Letters to the NAMES Project

Letters to the NAMES Project

A selection of the thousands of letters that have been received by the organization from those who have made Quilt panels in memory of friends and loved ones. The collective, comunal and collaborative nature of this quilt project is reflected within these letters. As with the NAMES project, the existence of this material, its collection and archiving, is in itself a form of protest. These letters stand prove for the love and care of the individuals that each quilt square represents, that they were not only here, but also loved and will be remembered. This collection harkens both to the communal and collective nature of quilts, continuing a history of their resistance in their archival.
Letter to "Professionals in the media" from The NAMES Project about the power of language specifically attaining to the AIDS epidemic. The document advocates for language that communicates the realities of AIDS to the public in a way that is accurate, objective, non-judgemental, and even as hopeful as possible.
This document was written and distributed for the Washington, D.C. display of the AIDS quilt October 8-9, 1988 and included in The NAMES Project hand out folder, featuring other information about the physical quilt, its history of creation and display.

The NAMES Project

Cathrine Gund Papers

Christine Dunlarp Farnham Archive

October 8-9, 1988

Cathrine Gund

English