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South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
July 24, 2013
Bernie Pupo was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania in 1945 and attended Mount Carmel Catholic High School. After working in a factory after high school, Bernie moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a window decorator for Pomeroy’s...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 096: Bernie Pupo
March 21, 2014
Margaret “Peg” Dierkers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957 and attended a Catholic school as a child. She earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Ohio State University, and eventually enrolled in a doctoral program in Human...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs, Family Unit
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 028: Margaret ''Peg'' Dierkers
April 9, 2015
Dr. Eric Selvey was born and raised in Harrisburg, PA. He attended optometry school in Philadelphia, but returned to the Harrisburg area after graduating. In his interview he discusses his relationship with his mother and grandmother — and coming...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics:
Organizations: Lily White & Company, South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 104: Eric Selvey
April 15, 2015
Ray Davis was born on April 30th, 1954 in Bethlehem, PA. After attending Catholic school, Ray went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in ornamental horticulture from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA. After moving to...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 022: Ray Davis
March 12, 2017
Frederick (Rick) Schulze was born in Delaware in the 60s and spent his childhood and adolescence in the 70s in the Harrisburg area. He first talks about his complicated relationship with his family and his gay identity, mentioning his mother’s...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: The Mansfield Gay Alliance, South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 101: Rick Schulze
March 19, 2017
Deb Fulham-Winston was born in 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in an Irish-Catholic family with eight siblings, and spent the first half of her schooling in Catholic school. Early on, she had a strong conviction for feminism and social...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 040: Debra Fulham-Winston
June 9, 2017
Marty Tornblom was born in Utah and was raised in the greater Salt Lake City area, as a member of the Mormon Church. She decided to get a degree in education which lead her to teaching. Following her marriage, she converted to Presbyterianism and...
Collection: LGBT Oral History
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: Transcription of LGBT Oral History 114: Marty Tornblom
1990-1995
Margaret “Peg” Dierkers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1957. She earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Ohio State University and eventually enrolled in a doctoral program in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State...
Collection: LGBT-005 - Dierkers
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-005 Margaret ''Peg'' Dierkers Collection
1984-1996
Bernie Pupo was born in Kulpmont, Pennsylvania in 1945 and attended Mount Carmel Catholic High School. After working in a factory after high school, Bernie moved to Harrisburg, where he joined SCAAN, the South Central Aids Assistance Network,...
Collection: LGBT-024 - Pupo
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-024 Bernie Pupo Collection
1998
In the mid-1980s, the South Central AIDS Assistance Network (SCAAN) was formed by concerned members of the Harrisburg gay community, to provid services to HIV-positive individuals in the area. The AIDSWalk was an annual fundraiser held in...
Collection: LGBT-044 - Walton Jr.
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-044 Richard L. Walton Jr. Collection
1987 - 2007
Marths ''Marty'' Tornblom was born in Utah and was raised in the greater Salt Lake City area as a member of the Mormon Church. She decided to get a degree in education, which led her to teaching. She moved with her family to Harrisburg in 1980,...
Collection: LGBT-054 - Tornblom
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), AIDS Community Alliance
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-054 Martha ''Marty'' Tornblom Collection
1994, circa 2004
Deb Fulham-Winston served as the director of development for South Central AIDS Assistance Network (SCAAN) from January 1992 until June 1995. This collection contains materials from SCAAN promoting HIV/AIDS awareness.
Collection: LGBT-055 - Fulham-Winston
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-055 Deb Fulham-Winston Collection
1980 - 1994
These materials contain artwork designed by Lawrence Valerio for LGBT events and organizations in Central PA, including Dignity of Central PA, a forum for human concerns, a place of seeking for greater self, knowledge, and wisdom, an affirmation...
Collection: LGBT-036 - Valerio
Topics:
Organizations: Dignity/Central PA, South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN)
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-036 Lawrence Valerio Collection
1980 - 2009
John Folby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The eldest of five children, Folby was raised in a “very strict Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian family.” At age twenty-five, he relocated to Harrisburg with his partner. Shortly after moving to...
Collection: LGBT-037 - Folby
Topics: HIV/AIDs
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), Act UP
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-037 John Folby Collection
1993 - 1997
This collection contains 4 t-shirts: two from local AIDSWalks held in Harrisburg, PA by local AIDS organizations, SCAAN and AIDS Community Alliance; one from the 1993 March on Washington held in Washington, D.C.; and one created for the Dan...
Collection: LGBT-092 - Malmsheimer
Topics:
Organizations: South Central Aids Assistance Network (SCAAN), AIDS Community Alliance
View Item: LGBT History Project: LGBT-092 Richard Malmsheimer Collection