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Chloe Faith Dzubilo Papers

Call Number

MSS.397

Dates

1972-2011, inclusive
; 1995-2011, bulk

Creator

Dzubilo, Chloe

Extent

11.5 Linear Feet
in 6 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 5 oversize flat boxes, 2 binders, 1 card box, and 4 flat file folders.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Chloe Faith Dzubilo was an artist and AIDS and transgender activist. The Chloe Faith Dzubilo Papers comprise art, photographs, writing, annotated books, various annotated paper materials, journals, correspondence, articles, flyers, invitations, posters, brochures, objects, and audiovisual materials. The papers document Dzubilo's life as an artist, and a transgender woman living with HIV/AIDS while advocating for the rights and representation of people with HIV/AIDS and the transgender community.

Biographical Note

Chloe Faith Dzubilo (1960-2011) was an artist and AIDS and transgender activist.

Dzubilo moved to New York City from Connecticut in 1982, working at Studio 54 before becoming the advertising director at the East Village Eye. She wrote for and performed with the Blacklips Performance Cult at the Pyramid club and edited the group's zine, Leif Sux, and was in the band Transisters. In 1987 she was diagnosed with HIV when Bobby Bradley, her partner of nine years and founder of the Pyramid Club, died of AIDS. Following her diagnosis, Dzubilo advocated for civil rights, adequate health care and dignity for people living with HIV/AIDS, transgendered people, and drug users.

Dzubilo studied art at the Parsons School of Design and received an associate degree in Gender Studies from the City University of New York City College in 1999. She served on New York City's LGBT Community Center's Gender Identity Project transgender HIV prevention team, conducting prevention outreach; spoke at conferences and in video Public Service Announcements, and gave workshops for health care and mental health providers. Dzubilo was involved with the political action group the Transsexual Menace, and went on to direct one of the first federally funded HIV prevention programs for transgender sex workers in 1997.

In 2001, Dzubilo founded the Equi-Aid Project, a Manhattan-based program that specifically helps children who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as other at-risk youth. In 2003, Dzubilo was appointed to the HIV and Human Service Planning Council of New York, an advisory body composed of people living with HIV/AIDS, service providers, and government representatives, charged with ensuring that "people living with HIV have access to appropriate, quality services across the continuum of care, resulting in the best possible health and quality of life."

Dzubilo died on February 18, 2011.

Source: Visual Aids website (https://www.visualaids.org/artists/detail/chloe-dzubilo/)

Arrangement

The Chloe Faith Dzubilo Papers are divided into ten series:
Series I: Artwork
Series II: Photographs
Series III: Writing
Series IV: Journals & Annotated Books
Series V: Press & Ephemera
Series VI: Objects
Series VII: Media
Series VIII: Data Storage
Series IX: 2016 Accretion: Equestrian Materials
Series X: Books

Scope and Content

The Chloe Faith Dzubilo Papers comprise artworks, photographs, writing, annotated books, various annotated paper materials, journals, correspondence, articles, flyers, invitations, posters, brochures, objects, and aidovisual material. These materials document Dzubilo's life as an artist, and as a transgender woman living with HIV/AIDS advocating for the rights and representation of people with HIV/AIDS and the transgender community.

Series I: Artwork contains art made by Dzubilo in various mediums on paper and cloth.

Series II: Photographs contains both personal and professional photos taken of Dzubilo, her friends, and family.

Series III: Writing contains poetry and stories written by Dzubilo as well as personal correspondence.

Series IV: Journals & Annotated Books contains published books and guides that Dzubilo wrote in along with journals, notebooks, and planners.

Series V: Press & Ephemera contains articles from publications featuring Dzubilo and flyers, brochures, posters, and invitations for various events and organizations.

Series VI: Objects contains items collected by Dzubilo, including a jar of her medications.

Series VII: Audio Recordings contains commercially released audio, live recordings, and master tapes.

Series VIII: Data Storage contains DVD-R and CD-R discs with files related to Dzubilo's art.

Series IX: 2016 Accretion: Equestrian Materials contains items related to Dzubilo's equestrian pursuits and includes riding boots, a helmet, and chaps.

Series X: Books contains contains published books donated with the collection.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Chloe Faith Dzubilo Papers; MSS 397; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

Location of Materials

Some materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Provenance

The collection was transferred from Visual Aids to Fales in 2014. In April 2016, an additional donation of equestrian-related objects was donated; the accession number associated with this collection is 2016.017.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Born-digital and audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.

Separated Materials

Books from this collection that were not annotated by Dzubilo were removed and will be catalogued through BobCat.

Collection processed by

Sana Masood, 2015.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:23:11 -0500.
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Language: English

Processing Information

The collection is arranged and described at the folder level. Original order and original file names were retained where possible. Files without titles were named accordingly.

Objects, media, data storage, and oversize materials were removed from their original location to be housed and preserved properly and can be found at the end of the finding aid.

In April 2016 an accretion of equestrian objects was added to the collection as a separate series in accordance with previous arrangement and description decisions. The boots, shirt, boot hook, chaps, and boot jack were removed from the duffel bag they arrived in and rehoused in archival boxes to prevent damage. The riding helmet has been kept in its original bag.

In January 2019 books donated with the collection were described at the item level in Series X.

In June 2023, objects in Series VI were rehoused by conservators. The objects were also inventoried at the item level.

Revisions to this Guide

April 5, 2016: Edited by Emma Sarconi to add Series IX: 2016 Accretion
January 2019: Edited by Craig Savino to incorporate processed books
June 2023: Revised by Weatherly Stephan to reflect rehousing and processing of objects series

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012