NAMES Project Background Information
Dublin Core
Title
NAMES Project Background Information
Subject
The Names Project, AIDS Memorial, Cleve Jones, Mike Smith,
Description
Background information of the NAMES Project and the physical AIDs quilt itself.
Background information #1 explains the quilt, its history and reception in addition to the initial goals of the project: "To illustrate the impact of the AIDS epidemic by showing the humanity behind the statistics"; "To provide a positive and creative means of expression for those whose lives have been touched by epidemic"; "and To raise vital funds and encourage support for people with AIDS and their loved ones."
The ongoing nature of the Quilt and its physical display is additionally described, the nationwide, collective aspects of the quilt emphasized.
Background Information #2 details the biographies of Cleve Jones and Mike Smith, the organizers of The NAMES Project Foundation. Each short biography details their biographies including their AIDS related work, as well as their meeting and collaboration.
Background information #1 explains the quilt, its history and reception in addition to the initial goals of the project: "To illustrate the impact of the AIDS epidemic by showing the humanity behind the statistics"; "To provide a positive and creative means of expression for those whose lives have been touched by epidemic"; "and To raise vital funds and encourage support for people with AIDS and their loved ones."
The ongoing nature of the Quilt and its physical display is additionally described, the nationwide, collective aspects of the quilt emphasized.
Background Information #2 details the biographies of Cleve Jones and Mike Smith, the organizers of The NAMES Project Foundation. Each short biography details their biographies including their AIDS related work, as well as their meeting and collaboration.
Creator
The Names Project Foundation
Source
Cathrine Gund Papers
Publisher
The NAMES Project Foundation
Date
October 8-9, 1988
Language
English
Files
Citation
The Names Project Foundation, “NAMES Project Background Information,” Archival Quilts; Encoding and Protest, accessed June 13, 2026, https://jasperc.digitalscholarship.brown.edu/items/show/10.