West Alabama AIDS Outreach Records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2817

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records of West Alabama AIDS Outreach, including organizational policies and procedures, grant proposals and reports, and records of the organization's activities between 1989 and 2010 in twelve scrapbooks. There are also notebooks for various specific activities and committees, including the first, second, third, fifth and sixth "Chair"-ity art auctions and local installations of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, as well as records of educational programs.

Dates

1989 - 2010

Creator

West Alabama AIDS Outreach (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in Box 2817.06, some of which were removed from other files or are originals of redacted files, are restricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are responsible for using the materials in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright claimants in collection materials. Copyright for official University records is held by The University of Alabama. The library claims only physical ownership of many manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections (archives@ua.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections. For more information about copyright policy, please visit: https://www.ua.edu/copyright/. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.

Biographical / Historical

West Alabama AIDS Outreach (WAAO) is a nonprofit agency committed to educating the community about HIV/AIDS and providing services for those affected by this disease. WAAO provides services to Tuscaloosa, Lamar, Fayette, Bibb, Pickens, Greene, Hale, Walker, Perry and Sumter counties in West Alabama.

In the late 1980s, grassroots organization members shared concerns for people who had died or were dying from the disease, their need for care, and the consequences of the AIDS stigma. WAAO incorporated as a nonprofit agency in 1989 and since that time has provided services such as case management for affected individuals, prevention education as well as working diligently to stop the spread of HIV in West Alabama.

Extent

5.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Papers of West Alabama AIDS Outreach, including organizational materials and scrapbooks as well as documentation of charity events and educational programs.

Arrangement

The materials have been arranged in series, with extant folders and binders retaining titles supplied by the donor. Materials intended for new volumes of the scrapbook, as indicated by accompanying notes, are labeled Scrapbook Files.