Guide to the David Petersen Papers,
[ca. 1989-1992]

Collection Number: 7626

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
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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Compiled by:
Brenda Marston
Andrea Hektor
Date completed:
Mar. 2004
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor, Mar. 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
David Petersen papers, [ca. 1989-1992].
Collection Number:
7626
Creator:
David. Petersen
Quantity:
6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Subject files, manuscripts, audiotapes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Files on early AIDS/insurance activism and ACT-UP files on health insurance; subject files pertaining to viatical settlements, financial planning, the New York State Health Care Reform bill, and the organizations New Yorkers for Affordable Health Care, and Affording Care.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Early member of Mariposa Foundation and later the head of Affording Care, a non-profit organization to help persons with AIDS get health insurance by cashing in life insurance policies.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Files on early AIDS/insurance activism and ACT-UP files on health insurance; subject files pertaining to viatical settlements, financial planning, the New York State Health Care Reform bill. Also files regarding the organizations New Yorkers for Affordable Health Care, Mariposa, and Affording Care.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Petersen, David.
ACT-UP.
Affording Care.
Mariposa Foundation.
New Yorkers for Affordable Health Care.

Subjects:
Gays--Law and legislation.
AIDS activists.
AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation.
Viatical settlements.
Insurance, Health--Law and legislation.
Insurance, Life--Law and legislation
New York State Health Care Reform Bill.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
David Petersen papers, #7626. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Where possible, original folder headings have been retained. The following are a list of common acronyms found in the guide:
BCBS: Blue Cross Blue Shield
EBCBS: Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
GMHC: Gay Men's Health Center
HIAA: Health Insurance Association of America
PWAs: People With AIDS

SERIES LIST

Series I. Personal Materials
Box 1
Series II. Mariposa Files
Box 1
Series III. Insurance
Boxes 1-5
ACT-UP
Health Care Changes/Reforms
Government Benefits
Financial Planning
Miscellaneous Insurance Materials
Series IV. AIDS and General Health Files
Boxes 5-6
Series V. Miscellany
Box 6

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Petersen resume, ca. 1970's
Box 1 Folder 1
Misc. personal materials, including invitations, mailings, etc.
Box 1 Folder 2
Misc. Mariposa mailings
Box 1 Folder 3
Bequest appeal, 1980-1981
Box 1 Folder 4
Financial committee, 1981
Box 1 Folder 5
Mariposa stationary
Box 1 Folder 6
Info. re: forthcoming mailing, 1983
Box 1 Folder 7
Mariposa project/budget, 1980?
Box 1 Folder 8
Structing FL? and planned giving, 1981
Box 1 Folder 9
Working file, 1980-1981
Box 1 Folder 10
Financial statements, 1980
Box 1 Folder 11
Mariposa DP? Solicitations, 1981
Box 1 Folder 12
"Notebook contents, 3 ring, till 6/2/79"
Box 1 Folder 13
ACT-UP
ACT-UP committee on insurance and access/Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS), 1989
Box 1 Folder 14
ACT-UP Insurance and access, 1991
Box 1 Folder 15
ACT-UP IHAC, ERISA, 1991
Box 1 Folder 16
Misc.
Box 1 Folder 17
NY Times Empire/Medicare, 1996
Box 1 Folder 18
ACT-UP insurance, NATCA, 1991
Box 1 Folder 19
Misc.
