UC San Francisco

Laurie Garrett is a Pulitzer winning science journalist and public health and policy advocate. She has written extensively on global health systems, chronic and infectious diseases, and bioterrorism. Call number: MSS 2013-03.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Dr. Helen F. Gofman was involved with teaching, patient care, and research at the University of California for 42 years. Gofman was a national leader in the field of behavioral pediatrics. She completed both her medical degree and a residency in pediatrics at UCSF in 1947. Gofman was involved with the Child Study Unit, within the UCSF Pediatrics Department, from the time it was founded in 1948 until her retirement in 1984. She served as director of the CSU from 1961-1973 and co-director from 1973-1983. Upon her retirement in 1984, Gofman was awarded professor emeritus. The collection contains documents the …

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Michael Stuart Gottlieb is an American physician and immunologist known for his 1981 identification of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a new disease. This collection contains published papers by Gottlieb and many others on AIDS-related topics. It also includes information on various AIDS drug treatment studies, professional and personal correspondence, and information about various talks and events attended by Gottlieb during the 1980s. It also includes materials related to Gottlieb's AIDS-related philanthropic work, as well as materials related to his time as actor Rock Hudson's personal physician until the actor's death from AIDS in 1985. Call number: MSS 2019-34

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Selections from the Grande Vista Sanatorium Collection. The sanatorium, also known as the Belgum Sanatorium, was founded by Dr. Hendrik Belgum in 1914 near Richmond, California. Dr. Belgum treated a variety of mental and physical ailments. Call number: MSS 2013-4.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Selections from the papers of John S. Greenspan, BDS, PhD. Greenspan is Director-Emeritus of the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF and is the founding Director of the UCSF Oral AIDS Center and the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank. He and his longtime collaborator Deborah Greenspan have made major contributions to dentistry and HIV research and care, including the discovery of the lesion hairy leukoplakia. Call number: MSS 2016-14

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The Guerilla Clinic was an informal, "underground" group of AIDS activists who obtained unapproved, experimental drugs (mostly from Mexico) and distributed them at cost to PWAs who wanted them. This carton of records was produced and/or compiled by Blaine Elswood, who donated them to UCSF's Special Collections in 1990. Elswood was a founder and major activist of the Guerilla Clinic. Call number: MSS 90-13

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Carol Hardgrove worked in several different nursery and childcare centers and was Educational Consultant to Project Head Start from 1966 to 1970. The collection includes correspondence, student papers, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and secondary materials on her subjects of interest. MSS 83-18

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Records of the Healing Alternatives Foundation, including meeting minutes, correspondence, planning documents, publicity, newsletters, design/artwork files, funding sources and strategies. Call number: MSS 94-55

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Selected objects and images from the UCSF Archives Health Sciences Artifact Collection, illustrating the development of tools and techniques for medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and nursing practice. Artifacts predominantly dated 18th-20th century.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics records Correspondence, financial records, and photographic slides. Call number: AR 89-81

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, University Archives