, 1990-1991
Collection Number:
7528
Creator:
PWA Health Group
Quantity:
2.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, conference programs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, and conference programs related to AIDS, particularly new drugs for the treatment of opportunistic infections and the specific issues relating to women with AIDS. Includes correspondence with drug companies and files about the Countdown/18 Months Plan of ACT UP/NY's Treatment and Data Committee.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

PWA (People With AIDS) Health Group formed in New York City in 1987 to facilitate access to experimental drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related infections. The Countdown/18 Months Plan was a plan to make the five major opportunistic infections which claim the most lives treatable in the next year and one-half.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, notes, bibliographies, articles, and conference programs related to AIDS, particularly new drugs for the treatment of opportunistic infections and the specific issues relating to women with AIDS. Includes correspondence with drug companies and files about the Countdown/18 Months Plan of ACT UP/NY's Treatment and Data Committee.
SUBJECTS

Names:
PWA Health Group.

Subjects:
AIDS (Disease).
HIV infections.
Medical care--New York (N.Y.).
Drug utilization.
Pharmaceutical policy.
Opportunistic infections.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
PWA Health Group. Records, #7528. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence Box 1
Series II. Conferences Box 1
Series III. Organizations Box 1
Series IV. Subject Files
AIDS
 Box 1
General
 Boxes 1-2
Notebooks
 Box 2
Miscellaneous Supporting Materials
 Box 2
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Correspondence
Incoming Correspondence, 1992
 Box 1 Folder 1
Incoming Correspondence, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 2
Outgoing Correspondence, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 3
Incoming Correspondence, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 4
Outgoing Correspondence, 1989-1990
 Box 1 Folder 5
Form letters, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 6
Series II. Conferences
AIDSCOM: 6th International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, CA, June 1990
 Box 1 Folder 7
AIDS Activist Conference--People of Color, 1990 [?]
 Box 1 Folder 8
AIDS Clinical Trial Group Meeting, Bethesda, MD, March 5-7, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 9
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections: Developing Effective Therapies, April 9-10, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 10
ATAC (AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition), Washington, D.C., November 10-11, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 11
Anglogenesis Blocking Research (notes re: conference), 1991
 Box 1 Folder 12
Clinical Manifestations and Therapeutics, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 13
Clinical Trial Design: Efficacy Evaluation of Anti-HIV Agents, Chicago, IL, April 29-30, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 14
Women and HIV Infection, Washington, D.C., December 13-14, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 15
Series III. Organizations
ACT-UP/Chicago, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 16
ACT-UP/Los Angeles, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 17
ACT-UP/New York, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 18
ACT-UP/Seattle, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 19
ACTG Committee (AIDS Clinical Trial Group), 1991
 Box 1 Folder 20
Atra Corporation, 1990-1991
 Box 1 Folder 21
CDC (Center for Disease Control), n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 22
CBCTN (Community Based Clinical Trials Network), 1990
 Box 1 Folder 23
CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, 1984
 Box 1 Folder 24
Columbia Gay Health Advocacy Project, 1989
 Box 1 Folder 25
COMBAT, Southwest (Community Based AIDS Treatment Group), 1990
 Box 1 Folder 26
Division of Antiviral Drug Products, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 27
Dynamic Information, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 28
F-D-C Reports, Inc., 1991
 Box 1 Folder 29
Liposome Corporation, 1989-1990
 Box 1 Folder 30
National Committee to Review Current Procedures for Approval of New Drugs for Cancer and AIDS, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 31
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1989
 Box 1 Folder 32
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 33
National Library of Medicine, 1988-1990
 Box 1 Folder 34
OI Committee (Opportunistic Infections), 1990
 Box 1 Folder 35
People of Color Caucus of the Community Constituency Group, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 36
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 37
Planning Council (New York City), 1991
 Box 1 Folder 38
Statistical Working Group/Methodology, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 39
Treatment and Data Committee: Countdown Eighteen Months Working Group, 1990-1991
 Box 1 Folder 40
Treatment Education, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 41a
Women's AIDS Network, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 42a
Series IV. Subject Files
AIDS
2-CDA
 Box 1 Folder 41b
Alpha-Interferon Therapy
 Box 1 Folder 42b
B19 Parvovirus
 Box 1 Folder 43
B-Carotine+E
 Box 1 Folder 44
CMV (Cytomegalovirus)
 Box 1 Folder 45-46
CNS Lymphoma
 Box 1 Folder 47
DHPG (Ganciclovir)
 Box 1 Folder 48
Doxorubicin Solution
 Box 1 Folder 49
Kaposi Sarcoma
 Box 1 Folder 50
Lymphoma
 Box 1 Folder 51-52
Neoplasms
 Box 1 Folder 53
Pentosan Polysulfate
 Box 1 Folder 54
Peptide T
 Box 1 Folder 55
Reiter's Disease
 Box 1 Folder 56
Rifabutin
 Box 1 Folder 57
WIN57273
 Box 1 Folder 58
General
Bibliographies, n.d.
 Box 1 Folder 59
Bristol Myers, 1991
 Box 1 Folder 60
Cancer, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 61
Catalogs, 1990-1991
 Box 1 Folder 62
Children, 1990
 Box 1 Folder 63
Education, 1989-1990
 Box 1 Folder 64
Education: Health Care Workers, 1990-1991
 Box 1 Folder 65
FDA (Food and Drug Administration), 1989-1991
 Box 1 Folder 66
FDA Action (Food and Drug Administration), 1991
 Box 1 Folder 67
HIV, 1989-1991
 Box 1 Folder 68
Latinos/Latinas, 1991
 Box 2 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Information, 1991-1992
 Box 2 Folder 2
Nervous System, n.d.
 Box 2 Folder 3
Nutrition, 1990
 Box 2 Folder 4
Phase One Now! 1990
 Box 2 Folder 5
Policy: costs, 1990-1992
 Box 2 Folder 6
Policy: testing and screening, 1990
 Box 2 Folder 7
Posters/flyers, 1990
 Box 2 Folder 8
Press releases, 1989-1991
 Box 2 Folder 9
Prevention, 1990
 Box 2 Folder 10
Prisoners: Albany Action, 1991
 Box 2 Folder 11
Product List, 1991
 Box 2 Folder 12
Project Inform, 1988
 Box 2 Folder 13
Publications, 1990
 Box 2 Folder 14-16
Transcripts, 1989-1991
 Box 2 Folder 17
Transmission, 1988-1991
 Box 2 Folder 18-19
Transmission: Perinatal, 1989-1991
 Box 2 Folder 20
Women, 1988-1991
 Box 2 Folder 21-24
Women: ACTG Protocol 076 (AIDS Clinical Trial Group), 1991
 Box 2 Folder 25
Notebooks
Notebooks: "General Chemistry," "Fall/Winter:" includes notes from Countdown 18 Months meetings, phone numbers, drafted letters, etc., 1990
Box 2 Folder 26-27
Miscellaneous Supporting Materials
Unlabelled notes, messages, phone lists, etc., 1988-1989
 Box 2 Folder 28-29
SEPARATED MATERIAL

Periodicals Separated from #7528: