Provenance
This collection of materials were donated by an unnamed member of ACT-UP.
Use Restrictions
No names may be published unless (1) they are publicly known to be gay or lesbian,or (2) their permission has been obtained, or (3) they are deceased. Restrictions are only in regards to publication; any researcher may view or copy any document in the collection.
Scope and Content
The problems about how to equally divide the monies raised by the album prouduced by Red, Hot & Blue (ACT UP was to recieve 1/3 of the monies raised), is contained in this collection,the collection consists of letters of support for ways that the monies can equally be distributed between the various groups. It also contains flyers, and newspaper articles to describe each ACT UP group's body of work. This information was needed to help groups "claim" their share of the monies.
History
ACT UP New York stands for AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power and is an AIDS activist organization, it was organized about 1985 in New York City. In 1990 the Red, Hot & Blue project made an album for AIDS Activist, Research and Relief projects worldwide. ACT-UP groups were to receive 1/3 of the monies.
Folder List
Box 1:
1. Red, Hot & Blue [ Re: Distribution of profits ]
2. [ Correspondence regarding distribution of monies under Red, Hot & Blue ]
3. [ Letter to Sam Avrett from Dan Don ]
4. [ Xerox copies of newspaper articles about ACT-UP activates ]
5. [ Letter from ACT-UP New Orleans]
6. [Letter from David A. Lowe ACT-UP Atlanta]
7. [ Letter from ACT-UP Washington, D.C. ]
8. [ Xerox copy of note from Bambi,probably a well known Transvestite newspaper clippings and newspaper article from ACT-UP ( Hadley, Mass ) ]
9. [ Letter and xerox copies of flyers from ACT-UP Youth chapter, Albany ]
10. [ Fax from Scott Nelaon ACT-UP Ithaca, New York ]
11. [ Letter from Jim Hull ACT-UP Kansas City, Mo. ]
12. [ Letter from Yvette Larrieu, ACT-UP New Haven, Ct. ]
13. [ Fax from ACT-UP New Orleans, La. ]
14. [ Letter and information about ACT-UP Oklahoma ]
15. [ Letter and information about ACT-UP North Carolina ]
16. [ Letter and information about STAND UP Harlem, New York ]
Box 2:
17. [ Mario Cuomo flyer and newspaper article ]
18. [ Fax from ACT-UP Kansas City, Mo. ]
19. [ Letter, flyers and newspaper articles from ACT-UP Baltimore, Md. ]
20. [ Letter, flyers and newspaper articles from ACT-UP Baltimore, Md. ]
21. [ Letters from ACT-UP groups in the United States; by-laws, newspaper articles and flyers ]
22. [ Letter, flyers, newspaper articles from Dallas, Tx ]
23. [ Letters, flyers, and newspaper articles from Tallahassee, Fla. ACT-UP ]
24. [ Letters, newspaper articles, flyers from ACT-UP Maine ]
25. [ Letters and petitions against ACT-UP / Maine ]
26. [ Ratical Activists Truth Squad / Portland, Oregon ]
27. [ Newspaper articles ( xeroxed ), ATAC2 Congressional election action strategy session update from ACT-UP Berkeley, Ca. ]
28. Notebook from ACT-UP Phoenix, Az. ]
29. [ Fax, flyers, newspaper articles from ACT-UP Philadelphia, Pa. ]
30. [ Fax from ACT-UP St. Louis, Mo. ]
31. [ Fax from Long Island, N.Y. ACT-UP ]
32. [ Letter, newspaper articles, fax from ACT-UP Santa Ana, Ca. ]
33. [ Letters, flyers, articles form ACT-UP Columbus, Ohio ]
34. [ Fax from Gay & Lesbian March Activists, Cincinnati, Ohio ]
35. [ Fax from Washington, D.C. "OUT" ]
36. [ Letter, flyers, newspaper articles from ACT-UP Minnesota ]
37. [ Fax from ACT-UP Milwaukee ]
38. [ Envelope ( manila ) handwritten with addresses on it ]