Box 1 Folder 20-24
News articles from ACT-UP
Box 1 Folder 25
ACT-UP Insurance Health Access Committee (AUIHAC)/Empire BCBS, 1991
Box 1 Folder 26
Health Care Changes/Reforms
BCBS Rate filing narrative summary, Feb. 1995
Box 1 Folder 27
Cardone/BCBS correspondence, 1990
Box 1 Folder 28
BCBS materials/correspondence re: NY Times article, 1993
Box 1 Folder 29
"Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield" by David Petersen with Raymond Babin, for Body Positive magazine, 1991
Box 1 Folder 30
Testimonies re: BCBS rate increase request, 1991-1992
Box 1 Folder 31
BCBS rate increase materials, 1989-1991
Box 1 Folder 31
BCBS health care benefits materials, 1992
Box 1 Folder 33
NY state health care changes
Box 1 Folder 34
"Request of : EBCBS To: Department of Insurance of the State of NY for Approval of Community Rate Increases", 1994
Box 1 Folder 35
Information on the rate-making process
Box 1 Folder 36
EBCBS financial report, 1991
Box 1 Folder 37
EBCBS misc., 1992-1993
Box 1 Folder 38
RAND project memorandum: State Health Care Reform Initiatives, 1994
Box 1 Folder 39
Info. re: Wellstone Bill, including draft of bill and a press release by Sen. Wellstone, 1993
Box 1 Folder 40
National health care reform information
Box 1 Folder 41
National health care reform information from Aetna and BCBS, 1991?
Box 1 Folder 42
Medical care, at home care, national health care reform, etc.
Box 1 Folder 43
"The Status of State Regulation of Insurance Practices...", California, 1989
Box 1 Folder 25
Government Benefits
AIDS and financial services, financial help such as Medicaid
Box 3 Folder 1
Association Group Disability
Box 3 Folder 2
COBRA
Box 3 Folder 3-4
"Medicaid Eligibility for the Elderly in Need of Long Term Care", 1987
Box 3 Folder 5
Disability insurance articles
Box 3 Folder 6
Disability information
Box 3 Folder 7-9
GMHC info. on Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, Medicare, etc.
Box 3 Folder 10
"Information on Availability of Medicare/Medicaid Manuals", by the USDHHS, 1995
Box 3 Folder 11
Medicaid teach-in materials, May 1991
Box 3 Folder 12
Medicare information
Box 3 Folder 13
New York State Disability Insurance, 1989?
Box 3 Folder 14
Red Book on work incentives
Box 3 Folder 15
Social Security Disability and AIDS/HIV, 1994
Box 3 Folder 16
Social Security, Medicare, etc. misc. info.
Box 3 Folder 17
"Social Security and SSI Benefits for Children with Disabilities" brochure
Box 3 Folder 18
Veterans benefits
Box 3 Folder 19-20
"White Paper on Fiduciary Purchases of Long-Term Care Insurance" and Medicare informational brochure
Box 3 Folder 21
Financial Planning
IAFP Convention: "Planning for Terminally Ill Clients", by David Petersen, 1989
tr7995a - tr7996a
"Financing Terminal Illness Through Viatical Settlements", by Life Management, the Lesbian & Gay Information Service
tr7997a
Bandfield, Richard
Box 3 Folder 22
Drugs by mail services
Box 3 Folder 23
Viatical settlements
Box 3 Folder 24
Intestacy
Box 3 Folder 25
Fenway Community Health Center
Box 3 Folder 26
Tuberculosis
Box 3 Folder 27
Disability Bookshop
Box 3 Folder 28
Second-to-Die Life Insurance
Box 3 Folder 29
Long term care insurance
Box 3 Folder 30
Viatical settlements articles
Box 3 Folder 31
Taxation of disability
Box 3 Folder 32
Planned giving
Box 3 Folder 33
Medicare supplements
Box 3 Folder 34
HIV and nutrition
Box 3 Folder 35
NY state Department of Health HIV Home Health Care Program Uninsured Fund
Box 3 Folder 36
Social Security
Box 3 Folder 37
Choice in dying
Box 3 Folder 38
Terminally ill
Box 3 Folder 39
Sex, AIDS, and Ethics
Box 3 Folder 40
AIDS support organizations
Box 3 Folder 41
Infusion care/GMHC seminar series
Box 3 Folder 42
Health Insurance Association of America
Box 3 Folder 43
Divorce and financial planning
Box 3 Folder 44
Body Positive manual
Box 3 Folder 45
Gay & Lesbian Financial Planning Association
Box 3 Folder 46
Body Positive Seminar flyers, 3/28/1990
Box 3 Folder 47
Body Positive Seminar
Box 3 Folder 48
Insuring impaired risks
Box 3 Folder 49
New Jersey Medical Insurance continuation
Box 3 Folder 50
Payroll & benefits administration companies- employee leasing
Box 3 Folder 51
US Federation of Small Businesses, Inc.
