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PATRICIA HERRING (1944- )
PAPERS, 1979-2008
QUANTITY: 10.5 linear feet
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 695) were donated by Patricia Herring in 2000.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Copyright: Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Preferred Citation: Box #, Patricia Herring Papers, Iowa Women’s Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
Photographs: In Boxes 6 and 11.
Audiovisual: Nine videocassettes (V416-424) shelved in videocassette collection.
Processed by: Bridgett Williams-Searle, 2000; Karissa Haugeberg, 2009.
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Iowa Women's Archives
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 319-335-5068
Fax: 319-335-5900
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Biography
- Patricia Herring, the oldest of eleven children, was born in 1944 in San Diego, California, to Ardis and Dorothy Herring; the family soon moved to Waterloo, Iowa. Ardis Herring worked as an engineer and administrator for John Deere Foundry and Dorothy Herring worked as a domestic engineer. In 1962, Patricia Herring graduated from Columbus High School in Waterloo; afterwards, she entered a convent. While residing with the Sisters of Mercy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she attended Mount Mercy College, where she graduated with a business degree in 1967. She left the convent in 1970. In 1974, she enrolled in the University of Iowa School of Social Work to pursue a master’s degree in social work (MSW). During this period, she worked at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa.
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- Herring was active in the feminist movement throughout the 1970s. While working in Des Moines from 1974 to 1976, Herring was a member of the Des Moines chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). She also helped to found a feminist bookstore, A Mind of One's Own.
In 1976, after receiving an MSW from the University of Iowa, Herring moved to Iowa City. In 1978, she began to work at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC). She became a social worker early in the AIDS epidemic, when it was unclear how the virus spread and tests to detect the virus had not been developed. Around 1983, Herring became an HIV/AIDS counselor at UIHC. She was an integral part of the UIHC's Virology Clinic, established in 1986. As an AIDS counselor at the only health care facility to provide comprehensive care to Iowans with HIV during the 1980s, Patricia Herring had personal contact with most Iowans who tested positive for HIV.
Patricia Herring's advocacy for persons with HIV/AIDS extended beyond her paid work at the UIHC. During the 1980s, she volunteered at Iowa City’s Free Medical Clinic, where she counseled patients who received HIV tests. She was a charter member of the Johnson County AIDS Coalition. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she was active in a number of regional and statewide AIDS organizations, including the Southeast Iowa HIV CARE Consortium, and the Iowa Community AIDS Partnership. Herring became a noted speaker and press contact statewide during the height of the epidemic. She wrote grants, lobbied state legislators, and educated health care professionals about the importance of protecting patients' privacy. Herring was also a member of a number of state and local gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) activist groups.
Patricia Herring began to work part-time at the UIHC in 2004, and retired in 2006.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Patricia Herring date from 1979 to 2008 and measure 10.5 linear feet. The records are arranged into the following series: Biographical information; Newsletters; AIDS published materials; AIDS topical; People with AIDS; Politics and legislation; AIDS services; Social work; the University of Iowa, and Artifacts.
The Biographical information series (1984-1999) includes resumes, a memoir written by Patricia Herring's mother, a program from a Monaghan family reunion, and a book of photographs taken by Herring's father, Ardis Herring, during the 1950s.
The Newsletters series (1987-1999) are comprised of state and national newsletters. The majority of newsletters were published by AIDS organizations in Iowa. Newsletters published by state and national AIDS and GLBT organizations complete the series.
The AIDS published materials series (1984-1997) consists of clippings from newspapers throughout Iowa, manuals for people with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers, and pamphlets. This series provides information about early AIDS treatments and advocacy.
The AIDS topical series (1984-1997) pertains to issues that affected people with HIV/AIDS, including healthcare, homophobia, sexism, and discrimination. Materials include popular magazine articles, correspondence, and reports.
The People with AIDS series (1987-1996) is comprised of letters, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and video cassette tapes created by or written about Iowans with HIV/AIDS. This series includes folders on Barbara Fassbinder, a nurse who contracted the HIV virus on the job; Rick Graf and Ron Kephart, openly gay HIV/AIDS activists from Iowa City; and Tony Bowser, a father of three from rural Iowa, who became an activist after he tested positive for the HIV virus.
