Abstract Bill Urban founded the Baltimore Alternative newspaper in 1986, committing the paper to extensive coverage of the AIDS epidemic, the Baltimore, Maryland LGBTQAI+ community, and to their civil and privacy rights. Urban was a prominent activist and educator who appeared on multiple news segments and before a multitude of audiences. Urban passed from complications related to AIDS in 1992.This collection, which dates from 1964 to 2000, contains photographs, letters and cards,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Bill Urban and Baltimore Alternative collection houses the personal and organizational records of Bill Urban and the Baltimore Alternative newspaper. This collection, which dates from 1964 to 2000, contains photographs, letters and cards, personal effects, television appearances, and HIV/AIDS related materials including correspondence and notes with the Dallas Buyers Club by Bill Urban. It also contains issues of the Baltimore Alternative and materials documenting its day to day...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Bill Urban and Baltimore Alternative collection houses the personal and organizational records of Bill Urban and the Baltimore Alternative newspaper. This collection, which dates from 1964 to 2000, contains photographs, letters and cards, personal effects, television appearances, and HIV/AIDS related materials including correspondence and notes with the Dallas Buyers Club by Bill Urban. It also contains issues of the Baltimore Alternative and materials documenting its day to day...