Box 3 Folder 52
Waiving co-insurance
Box 3 Folder 53
Stonewall Foundation
Box 3 Folder 54
GHI open enrollment
Box 3 Folder 55
Estate planning
Box 3 Folder 56
Medical deductions- Income Tax
Box 3 Folder 57
HIP (Health Insurance Plan)
Box 3 Folder 58
Leaving job, going on disability
Box 3 Folder 59
Estate planning information from Rothschild Law Offices
Box 3 Folder 60
AIDS and financial planning
Box 3 Folder 61
AIDS and finance background materials
Box 3 Folder 62
"Financial Planning for the Terminally Ill", by the North Bay Chapter of the International Association for Financial Planning, May 1991
Box 3 Folder 63
Living Will and financial planning information
Box 3 Folder 64
Article re: living benefits and the terminally ill, by David Petersen
Box 3 Folder 65
Affording Care Bulletin, v.1 no.1, 1993
Box 3 Folder 66
Cost of AIDS
Box 3 Folder 67
Planners Bookstore Catalog, 1989
Box 3 Folder 68
The Access Program
Box 3 Folder 69
GMHC Legal Services Department debtor/creditor forum outline
Box 3 Folder 70
Petersen's notes on financial planning
Box 3 Folder 71
"That Which Matters... A Financial Guide to Choices", by Peggy Wallace
Box 4 Folder 1
Miscellaneous Insurance Materials
Misc. insurace reseach materials
Box 2
1990 Social Report of the Life and Health Insurance Business, 1990
Box 4 Folder 2
ACLI/HIAA Survey of AIDS related claims, 1990
Box 4 Folder 3
AHCPR (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) reports
Box 4 Folder 4
AIDS and the workplace, including information on health benefits
Box 4 Folder 5
"AIDS Costs and Utilization: Trends Among 10,438 Cases Insured by EBCBS", 1990
Box 4 Folder 6
"AIDS, Health Insurance, and the Crisis of Community", draft(?), w/ edit notes
Box 4 Folder 7
American Academy of Actuaries- "Risk Classification and AIDS", May 1986
Box 4 Folder 8
California and insurance issues
Box 4 Folder 9
"Captive Insurance Companies"
Box 4 Folder 10
"The Consumer's Guide to Health Insurance", printed by the HIAA
Box 4 Folder 11
Drafts of articles on insurance and HIV/AIDS, by David Petersen
Box 4 Folder 12
Focus employee benefits management booklets
Box 4 Folder 13
"Funders Concerned About AIDS" information
Box 4 Folder 14
Health Care research and general health-related research miscellany
Box 4 Folder 15
Health Insurance misc.
Box 4 Folder 16
Health insurance for gays
Box 4 Folder 17
ICLU memo re: Westhoven n. Lincold Food Services Produce case (ERISA related), 1990
Box 4 Folder 18
Illinois comprehensive health insurance plan brochure
Box 4 Folder 19
Information for PWAs regarding insurance
Box 4 Folder 20
Info. from various health insurance providers on health plans
Box 4 Folder 21
INS, IND services info
Box 4 Folder 22
Insurance industry AIDS initiative
Box 4 Folder 23
Insurance industry misc.