The Politics and legislation series (1987-1997) includes legislative bills, correspondence, and position papers related to legislation affecting persons with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. Several bills pertain to patient privacy, including efforts to require people who test positive for the HIV virus to report their results to health care providers. This series also contains records of the AIDS Taskforce, which was created by the Iowa General Assembly to provide recommendations to Iowa legislators. Newsletters, agendas, and newspaper clippings pertaining to AIDS and GLBT organizations that lobbied the Iowa General Assembly and the US Congress complete the series.
The AIDS services series (1979-2008) is the largest series of the collection, measuring over six linear feet. It consists of the minutes, agendas, reports, and correspondence of organizations that provided care to Iowans with HIV/AIDS or educated the public about the disease. The folders pertaining to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics trace the development of the Hospital's Virology Clinic, which opened in 1986. Grant materials located in the HIV Care Consortia and ICAP folders include data about a number of AIDS organizations located throughout the state.
The Social work series (1979-1993) includes reports and position papers that detail the work of social workers during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. Patricia Herring's speeches and notes document her role in educating the public about HIV/AIDS.
The University of Iowa series (1990-1998) consists of agendas, flyers, and newspaper clippings for the University's faculty and staff GLBT organization. Publicity for a dance choreographed by Bill T. Jones at the University in 1994 completes the series.
Artifacts (1994-1996) include buttons, an ICARE t-shirt, and two safe sex kits.
- Related Collections
The University of Iowa Archives Oral Histories Project, 1991-2000
- Patricia Herring was interviewed for an oral history project for the University of Iowa. Located at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections.
Barbara Fassbinder Papers- Rural nurse who contracted the HIV virus on the job and became a national spokesperson for occupational safety. Located in the Iowa Women's Archives.
Tess Catalano Papers- Human rights activist, singer and song writer. Catalano's papers include materials related to Rick Graf, an Iowa City AIDS activist. Located in the Iowa Women's Archives.
- Related Books
The AIDS Caregiver's Handbook, ed. Ted Eidson. [Located in the University of Iowa Libraries, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences; RC607.A26 A34572]
AIDS: The Women, ed. Ines Rieder and Patricia Ruppelt. [Located in the University of Iowa Libraries, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences; RC607.A26 A367]
- Box List
Box 1
Biographical information
- Resumes, 1989-1999
Monographs, The Monaghans, 1984; Three Nuns in a Boat, 1990; and My Memoirs by Mary Dorothy Monaghan Herring, 1993
"Today in Iowa," guests Patricia Herring and Kent Newman, 1988 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
Patricia Herring, community AIDS education (3 features) [shelved in videocassette collection, 423]
Newsletters- Access Line: A Resource for Midwestern Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Friends (Waterloo, Iowa), 1988-1998 (4 folders)
The Advocate: The National Gay Newsmagazine, 1987
Box 2
Newsletters (cont.)- AIDS Project Quad Cities (APQC), The Connection, 1992-1999 (2 folders)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender newsletters, 1988-1994
Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, GLRC Report (Des Moines, Iowa), 1992-1993
Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, The Resource Line (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), 1993-1997
HIV/AIDS newsletters, 1989-1997
Iowa Association of Homes for the Aging, Spotlight (Des Moines, Iowa), 1987
ICON: Independent Weekly News (Iowa City and Coralville, Iowa), 1994 and 1997-1998
NAMES Project Cedar Valley, News for Friends of the Quilt, 1990-1995
Positively Aware: The Monthly Journal of the Test Positive Aware Network, 1991-1996
Box 3
