Mark Lowe Fisher Collection

id
4114
origination
Fisher, Mark Lowe, d.1992
date statement
1988-1991
key date
1988
identifier (local_mss)
1011
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 1011
b-number
b14957417
total components
34
total series
5
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:57 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:48:17 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"1011", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1011", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1988/1991", "value"=>"1988-1991"}
date_inclusive_start
1988
date_inclusive_end
1991
keydate
1988
date_start
1988
date_end
1991
unittitle
{"value"=>"Mark Lowe Fisher Collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.3 linear feet (3 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Mark Lowe Fisher was a member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an activist organization formed in 1987 in New York City. ACT UP utilizes mass demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience to focus public and governmental attention on crucial AIDS issues. Fisher died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. The collection consists primarily of material relating to ACT UP demonstrations attended by Fisher in Albany, New York City, Atlanta and Maine. \"Target Bush\" (1991) is the most thoroughly documented ACT UP demonstration in this collection. The collection also contains other documents by and about ACT UP, as well as broadsides and ephemera by ACT UP and other organizations. Fisher was arrested several times at demonstrations, and his arrest records are included in the collection. The remainder of the material consists of subject files and personal miscellany, such as Fisher's calendars, 1983-1991."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Mark Lowe Fisher Collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Fisher, Mark Lowe, d.1992", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Mark Lowe Fisher was a member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an activist organization formed in 1987 in New York City. ACT UP utilizes mass demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience to focus public and governmental attention on crucial AIDS issues. Fisher died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. Jon Greenberg (who himself died of AIDS-related causes a year later) eulogized Fisher, noting that he made \"even his death an act of empowerment for his community and giving each of us an opportunity to publicly declare our presence, our pain, our right to life to be proud of our deaths\".</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists primarily of material relating to ACT UP demonstrations attended by Fisher in Albany, New York City, Atlanta and Maine. \"Target Bush\" (1991) is the most thoroughly documented ACT UP demonstration in this collection. The collection also contains other documents by and about ACT UP, as well as broadsides and ephemera by ACT UP and other organizations. Fisher was arrested several times at demonstrations, and his arrest records are included in the collection. The remainder of the material consists of subject files and personal miscellany, such as Fisher's calendars, 1983-1991.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Mark Lowe Fisher Collection is arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1011#c1033953'>Act Up</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1011#c1033957'>Demonstrations by Act-Up</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1011#c1033960'>Act Up/Act Now - FDA Action Demands</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1011#c1033970'>Subjects</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1011#c1033982'>Personal Miscellany</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>In four series: I. ACT UP; II. Demonstrations by ACT UP; III. Subjects; IV. Personal Miscellany</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of ACT UP/New York, 1996</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Valerie Wingfield, July 1997, Rev. October 1998</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>ACT UP Records; Gran Fury Collection. See the Manuscripts and Archives Division's guide, \"Gay and Lesbian Collections; AIDS/HIV Collections\" for related materials in this division.</p>"}
extent_statement
2.3 linear feet (3 boxes)

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