Box 4 Folder 24
INS products- National Liberty
Box 4 Folder 25
Insurance issues (mainly NY state)
Box 4 Folder 26
Insurance related miscellany
Box 4 Folder 27-28
Lasher Committee
Box 4 Folder 29
The Lash Group: Health Care Consultants
Box 4 Folder 30
Legislative Report, information on health insurance and high risk pools, 1990
Box 4 Folder 31
Life insurance miscellany
Box 4 Folder 32-34
Low-Load Life Insurance
Box 4 Folder 35
"Medical Records: Getting Yours", by the Public Citizen Health Research Group, 1986
Box 4 Folder 36
"Minimum Standards for Form, Content, and Sale of Health Insurance"
Box 4 Folder 37
Misc. HIV/AIDS and Insurance related materials
Box 4 Folder 38-42
NAIC (National AIDS Information Services) Reference Search Resources Database
Box 4 Folder 43
NAIC misc.
Box 4 Folder 44
New York Study Manual for Life and Accident and Health Insurance
Box 4 Folder 45
NY State Department of Health AIDS Institute Fair Share packet, Oct. 1991
Box 4 Folder 46
Oregon Health Plan, 1991
Box 4 Folder 47
Position Paper: Access to Health Care
Box 4 Folder 48
"The Practice and Ethics of Risk- Rated Health Insurance", 1992
Box 4 Folder 49
"The Role of Market Forces in the Delivery of Health Care", Apr. 1988
Box 5 Folder 1
Russell Miller, Inc. insurance materials
Box 5 Folder 2
Search for product
Box 5 Folder 3
Society of Insurance Accountants
Box 5 Folder 4
"Statement of the Health Insurance Association of America on Access to Health Care", 1991
Box 5 Folder 5
Statements/testimonies re: Small Business Health Insurance
Box 5 Folder 6
"Taking the Bite Out of Insurance", by James Hunt
Box 5 Folder 7
Texas info. on HIV medication programs, food stamps, social security, etc.
Box 5 Folder 8
The Bulletin: AIDS Special Report, Mar. 1909
Box 5 Folder 9
Title II Insurance: "Open Enrollment Requirements..."
Box 5 Folder 10
United Chambers Insured Plans: Group Insurance Certificate Booklet
Box 5 Folder 11
US Healthcare- NY State Plans
Box 5 Folder 12
Wellcare of New York
Box 5 Folder 13
Where to get Health Insurance
Box 5 Folder 14
Insurance-related news clippings and articles
Box 5 Folder 15-21
8th International Conference on AIDS/3rd STD World Congress Summary Report, July 1992
Box 5 Folder 22
AAPHR (American Association of Physicians for Human Rights) 11th Annual Symposium Packet, 1993
Box 5 Folder 23
AIDS/HIV resources for Greater Houston
Box 5 Folder 24
"AIDS in Semi-Rural Northern California", 1991
Box 5 Folder 25
AIDS in the workplace
Box 5 Folder 26
AIDS Medical Foundation News Release, June 1983
Box 5 Folder 27
AIDS related clippings, newsletters, etc.