Newsletters (cont.)- Positively Aware: The Monthly Journal of the Test Positive Aware Network, 1997-1998
The Prairie Progressive: A Newsletter for Iowa's Democratic Left, 1987, 1989, and 1994
Quad Cities AIDS Coalition (QCAC) Newsletter, 1989-1994
Quad Cities Affirming Diversity (QCAD) News, 1997-1998
Rural AIDS Action Network (RAAN) Newsletter, 1995-1998
Shanti Notes: Support and Information for Persons Affected by AIDS
(Iowa City, Iowa), 1988
The University of Iowa, The Gay Hawkeye, 1991 and Queer Globe, 1996
AIDS published materials - Newspaper clippings, 1984-1997 (2 folders)
David M. Mastio columns, 1993
Popular press articles, 1986-1995
Box 4
AIDS published materials (cont.)- Reports on public responses to AIDS, 1988 and 1993
- AIDS Home Care and Hospice Manual, 1987 [removed from binder]
- AIDS: Iowa Informational Resource Manual, 1987
Assessing the HIV-Prevention Needs of Gay and Bisexual Men of Color, 1994
Community resources for persons with AIDS, 1989
Culturally specific manuals, manuals for GLBT community, and manuals for children, 1987-1989 and undated
Family AIDS Support Notebook, Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, undated
Hospice Bereavement Handbook, 1985-1986
Box 5
AIDS published materials (cont.) - Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS by Carolyn Jones, 1996 [shelved in IWA printed works]
- Surviving and Thriving with AIDS: Hints for the Newly Diagnosed, ed. Michael Callen, 1987
Safe sex literature, 1984-1994 and undated
Safe Sex: The Ultimate Erotic Guide by John Preston and Glenn Swann, 1987 [shelved in IWA printed works]
Brochures and pamphlets, undated (2 folders)
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AIDS topical- Alcoholism, 1988-1989
Children and adolescents, 1990-1994
Healthcare workers, 1990-1992
- Hemophilia, 1985-1989
Box 6
AIDS topical (cont.)- Iowa, 1988-1990
Latinos, forum on Latinos and AIDS at LULAC Annual Convention, 1989 [shelved in videocassette collection, V424]
Legal issues, undated
Prostitution, 1984
Religion, 1987-1996
Women, 1987-1997 (2 folders)
The Positive Woman newsletter, 1990-1992
"Women's Body Politics: AIDS: Sexuality and The Social Body" course readings, University of Iowa, 1990
The Real Truth about Women and AIDS by Helen Singer Kaplan, 1987 [shelved in IWA printed works]
Young women and AIDS, ca. 1989 [shelved in videocassette collection, V421]
People with AIDS- Arthur Ashe, ca. 1991 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
- Tony Bowser, 1987-1991 [includes photograph]
Tony Bowser, "Three Faces of AIDS," 1991 [shelved in videocassette collection, V422]
David Ellingsworth, 1993-1994
David Ellingsworth and ICARE, 1994 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
Barbara Fassbinder, 1990-1994
Barbara Fassbinder television news stories (3), 1991-1994 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
Christy Field, 1992
Elizabeth Glazer, ca. 1994 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
Rick Graf, 1987-1995
Rick Graf, "Silence=Death, So I'll Keep on Talking", 1992 [shelved in videocassette collection, V416 and V420]
Rick Graf, World AIDS Day, 1988 [shelved in videocassette collection, V423]
Ron Kephart, 1991-1994
Ron Kephart at Iowa City Gay Pride Parade, 1989 [shelved in videocassette collection, V421]
Ron Kephart, World AIDS Day, 1988 [shelved in videocassette collection, V423]
Alexander Robinson, 1993 [shelved in videocassette collection, V416]
Max Robinson, ca. 1988 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
Tom Skaggs, 1990-1992 [includes photograph]
Jonathan Walton, 1988
Box 7
People with AIDS (cont.)- Teri Wulff, 1996
Obituaries, 1987-1996 and undated
"Iowans Facing AIDS," 1995 [shelved in videocassette collection, V419]
"Living with AIDS: Iowans with HIV/AIDS," ca. 1989 [shelved in videocassette collection, V417]
"Three Faces of AIDS," AIDS in Iowa, 1991 [shelved in videocassette collection, V422]
Politics and legislation- Gay and Lesbian Democrats of Johnson County, 1989-1993
Iowa City Area Pride Committee and Iowa City Human Rights Commission, 1997 and undated
Iowa Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus,
1989-1995
Iowa Dignity and Equality Advocates, 1991-1992
