Title: Bobby Positive Booklets and Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1996-1998

Creator:

• Lutz, Bobby, 1953-1997

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 239

Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collection consists of booklets on living with HIV/AIDS authored by Bobby ("Positive") Lutz from 1996 to 1997. It also includes materials that provide context about the author and the works themselves.

Language: English, Spanish

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0239

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Bobby Lutz was born on September 29, 1953. After becoming infected with HIV, Lutz wrote a number of booklets under the pen name "Bobby Positive" offering practical advice about living with HIV/AIDS. The most popular was "AIDS 201: Survival Tips for Symptomatic PWAs." He wrote these booklets during a period when new drug therapies offered dramatic hope for HIV+ individuals. However, such drugs were expensive; they carried their own debilitating side effects; and patients sometimes developed resistance to the treatments. In partnership with the Brady East STD Clinic (Milwaukee, Wis.), Lutz published and distributed 30,000 copies to individuals and agencies around the world. Nationally distributed magazines such as Positively Aware and POZ published excerpts of the booklets, and HIV/AIDS newsletters across the world serialized his work. Lutz died in Venice, Florida on July 4, 1997.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• ACT UP Milwaukee Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 203.

• Brady East STD Clinic Records. UWM Manuscript Collection 238.

• National Coalition of Gay Sexually Transmitted Disease Services Records. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 207.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The Brady East STD Clinic donated these materials in November 2005 (accession 2005-027).

Processing Information

Michael Doylen separated the materials from the Brady East STD Clinic records and processed them at the Archives in August 2006.

Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1996-1997
Box   1 Folder   2	Distribution Information, 1996
Box   1 Folder   3	Obituary, 1997
Box   1 Folder   4	Press Release, "'Bobby Positive' Freed from HIV/AIDS on July 4," 1997
Box   1 Folder   5	Promotional Materials, 1996, undated
	Publications
Box   1 Folder   6	AIDS 201: Survival Tips for Symptomatic PWAs, 1996
Box   1 Folder   7	AIDS 201: Survival Tips for Symptomatic PWAs, 1998 Language: Spanish
Box   1 Folder   8	CMV 201: Tips on Going Blind Gracefully, 1996
Box   1 Folder   9	ER 201: Emergency Room Survival Tips, 1996
Box   1 Folder   10	Side Effects? Just Say No, 1996
Box   1 Folder   11	Serialization, 1997