Susan M. Chambré research files on volunteer AIDS organizations
Collection
Call Number: MS 2054
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of printed material collected by Susan M. Chambre? for her research on AIDS organizations and advocacy. This research was used for a series of articles in professional journals as well as the book Fighting for Our Lives: New York's AIDS Community and the Politics of Disease (Rutgers University Press, 2006). The material includes annual reports, unpublished reports, newsletters, news clippings, journal articles, pamphlets, board minutes and other material from nearly 100 AIDS-related organizations. Materials date from 1981 to 2015.
Dates
- 1981 - 2015
Creator
Language of Materials
The material is in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by Susan M. Chambré for materials she has authored or otherwise produced. After the lifetime of Susan M. Chambré or on January 1, 2021, whichever occurs first, copyright passes to Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Maizel Chambre?, 2016.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: I. Topical files, 1984-2013. II. AIDS organization files, 1981-2015.
Extent
5.25 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection consists of printed material collected by Susan M. Chambre? for her research on AIDS organizations and advocacy. This research was used for a series of articles in professional journals as well as the book Fighting for Our Lives: New York's AIDS Community and the Politics of Disease (Rutgers University Press, 2006). The material includes annual reports, unpublished reports, newsletters, news clippings, journal articles, pamphlets, board minutes and other material from nearly 100 AIDS-related organizations. Materials date from 1981 to 2015.
Biographical / Historical
Susan M. Chambre? is a sociologist and academic whose scholarly work focuses on civic engagement, nonprofit organizations and public policy. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Queens College, City University of New York and her A.M. and Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania. She was a research scientist at the New York City Human Resources Administration. She later became a professor and taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Yeshiva University, and Baruch College, City University of New York, where she retired from in 2016. She has published several books, including Patients, Consumers and Civil Society (2008), Fighting for Our Lives: New York's AIDS Community and the Politics of Disease (2006), and Good Deeds in Old Age: Volunteering by the New Leisure Class (1987). She has also published several articles in journals such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
Separated Materials
Copies of the newsletter Newsline, published by the People With AIDS Coalition (PWAC) and dating from 1986 to 1999, were separated from the collection and added to the General Collection at Sterling Memorial Library.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Susan M. Chambré Research Files on Volunteer AIDS Organizations
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- compiled by Christy Tomecek
- Date
- January 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511