Iowa AIDS labor policies, 1988-1990
Box 8
Politics and legislation (cont.)- State AIDS legislation, non-Iowa, 1987-1989 and undated
Iowa General Assembly, AIDS-related legislation, House, 1988-1996
Iowa General Assembly, AIDS-related legislation, Senate, 1987-1996
Iowa General Assembly, AIDS-related legislation, 1991 [removed from binder]
Iowa General Assembly, AIDS Task Force, 1987-1991
AIDS lobbying, 1988-1991
Box 9
Politics and legislation (cont.)- AIDS lobbying, 1988-1995
Anonymous HIV testing debate, 1988-1996
AIDS and the law, 1988-1997 and undated (2 folders)
AIDS services- AIDS Coalition of Johnson County, 1986 and undated
Box 10
AIDS services (cont.)- AIDS Coalition of Johnson County, 1987-1992 (6 folders)
AIDS Coalition of Northeast Iowa, 1987-1993
Box 11
AIDS services (cont.)- AIDS Project of Central Iowa, 1987-1999 (2 folders)
Buddy programs, 1988-1994
Cedar AIDS Support System, 1989
Clare House (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), 1996-1998 and undated [includes photographs]
Eastern Iowa AIDS Network, 1993-1994
HIV Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Consortia, 1993-1995 (2 folders) [removed from binder]
Box 12
AIDS services (cont.)- HIV Comprehensive AIDS Recourses Emergency (CARE) Consortia, 1991-1996
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, 1987-1997 (4 folders)
Iowa Community AIDS Partnership (ICAP), 1993-1995
Box 13
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Community AIDS Partnership (ICAP), 1994-1997 (5 folders)
Box 14
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Community AIDS Partnership (ICAP), 1997-1999 (2 folders)
Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education (ICARE), 1988-1997 (3 folders) [see Box 28]
Box 15
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education (ICARE), 1987-2000 (8 folders)
Iowa Department of Human Services, 1988-1989
Iowa Department of Public Health, 1987
Box 16
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Department of Public Health, 1986-1992 (7 folders)
Box 17
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Department of Public Health, 1992-1995 (5 folders)
Box 18
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Department of Public Health, 1994-1998 (4 folders)
Iowa Title II CARE Grant, 1991-1997 (1 folder and 1 bound volume)
Box 19
AIDS services (cont.)- Iowa Title II CARE Grant, 1997-1998 (2 bound volumes)
Johnson County Department of Public Health, 1986-1996 and undated (4 folders)
Box 20
AIDS services (cont.)- Rapids AIDS Project, 1987-1999
Rapids AIDS Project: Focal Point, 1990 [shelved in videocassette collection, V418]
The RAP Line, newsletter of the Rapids AIDS Project, 1992-1999
Southeast Iowa HIV CARE Consortium, 1991-1994 and undated (4 folders)
Box 21
AIDS services (cont.)- Southeast Iowa HIV CARE Consortium, 1995-1998 and undated (2 folders)
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1979-1986
Box 22
AIDS services (cont.)- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1987-1988 (6 folders)
Box 23
AIDS services (cont.)- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1988-1990 (8 folders)
Box 24
AIDS services (cont.)- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1990-1995 (7 folders)
Box 25
AIDS services (cont.)- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1993-1996 (5 folders)
Box 26
AIDS services (cont.)- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1996-2008 and undated (4 folders)
Various AIDS organizations, 1987-1996
Social work- National Association of Social Workers, 1985-1993 (2 folders)
Box 27
Social work (cont.)- Speeches and notes by Patricia Herring, 1988-1991
Performance appraisals, 1979-1990
License renewals, 1987-1993
University of Iowa- Bill T. Jones event, 1994
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Staff and Faculty Association, 1990-1998
Box 28
Artifacts- ICARE t-shirt, 1994
Rapids AIDS Project button, 1996
AIDS buttons (2)
Angel with red ribbon
Safe sex kits (2), undated
For more information about this collection contact the Iowa Women's Archives.
Iowa Women’s Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City IA 52242.
Please send comments to: lib-women@uiowa.edu
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