Lee Kearney papers
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts, drafts, and other materials relating to Kearney's personal and professional activities.
Dates
- 1990-2012
Creator
- Kearney, Lee (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open to all users
Conditions Governing Use note
Lee Kearney retains all rights. After her death, rights are transferred to the University of West Georgia.
Biographical/Historical note
Mary E. "Lee" Kearney is a health educator and activist.
In 1983, Kearney began volunteer work in the area of substance abuse and in 1989 she became a counselor for the Anchor Hospital/Talbott-Marsh Recovery Campus in Atlanta. Her interest in helping the AIDS community came about because her son, Kevin Kearney, suffered from AIDS and substance abuse. She began to volunteer with AID Atlanta as a speaker in 1987, which led her to found the AIDS and Substance Abuse Speakers Network (ASASN) in 1990 while she was living in Cobb County.
Kearney earned a master's degree in psychology in 1991 at University of West Georgia and is the author of He Always Brought Me Flowers: A Mother's Remembrance of her Son's Journey (Yawn's Publishing, 2012).
Extent
1.0 Linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Overview
Writings and other materials by AIDS and chemical dependency educator, Lee Kearney.
Arrangement note
Alphabetically by title
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Lee Kearney, September 2016.
- Title
- Guide to the Lee Kearney papers MS-0068
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Written by Blynne Olivieri
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States
special@westga.edu