Box 5 Folder 28
AIDS resources, influding "Where to get AIDS/HIV information in NYC" booklet
Box 5 Folder 29
AIDS treatment information and other medical issues regarding AIDS
Box 5 Folder 30
"A New Life" by A. Buonarabo (a poem)
Box 5 Folder 31
Bronx AIDS Forum
Box 5 Folder 32
CDC (Center for Disease Control) and AIDS
Box 5 Folder 33
CDC Natoinal AIDS Clearinghouse Network Contact Support Guide, 1992
Box 5 Folder 34
Citizens Commission on AIDS for NYC and Northern NJ packet
Box 5 Folder 35
Correspondence from D. Petersen to KNME-TV re: info. on PWAs, 1989
Box 5 Folder 36
Clippings
Box 5 Folder 37-39
Dying and Death (thenatology) materials
Box 5 Folder 40
Flyer for free AIDS drugs
Box 5 Folder 41
Gay health
Box 5 Folder 42
Gay and lesbian health fair
Box 5 Folder 43
GMHC related materials
Box 5 Folder 44
"Helping People Cope: A Guide for Families Facing Cancer", 1988
Box 5 Folder 45
Home care devices
Box 5 Folder 46
Informational articles/packets on AIDS and AIDS treatment
Box 5 Folder 47
"The Male Prostitute, AIDS, and Public Policy..." by Michael L. Feiersten
Box 5 Folder 48
Product release flow chart
Box 5 Folder 49
Manhattan Plaza AIDS Project Information Packet
Box 6 Folder 1
Manhattan Plaza AIDS Project materials
Box 6 Folder 2
Manhattan Plaza AIDS Project- volunteer name and address list, Sept. 1990
Box 6 Folder 3
Marke Lowe Fisher, including clippings about protests after his death, 1992
Box 6 Folder 4
Medical research
Box 6 Folder 5
Misc. AIDS materials- political, personal support related
Box 6 Folder 6
Misc. HIV/AIDS related flyers, brochures, information, etc.
Box 6 Folder 7
National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA)
Box 6 Folder 8
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Box 6 Folder 9
"Network Contact Support Guide", by the CDC, OCt. 1992
Box 6 Folder 10
New HIV/AIDS treatments
Box 6 Folder 11
New York Physicians for Human Rights
Box 6 Folder 12
The NYC AIDS Fund, 1990 Grant Recipients
Box 6 Folder 13
"Positive Survival with AIDS: A Clinical Study of Longterm Survivors", 1992?
Box 6 Folder 14
"Protease Inhibitors: Current and Future Use", Jan. 1996
Box 6 Folder 15
Survival trends in AIDS
Box 6 Folder 16
Scientific American issues on AIDS, 10/1988
Box 6 Folder 17
US General Accounting Office Health Reports, Nov. 1992
Box 6 Folder 18
Anita Bryant Ministries public opinion survey
Box 6 Folder 19
Avanti market research
Box 6 Folder 20
Berkowitz + Callen articles
Box 6 Folder 21
BWMT (Black and White Men Together)
Box 6 Folder 22
Condom Card
Box 6 Folder 23
CURE (Congress United for Rights & Equality)
Box 6 Folder 24
Drafts of letters re: the Internal Revenue Code
Box 6 Folder 25
Entertainment (club flyers, etc.)
Box 6 Folder 26
Flyers/mailings from misc. GLBT organizations
Box 6 Folder 27
Gay and Michigan, incl. "Sexual Orientation Report and REcommendations" as adopted by the Michigan CRC, 1977-1978
Box 6 Folder 28
Gay background
Box 6 Folder 29
Gay market
Box 6 Folder 30
Gay Market Report and related materials, 1992
Box 6 Folder 31
Gay money
Box 6 Folder 32
Gay-related news clippings
Box 6 Folder 33-34
"Gay Teachers: A Disesteemed Minority in an Overly Esteemed Profession", by Joshua Dressler
Box 6 Folder 35
Gay trust
Box 6 Folder 36
GGBC (Greater Gotham Business Council) materials
Box 6 Folder 37
Info. from the Small Business Service Bureau
Box 6 Folder 38
Lesbian and Gay Law Students of NYU Law School press release, 1979
Box 6 Folder 39
Market research questionnairre
Box 6 Folder 40
Minutes of the Task Force for the Hearings of the NYC HRC on the quality of life of NY gay citizens, Sept. 19, 1979
Box 6 Folder 41
Misc. pamphlets/brochures
Box 6 Folder 42
National Association of Social Workers
Box 6 Folder 43
National Register of Lesbian and Gay Unions
Box 6 Folder 44
NGTF related materials, including call for co-Executive Director applicaitons
Box 6 Folder 45
OutLoud: The Lesbian and Gay Cultural & Business Expo, Feb. 1994
Box 6 Folder 46
Pert Chart
Box 6 Folder 47
Paper: "Sexual Identity and Self Concept", by Paul C. Larson, 1979
Box 6 Folder 48
RentSmart: A Consumer Guide to Residential Leases
Box 6 Folder 49
SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment)
Box 6 Folder 50
Statement from Craig Rodwell re: Segal sculpture in Christopher Park, 1980
Box 6 Folder 51
The Wall Stree Project, 1991
Box 6 Folder 52
"Twinkie Power" bumper sticker
Box 6 Folder 53

SEPARATED MATERIAL

The following periodicals have been seperated from the collection and cataloged individually:
AIDS Clinical Care, v.3 no.7
AIDS Forum, v.1 no.1
AIDS Patient Care, v.2 no.5
AIDS Treatment News, #159,160
AIDS Update (Dallas, TX), v.8 no.9
BETA, 1994:Dec., 1995: Dec.
