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The New School Student Health Services HIV and AIDS files

 Collection
Identifier: NS-03-11-03

Descriptive Status

No publicly accessible container list or inventory is available at this time. Please contact The New School Archives if you are interested in consulting this collection.

Abstract

Collection consisting of digital files related to HIV and AIDS prevention and education, produced by The New School's Student Health Services office. University students at a private, urban university were the target audience for the approximately twenty files, predominantly fliers, comprising the collection.

Dates

  • 2011-2024

Creator

Extent

.059 Gigabytes (21 files)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

Collection consisting of digital files related to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, and education, produced by The New School's Student Health Services office. University students at a private, urban university were the target audience for the approximately twenty files, predominantly fliers, comprising the collection. In addition to fliers and posters, the collection includes a digital zine, So You Tested Yourself, as well as an image for Instagram, and an email.

World AIDS Day programming fliers are well represented, advertising campus events focusing on the history of HIV and AIDS activism.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Custodial History

The New School's Director of Public Health Services, Tamara Oyola-Santiago, shared the files comprising this collection with Stan Walden for Walden's 2024-2025 exhibition, AIDS at THE NEW SCHOOL: What is Remembered?.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Parsons School of Design alumnus (M. Arch, 2024) and AIDS at THE NEW SCHOOL: What is Remembered? exhibition curator Stan Walden shared the files comprising this collection with The New School Archives staff via DropBox, January 2025. An additional file was added to the Dropbox folder and downloaded by Archives staff on June 3, 2025.

Related Materials

Files may be duplicated in an (as of June 2025) unprocessed collection, Wellness and Health Promotion files from Google Drive (NS.03.11.02).

Two oral history collections document efforts to promote AIDS and HIV prevention at The New School, The New You Peer Health Advocates oral history project (NS.07.01.05) and AIDS at The New School: What is Remembered? oral history project (NA.0041.01). Both collections include interviews with Tamara Oyola-Santiago.

Title
Guide to The New School Student Health Services HIV and AIDS files
Status
In Process
Author
The New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin