Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 2.3 linear feet (3 boxes).

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Photographs
2. Ephemera
3. Broadsides
4. Artifacts
5. AIDS (Disease) > Political aspects
6. AIDS activists
7. ACT UP (Organization)
8. Fisher, Mark Lowe, -1992

Genre/Form

1. Artifacts
2. Broadsides
3. Ephemera
4. Photographs

Call number

1. MssCol 1011

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. ACT UP/New York

Biography (note)

1. Mark Lowe Fisher was a member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an activist organization formed in 1987 in New York City.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Fisher, Mark Lowe, -1992.

Title

1. Mark Lowe Fisher Collection, 1988-1991.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. 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.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssCol 1011