[Letters: the NAMES Project]
Description
A selection of letters to the NAMES Project Quilt. They are addressed to those who passed from AIDS and were written by their loved ones who made quilt panels dedicated to them. One in this collection is from the man who passed and is written to his friends and family.
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20 p. : 28 cm.
Creation Information
NAMES Project 1988.
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This letter is part of the collection entitled: LGBT Collections and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 747 times, with 7 in the last month. More information about this letter can be viewed below.
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- Morgan, Jim
- Bessette, Douglas E.
- Bush, Ron
- Cardwell, Mark Douglas
- Hirsch, Michael
- Doyle, Michael
- Eastman, Richard N. (Rick)
- Eastman, Michael
- Eastman, Bill
- Eastman, Cindy
- Eastman, Zack
- Eastman, Josh
- Hein, Marc
- Fisk, Bob
- Gosen, Chris H.
- Gosen, John H.
- Studstill, Sonny
- Hart, Farris
- Hostetler, Helen
- Hostetler, Roger O.
- Hostetler, Marvin
- Chevion, Ruth
- Love, Nancy (Autumn)
- Tapia, Jerry
- Palmer, Michael R.
- Grasse, Jerry
- Roger, Jeffrey
- Rousseau, Mrs. James
- Walker, H. Paul
- Walker, Ron
- Walker, Regina
- Grans, Reeanne Finnigan
- Lopez Del Bosque, Rogelio
- Gregg, Jonathan
- Smith, Michael
- Jones, Cleve
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- Main Title: [Letters: the NAMES Project]
- Series Title: Quilts (The Names Project Quilt), 1988
Description
A selection of letters to the NAMES Project Quilt. They are addressed to those who passed from AIDS and were written by their loved ones who made quilt panels dedicated to them. One in this collection is from the man who passed and is written to his friends and family.
Physical Description
20 p. : 28 cm.
Subjects
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- "Out in the Mountains"
- A Memory
- Art Institute of Boston
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Burlington, Vermont
- California
- Chicago, Illinois
- Christmas Eve
- Como un recuerdo
- Don
- Endless Love
- France
- French
- Gay Men's Chorus of San Francisco
- Harvard
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
- Jack
- Jerry
- Joy Metropolitan Community Church
- Kansas
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Lesbian and Gay Pride March
- Linda
- Louisiana
- Mayo, Florida
- McPherson, Kansas
- Michael
- Mike
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mimi
- NAMES Project
- New Hampshire
- Nurse Recognition Award
- Ogunquit, Maine
- Orlando, Florida
- PWA
- Robert
- Rusty
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Susie
- Tallahassee, Florida
- The Club
- The San Francisco Academy of Art
- artists
- authors
- black history
- brothers
- children
- civil rights
- creatives
- creators
- creators
- dashikis
- directions
- embroidery
- families
- fathers
- friends
- funerals
- in memorian
- instructions
- interviewees
- interviews
- letters
- lyrics
- messages
- mothers
- nurses
- operations
- personalities
- poems
- pride
- quilts
- radio shows
- researchers
- songs
- songs
- sons
- speakers
- surgery technicians
- survivors
- talk shows
- teachers
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- Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0789-04-0040-009
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc948255
Publication Information
- Preferred Citation: Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0789), University of North Texas Special Collections
Collections
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
LGBT Collections
Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.
Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way)
Named for journalist and activist Dennis Vercher. These materials, which include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial documentation and press releases, relate to LGBT activism, legislation and HIV/AIDS.
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- 1988
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- Jan. 24, 2017, 9:18 p.m.
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NAMES Project. [Letters: the NAMES Project], letter, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948255/: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.