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Humanities and Social Sciences Library > Collections > Manuscripts > Finding Aids Mark Lowe Fisher Collection, 1988-1991ContentsSummaryMain Entry: Mark Lowe Fisher Title: Collection, 1988-1991 Size: 2.3 linear ft. (3 archival boxes; 1 flat box) Source: Gift of ACT UP/New York, 1996 Finding Aid: Compiled by Valerie Wingfield, July 1997 (rev. MBB 10/29/98) Biographical Statement: Mark Lowe Fisher was a member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an activist organization formed in 1987 in New York City. ACT UP utilizes mass demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience to focus public and governmental attention on crucial AIDS issues. Fisher died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. Jon Greenberg (who himself died of AIDS-related causes a year later) eulogized Fisher, noting that he made "even his death an act of empowerment for his community and giving each of us an opportunity to publicly declare our presence, our pain, our right to life to be proud of our deaths." Description: The collection consists primarily of material relating to ACT UP demonstrations attended by Fisher in Albany, New York City, Atlanta and Maine. "Target Bush" (1991) is the most thoroughly documented ACT UP demonstration in this collection. The collection also contains other documents by and about ACT UP, as well as broadsides and ephemera by ACT UP and other organizations. Fisher was arrested several times at demonstrations, and his arrest records are included in the collection. The remainder of the material consists of subject files and personal miscellany, such as Fisher’s calendars, 1983-1991. Special formats: Broadsides, ephemera, photographic prints, artifacts Related Collections: ACT UP Records; Gran Fury Collection. See the Manuscripts and Archives Division’s guide, "Gay and Lesbian Collections; AIDS/HIV Collections" for related materials in this division. Container List
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