Interview, January 29, 2024

Access Restrictions:

Materials are available at the Duke University Medical Center Archives Reading Room.

:
More about accessing and using these materials...
Creator:
Bartlett, Patricia
Scope and content:

This oral history interview was conducted with Patricia Bartlett on January 29, 2024 by Anthony Zhao as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:47:17 (stereo)

Duration: 01:47:08 (mono)

During the interview, Bartlett discusses her early activist influence from her parents; volunteering at the Edgemont Community Center in east Durham, North Carolina; activism in the 1960s; her care for a friend with AIDS in the early 1980s; fear in the gay community; vulnerability of the LGBTQ community to diseases and stigmatization; her activism for patients not only at Duke, but also Durham County General Hospital; the negative reputation of John Bartlett's HIV/AIDS clinic at Duke; the extensive resistance she met from community organizations; patient reactions to discriminatory comments and slurs; navigating stigma with patients; talking openly about sex; combating shame; memorable experiences with patients at Duke; persuading community organizations to provide services for HIV/AIDS patients; changing demographics of HIV/AIDS in early 1990s; and progress in eliminating stigmas and social barriers for HIV/AIDS. The themes of this interview include stigmatization and discrimination, community activism, health education, and patient advocacy.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

Processing information:

Material in this series was processed using AXAEM's Electronic Records Processing module, which incorporates Bagger as a way to package electronic files with technical metadata. Captured digital content was ingested into AXAEM, where ClamAV Anti-Virus software detected and cleaned any computer viruses. The cleaned files were saved on the Duke University Medical Center Archives' secure server with a regular backup schedule. Includes 9 files totaling 1.20 GB that are available for research: Accession A2024.059 (9 files totaling 1.20 GB).

Contents

Using These Materials

Using These Materials Links:

Using These Materials

Collection restrictions:

None.

Use & permissions:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.