Bryan Mershon papers
Scope and Contents
Meeting minutes and agendas, conference materials and notes, student papers and dissertations, correspondence, policy statements, audits, office forms, grant applications, employee reports, research articles and reports, directories, pamphlets, fliers, floppy disks, and clippings documenting Bryan Merson's work and studies in AIDS/HIV and mental health from 1983-2000. The records document his student work, conference presentations, and his work for the County of Los Angeles, including on the AIDS Regional Board of Los Angeles County's Mental Health Task Force from 1991-1994, at the Department of Mental Health from 1987-1996, and at the Department of Health Services' Office of AIDS Programs and Policy from 1996-1998.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-2000
Creator
- Mershon, Bryan, 1955- (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biography
Bryan Mershon received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Fuller Theological Seminary in 1986. He joined Los Angeles County's Department of Mental Health in 1987 and by 1992 was the Acting Program Head for Program Planning and Development in the Adult Services Bureau. In the early-to-mid-1990s, Mershon chaired the Pacific Center for HIV/AIDS Counseling and Psychotherapy Services Advisory Committee. By 1996, he had earned certification as an American Psychological Association HIV Office for Psychology Education (HOPE) trainer, and later that year, became the Mental Health, Quality Assurance and Technical Assistance Services Coordinator with the Office of AIDS Programs and Policy. In 1998, he moved to the Bureau of Standards, Practices and Conduct and in 2001 to the Child, Youth and Family Services Administration. As of 2013, Mershon was serving as Acting Deputy Director of the Children's System of Care at the County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health.
Extent
4.6 Linear Feet (4 archive boxes + 2 archive cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Meeting minutes and agendas, conference materials and notes, student papers and dissertation, correspondence, policy statements, audits, office forms, grant applications, employee reports, research articles and reports, directories, pamphlets, fliers, and clippings documenting Bryan Merson's work and studies in AIDS/HIV and mental health from 1983-2000. The records primarily document his work for the AIDS Regional Board of Los Angeles County's Mental Health Task Force from 1991-1994, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health from 1987-1996, and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services' Office of AIDS Programs and Policy from 1996-1998.
Acquisition
Donated by Bryan Mershon, date unknown.
Separated Materials
Separated to the Non-LGBT magazine cover story collection
American Psychologist, "Special Issue: Psychology and AIDS," v.43, no.11, November 1988.
Los Angeles Lawyer, "AIDS, the Law and Society," v.11, no.6, September 1988.
Newsweek, "Epidemic," April 18, 1983.
Scientific American, "What Science Knows about AIDS," October 1988.
Separated to the ONE periodical collection
Asklepios, v.5, no.1 and 4, 1991.
Association of Gay Psychologists, v.6, no.3, September 1980.
Choruspondence, newsletter of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Summer 1999.
CMG Newsink, California Men's Gathering newsletter, Spring 1997.
Connection (Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International, Inc.), v.21, no.4 and 5, 1997.
HRC Quarterly, Winter 1997, Fall 1999.
The News, v.3, no.14, September 30, 1988.
Progress Notes, newsletter of the Lesbian and Gay Pscyhotherapy Association, Spring 1999.
SPSMM Bulletin, The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51, The American Psychological Association, v.4, no.2, Spring 1999.
AIDS and HIV reports, booklets, and manuals separated to the ONE report, program, and pamphlet collections
About our Children. Parents and Friends of Gays, Los Angeles, 1978.
AIDS: Corporate America Responds. Allstate Forum on Public Issues, 1987.
AIDS Investigators' Meeting, 15th annual, and AIDS Research in California Abstracts, 1st annual meeting. The Task Force on AIDS and The Universitywide AIDS Research Program. OMNI Hotel, Los Angeles, February 27, 1998.
AIDS Education: A Business Guide. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1987.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, 10th anniversary, 1996-1997 annual report.
Case Management. Center for Women Policy Studies, August 1996.
Facilitating AIDS Education in the Work Environment. The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1987.
Faltz, Barbara G., and Joanna Rinaldi. AIDS and Substance Abuse. A training manual for health care professionals, AIDS Health Project, 1987.
Gays and the Law: A Guide for Laypeople. Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund pamphlet.
Gosselin, Renee, and Susan Nice. Lesbian and Gay Issues in Early Recovery. Hazelden Foundation, 1987.
HIV, AIDS and the Law in California: A Guide for People Affected by HIV or AIDS. AIDS Project Los Angeles, April 1, 1996.
The Homosexual Alcoholic: AA's Message of Hope. Hazelden Foundation, 1980.
