Gail Gordon, Clip 1: Aids in Queens

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gail Gordon

Date: Time Period: 1980 - 2018; 2018-03-05; Interview recorded: March 5, 2018 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:05:08

Creator: Gail Gordon interviewed by Fran Kipnis Identifier: aql:27676 gordon_gail_clip1

Description: "It wasn't so pretty," Gail Gordon said. AIDS in the 1980's was a disaster in Queens. She had gay friends, so she joined the AIDS center to help them out. Gail's friends were frightened. However as time passed, more AIDS organizations were opening up around all the boroughs to support the ones in need.

Title : Gail Gordon, Clip 1: Aids in Queens

Collection : aql:20455; aql:27683

Creator : Gail Gordon interviewed by Fran Kipnis

Date : Time Period: 1980 - 2018; 2018-03-05; Interview recorded: March 5, 2018

Summary/Description : "It wasn't so pretty," Gail Gordon said. AIDS in the 1980's was a disaster in Queens. She had gay friends, so she joined the AIDS center to help them out. Gail's friends were frightened. However as time passed, more AIDS organizations were opening up around all the boroughs to support the ones in need.

Subject : AIDS (Disease); AIDS Center of Queens County

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Gail Gordon

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Forest Hills, New York; Manhattan, New York Queens (New York, N.Y.) Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:05:08

Identifier : aql:27676 gordon_gail_clip1