Administrative/Biographical History:

Martin Weaver began working within the community response to HIV and AIDS in the UK in 1983, when he joined Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) as a volunteer. He took the first phone call on the helpline and worked with people with HIV and AIDS and their family and friends, before he was later appointed as THT’s first Press Officer. He then moved on to work in the National Health Service (NHS) across various roles including with Paddington and North Kensington Health Authority, and the AIDS Education Project, before eventually training and working as a psychotherapist. As part of his role as Press Officer at THT, Martin recorded as many programmes as he could from the period that covered HIV and AIDS in the media and mainstream culture, which amassed to what he calls his ‘AIDS Archive’, and in 2021 he uploaded the majority onto his youtube channel which serves as a resource to map the community response to HIV and AIDS in the UK.

Scope and Content:

Papers of Martin Weaver. Includes personal papers; records relating to or created by the Terrence Higgins Trust ranging from ephemera; reports; correspondence; photographic material; audiovisual material; press releases and publications; records relating to Martin’s various roles within the NHS including correspondence; reports; press releases; publications; newsletters; ephemera; posters; photographic material; posters; audiovisual material.

Quantity:

4 boxes; 12 posters; 66 MP4 files