UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

Browse Items (8 total)

  • The_Selma_Times_Journal_1998_09_06_5.jpg

    A press release about the Catholic Diocese of Alabama gifting the AIDS Taskforce of Alabama the building containing the Agape House AIDS Housing. This is from a digitization of the Selma Times Journal newspaper.
  • Huntsville_Times_1996-11-30_11_itstime.jpg

    A digitization of a 1996 edition of the Huntsville Times. Psychotherapist Terry Williams wrote an article for the Community Focus part of the newspaper for World AIDS Day to talk about the reality of AIDS.
  • Birmingham_Post_Herald_1990_10_13_35_larrywillson.jpg

  • IMG_6427_UABmarlerletter1.jpg

    A letter from the Rev. Malcolm Marler at the 1917 AIDS Clinic to Deby Wright, paster at the Covenant Metropolitan Community Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He is inviting her to the Friday Morning Grace program at the clinic and detailing out the planned schedule for the class. He also explains how she can make reservations to attend. There is a personal note at the bottom from Malcolm offering prayers for the death of a man named Cliff.
  • The_Montgomery_Advertiser_1995_08_10_17.jpg

    The Reverend Malcolm Marler speaks to church leaders and teaches an AIDS education session at the Church of the Ascension in Montgomery, Alabama. This is a black and white digitization of a photograph from a 1995 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper.
  • volunteertraining_marler.mp4

    The Reverent Malcolm Marler talks about the volunteer training established at the 1917 AIDS Clinic at UAB in the 1990s. This includes both training for clergy and training for layman, and specifically talks about the AIDS Care Teams.
  • Marler_FridayMorningGrace.mp4

    The Reverend Malcolm Marler discusses the founding of the Friday Morning Grace at the 1917 AIDS Outpatient Clinic at UAB. He talks about what the program was meant to do, how he expanded it, and it's growth.
  • -This happened in Alabama-.mp4

    The Reverend Malcolm Marler talks about the establishment of AIDS Care Teams (also called AIDS Support Teams) and the training associated with it in the mid-1990s in Birmingham, Alabama. This was an expansion his counseling work at the 1917 AIDS Clinic. He also talks about how personalization and education were key to overcoming the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

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