Repository
Rochester Regional Health Archvies
Collection
Valenti Collection of Early AIDS Imprints
Dates
1968-2016
Extent
53.88 Linear feet (75 letter-size document boxes, 9 flat storage boxes of various sizes, 2 rolled document storage boxes, 114 books)
Language
eng
Document Type
Finding Aid
Abstract
In the 1980s, Dr. William M. Valenti became an early leader in the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Rochester, NY. The collection documents his career as a physician and as founder of Community Health Network, Inc., a not-for-profit community based medical facility for HIV care. The collection also documents the global medical response to the emergence of HIV/AIDS and changing cultural attitudes towards those infected with the virus. The collection includes published books and periodicals, newspaper clippings, and a small amount of graphic and audiovisual material.
Disciplines
Archival Science | Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship
Terms of Access and Use
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained from Dr. Valenti and the Rochester Medical Museum and Archives.
Rights
Publication Information: Rochester Medical Museum and Archives
Administrative Information
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit, September 01, 2016
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Recommended Citation
Rochester Regional Health Archives. (n.d.). Finding Aid for the Valenti Collection of Early AIDS Imprints. [Finding Aid]. Rochester Regional Health Archives, Rochester, New York. https://scholar.rochesterregional.org/findingaids/7
Additional Information
No usable original order was apparent when the collection was received, so the current arrangement was imposed during processing.
The collection has been arranged into five series. Series 1: William M. Valenti biographical and career information (which consists of subseries Awards, Conferences, Correspondence, Curriculum vitae, Lectures, Newspaper clippings, Organizers, and Publications); Series 2: Professional associations (Medical Society of the State of New York, New York Academy of Medicine, New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute); Series 3: Research material (Books, General interest periodicals, Journal articles, Journals, Newspaper clippings, Pamphlets/ miscellaneous print material, and Slide presentations); Series 4: Rochester-area AIDS organizations (AIDS Resource Library, Community Health Network, Rochester Area Task Force on AIDS, and Miscellaneous organizations), and Series 5: Audiovisual material (Sound recordings and Video recordings).