- unitid
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{"value"=>"18095", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 18095", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1987-2012", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1987/2012"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Robert Getso ACT UP collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving image recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Robert Getso ACT UP collection documents HIV/AIDS activism undertaken by members of ACT UP and the Costas."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Getso, Robert, 1962-2014", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Robert Getso (1962-2014) was an activist and visual artist whose work focused on HIV/AIDS activism. His photographs mostly document ACT UP during their active years from the late 1980s to the 1990s. Getso was also a member of the Costas, an affinity group within ACT UP. The Costas was named after artist and activist Costa Pappas (died 1990).</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Robert Getso ACT UP collection, dated from 1987 to 2012, reflects the documentary work of Robert Getso mostly through photographs. The pictures document ACT UP and the Costas at demonstrations including locations in New York City, Albany, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and Montreal, Canada. The photographs show active demonstrations, candid shots of activists and supporters, images from an exhibition entitled \"Let the Record Show\" at the New Museum, and a \"Don't Thread on Me\" patch designed by Robert Getso and Costa Pappas. The video of The ACT UP \"March on Washington\" was shot by Robert Getso and Tim Landers.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The photographs are arranged alphabetically by title of images.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Robert Getso, 2009 and 2012.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Valerie Wingfield</span>, <span class=\"date\">2017</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1987
- keydate
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1987
- date_end
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2012
- date_inclusive_start
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1987
- date_inclusive_end
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2012
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Robert Getso ACT UP collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}