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Finding Aid For The Valenti Collection Of Early Aids Imprints, William M. Valenti

Finding Aids

In the 1980s, Dr. William M. Valenti became an early leader in the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in Rochester, NY. The collection documents his career as a physician and as founder of Community Health Network, Inc., a not-for-profit community based medical facility for HIV care. The collection also documents the global medical response to the emergence of HIV/AIDS and changing cultural attitudes towards those infected with the virus. The collection includes published books and periodicals, newspaper clippings, and a small amount of graphic and audiovisual material.