New Exhibit Open in the Netter Library!
The Edward and Barbara Netter Library has a growing collection of historical medical instruments, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. The core of the collection was donated by Quinnipiac University Board of Trustees member Richard Silver. Materials in the collection include surgical kits, apothecary chests, ether bottles, and early examples of electrical-powered medical devices.
You can read more about the dedication ceremony, and visit the collection in person during regular library hours. There is also an companion website with the full catalog of the collection.
Panel 2806 of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display in the Netter Library through October 14, 2025. Please visit the library during normal hours to view the panel.
National Institutes of Health, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Quilt was conceived in November of 1985 by long-time human rights activist, author and lecturer Cleve Jones. Since the 1978 assassinations of gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Jones had helped organize the annual candlelight march honoring these men.
Cleve created the first panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of his friend Marvin Feldman. In June of 1987, Jones teamed up with Mike Smith, Gert McMullin and several others to formally organize the NAMES Project Foundation.
The last display of the entire AIDS Memorial Quilt was in October of 1996 when the Quilt covered the entire National Mall in Washington, D.C. with an estimated 1.2 million people coming to view it. The Clintons and Gores attended the display, marking the first visit by a sitting president of the United States.
More history of the AIDS quilt.