Steven DeMaggio collection

Collection — Box: LGBTQ+ Archives small collection box 1

Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00070

Staff Only

Collection Abstract

During the years of Hawaiʻi's AIDS crisis, Steven DeMaggio created several panels for the memorial NAMES Project AIDS Quilt honoring friends and acquaintances who had passed due to the disease. DeMaggio's collection contains clippings, medical literature, other documents, and photographs from this era of his life. Materials relate to AIDS, especially in Hawaiʻi; the Names Project AIDS Quilt in general; and several individual Quilt panels that DeMaggio created in particular.

Dates

Creation: 1981-circa 1990s

Conditions Governing Use

Most if not all materials in the first three folders of the collection fall under the copyright of their publishers and/or authors. Researchers wishing to reproduce or otherwise use such materials in ways that would fall outside of the provisions of fair use would need to contact those copyright holders for permission.

Extent

0.08 Linear Feet (4 folders)

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Steven DeMaggio, 2019.

Related Materials

In November 2019, the Library of Congress announced that it would acquire and preserve the "vast archival collections" associated with the AIDS Memorial Quilt. See the Library's press release for more details: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-114/the-aids-memorial-quilt-moving-to-san-francisco-under-the-stewardship-of-the-national-aids-memorial-library-of-congress-to-preserve-quilts-vast-archival-collections/2019-11-20/