World AIDS Day is December 1st

Tom Fox during a checkup at Atlanta Hospital, the same day he made his funeral arrangements, Atlanta, Georgia, August 29, 1988. AJCPov01-031DJ, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
Tom Fox during a checkup at Atlanta Hospital, the same day he made his funeral arrangements, Atlanta, Georgia, August 29, 1988. AJCPov01-031DJ, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

World AIDS Day is observed December 1st each year to generate awareness of the AIDS pandemic and provides an opportunity for people worldwide to work together to fight HIV, to demonstrate support for people living with HIV, and to remember people who have died of AIDS. You can learn more about World AIDS Day at https://www.aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/world-aids-day/.

Several collections in the Digital Library of Georgia include HIV/AIDS related historical materials that also document the pandemic’s impact in Georgia.

From our partners at Georgia State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives, the Terri Wilder Papers collection focuses on Wilder’s efforts as an advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS (Wilder is an activist, HIV/AIDS advocate, and social worker who has worked in HIV patient services for over twenty years). The materials in this collection consist primarily of educational literature produced by organizations with which Wilder has worked, including ACT-UP, the Global Campaign for Microbicides, and the Hope Clinic at Emory University.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs collection, also from our partners at Georgia State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives, includes numerous photographs of the last eighteen months of the life of Tom Fox, a man living with AIDS in the late 1980s. These photographs were part of a sixteen-page special section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution titled “When AIDS comes home” by photojournalist Michael A. Schwarz and reporter Steve Sternberg.

Pregnancy and HIV: pamphlets, 1997-2002. W085_01_13, Terri Wilder papers, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
Pregnancy and HIV: pamphlets, 1997-2002. W085_01_13, Terri Wilder papers, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.

From our partners at Kennesaw State University Archives, the Southern Voice newspaper collection contains 250 issues of the Southern Voice, a significant resource for the LGBT community in the Southeast from 1988 to 2010. Many of the issues in this collection provide in-depth coverage of the fight against AIDS and the epidemic’s effect both regionally and nationally.

We hope that you take a look through these collections on World AIDS Day.

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National Adoption Month 2015

Atlanta Child’s Home. The Atlanta Child's Home was founded in 1907 by Mrs. Frank Mason Robinson and was later incorporated in 1915. The home was originally located on Angier Avenue, northeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. In 1923, the home moved to a much larger estate on Hightower Road in northwest Atlanta. The organization initially provided facilities for the care of orphaned, underprivileged children and later progressed to an adoption agency. Atlanta History Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center
Atlanta Child’s Home. The Atlanta Child’s Home was founded in 1907 by Mrs. Frank Mason Robinson and was later incorporated in 1915. The home was originally located on Angier Avenue, northeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. In 1923, the home moved to a much larger estate on Hightower Road in northwest Atlanta. The organization initially provided facilities for the care of orphaned, underprivileged children and later progressed to an adoption agency.
Atlanta History Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center

Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? National Adoption Month was instituted by President Bill Clinton in 1995, and expanded upon National Adoption Week, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2015 National Adoption Month initiative is centered around the adoption of older youth in foster care.  You can learn more about National Adoption Month 2015 and its goals here.

There are several useful resources in the DLG pertaining to child adoption in Georgia, made available through the Georgia Government Publications database.

Family matters. Georgia. Dept. of Human Resources. Division of Family and Children Services.
Newsletter for foster and adoptive families that supplements parental training, and keeps parents updated about policies and services provided by the Georgia Department of Human Resources.

Fact sheet: questions and answers about adoption. Georgia. Dept. of Human Resources. Office of Communications.
Three-page fact sheet that provides answers to questions about adopting children through the Georgia Department of Human Resources and county Departments of Family and Children Services, or through adoption agencies.

Adoption. It’s a love thing! Georgia. Division of Family and Children Services.
Short guide book on adopting children through the Georgia Department of Human Resources Office of Adoptions and Division of Family and Children Services

We hope that these resources provide you with some helpful information about child adoption in Georgia during National Adoption Month 2015!

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