The Blade (Washington DC), 1979: Oct. 25
Bulletin of the Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force, v.2:no.3,5
The Bulleting (Mercer Meidinger Hansen), no.156,159
Center Happenings, 1990:Jan/Feb
The Center Voice., v.6 no.2,6
Center Stage, 1989:Sept./Oct. 1990:Jan.
Cleis Press, Spring 1985 Catalog
Columbus Free Press, v.8 no.12
Community Prescription Service InfoPack, v.4 no.2
The Connection (LI, NY, NJ), v.2 no.14
CRIA Update, 1992: Spring, Summer
Critical Path AIDS Project, v.3 no.6-8
DIFFA On Line, v.1 no.3
Diseased Pariah News, #2
Gay Roots, the Elysian Fields Booklist, no.101-102
GMAD (Gay men of African Descent), 1989: Sept./Oct.
Elysian Fields recent acquisitions catalog, #18
Friends Newsletter, 1992:Fall
Gay Ohio Living Data, issue 2
The Gay Traveller.
Gays on the Hill, v.2:no.2, v.3:no.1
GGBC Newsletter, 1980: June, July 1981:Feb.
GLAAD Bulletin, 1989: Oct/Nov
GLAAD Newsletter, 1989: Fall
GMHC Annual Report, 1989/199
GMHC: The Volunteer, v.7: no.5-6, v.8 no.6, v.9:no.4
Good Times Bookshop, Catalog #1
Gotham, v.2:no.4,8-9,12,16
Hemophilia Outlook, 1993: Winter
High Gear. V.6 no.5
HIV Advisor, v.7 no.2
HIV Education Case Studies, no.4
HIV Frontline, #12
HIV Notebook, 1992:Oct/Nov/Dec, 1993:Winter
Homosexuelle Emanzipation. 1979:Mai/Juni,Juli/Aug.
It's Time. V.5:no.10, v.6:no.2, v.7:no.3,4,6
Living HIV, v.1 no.1
MACT/NY v.11: no.6
Michael's Thing Weekly, v.17:no.38
MOHR, v.3 no.9
Mothers' Voices, v.3 no.2
NAPWA News, v.3 no.4
National Minority AIDS Council Update, 1992: Sept./Oct.
News From Lambda, 1980: summer
The New Voice, issue546.
New York City News. v.1:no.4, v.2:no.4
NGTF Action Report, 1978:Dec., 1979:Feb.
Notes from the Underground, no.1,19-20,22-23,25-26,30-31
Ohio Gay Rights Coalition Newsletter, v.3 no.3
Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop Catalog, Spring 1979
Outfront, v.2 no.1
Outweek, no.42
Positively Aware, 1994:May
Provincetown Directory, 1982
Provincetown Positive, no.12
PWA Coalition Newsline, #57
Spartacus: Good News Letter, no.9
TA: Technical Assistance Newsletter, 1992: Aug/Sept
Walt Whitman Bookshop, Catalog no.2, v.1-2.
The Weekly News, v.3 no.21