- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Releases, 1996
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Documentation David Weissman's series of public service announcement videos HIV: Uninfected = Un-Affected for the San Francisco Department of Public Health promoting HIV prevention and self-care among HIV negative men; series was nominated for a Bay Area local Emmy award. Includes the shooting schedule, a media release from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, correspondence with New York Times journalist Jesse Green and clippings of news coverage on the series. Among those filmed for the series: Ron Lanza (Valencia Rose and Josie's Juice Joint) and Terence Alan Smith (Joan Jett Blakk).
- Arrangement
The materials in this collection remain in the order in which they were received.
Collection History
- Appraisal
The publication Caravan to Oz : A Family Reinvents Itself Off-Off-Broadway (New York ; Seattle : El Dorado Books, 2014) and the VHS tape The Cockettes (Strand Releasing, 2002) were removed from the collection during 2024-2025 processing. Digital files and directories that were empty were also removed from the collection during 2024-2025 processing. Materials containing personally identifiable information (PII) were also removed from the collection during 2024-2025 processing.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
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- Credit this material:
Releases; David Weissman Papers, C1780, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss)
- Boxes B-002132