Knowledge, Action, Health: A Woman's Guide to HIV Treatments. Women Alive, 1997.
Lichtman, Susan. "Medical, Psychological, and Social Aspects of HIV Disease." Maine Psychological Association, Division of Independent Practice, winter retreat, March 15, 1996.
National AIDS Update Conference, 10th annual. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. March 24-28, 1998.
Schwartz, Linda R. Alcoholism Among Lesbians/Gay Men: A Critical Problem in Critical Proportions. Do it Now Foundation, 1980.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996.
Treatment Team Workshop Handbook Update, Burroughs Wellcome Co., 1991.
Women and the CARE Act. Center for Women Policy Studies, August 1996.
AIDS/HIV educational catalogs separated to the ONE catalog collection
Abstinence: HIV, STD, health resource catalog. ETR Associates, 1996.
Gay and Lesbian Studies, Haworth, 1996-1997.
Hatherleigh Press catalog, undated.
Health Educational Materials. Educational Programs Associates, fall issue 1994.
Health Impressions. A division of WRS Group, Inc, 1997.
Separated to the ONE program and catalog collections
Bem, Sandra Libsitz. "Bem Sex-Role Inventory: Professional Manual." Consulting Psycholigists Press, Inc., 1981.
The Multi-Dimensional Male: Celebrating our Creative Potential. The 31st California Men's Gathering, August 29 - September 1, 1997.
Multi-Focus, Inc. catalogs, undated.
Routledge Lesbian & Gay Studies catalog, 1996-1997.
Sage Publications gender studies catalog.
Separated to the ONE comic book collection
Stop the S.T.D.'s Comix, "The Big Break-in." Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, 1989.
Separated to the ONE library
Schoenberg, Robert, and Richard S. Goldbert (ed.). Homosexuality and Social Work. New York: Haworth Press, 1984.
Separated to the ONE subject files collection
Mass mailings from LGBTQ organizations unrelated to his professional interests in mental health and AIDS/HIV.
Unsorted general-topic LGBTQ newspaper clippings.
Periodicals separated to the AIDS history project collection
AIDS Alert, newsletter of the Pacific Center's Program for AIDS Counseling and Therapy, v.1, no.1, 2, 3, and 4; v.2, no.2; v.3, no.3, 1989-1991.
AIDS Education and Prevention, HIV Counseling and Testing, v.9, supplement B, June 1997.
AIDS Link Newsletter, v.2, no.2, January 1994.
AIDS Network Update, January 1998.
AIDS/STD News Report, 95-20, October 19, 1995.
AIDS Weekly Plus, August 19, 1996.
AIDSline, v.3, no.1, spring 1991.
Being Alive, People with HIV/AIDS Coalition newsletter, January 1997.
Bulletin, Midwest Hispanic AIDS Coalition, no.18, Fall 1996.
Catalyst, v.2, no.3, November/December 1993.
CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention, v.4, no.3, Autumn 1993; special issue, July 1997.
Correct Care (National Commission on Correctional Health Care), v.10, no.3, summer 1996.
Footnotes, Foothill AIDS Project, February 1997.
The Gayzette, Second Imperial Crystal-Cattleya Court of All Hawaii, v.1-9, November 1984.
HIV Counselor Perspectives, v.1, no.1, 2; v.4, no.2; v.5, no.2; v.6, no.2; 1991-1997.
HIV Education Case Studies, no.3, May 1991.
HIV Hotline, v.1, no.2, 3, and 4, 1991-1992.
IAS Newsletter (International AIDS Society), no.8, circa June 1993; no. 5, June 1996.
LAMS Newsletter, March 1996, April 1997
Medical Alert, v.2, no.6; v.3, no.3, 1994-1995.
MIRA, Multicultural Inquiry and Research on AIDS quarterly newsletter, v.2, no.1 and 2; v.3, no.1 and 2, 1988-1989.
NAHOF Connection, newsletter of the National Association on HIV over Fifty, v.2, no.1, Winter/Spring 1999.
NIH Consensus Statement, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, v.15, no.2, February 11-13, 1997.
Pacific Center Journal, v.7, no.1, winter 1995.
The Prevention Researcher, v.3, no.3, Fall 1996.
Regional Trainer Update, HIV Office for Psychology Education, American Psychological Association, no.7, summer 1997.
Searchlight (AIDS Research Alliance), summer/fall 1997.
SPNS/Fax: An Electronic Report from the HRSA SPNS Program Cooperative Agreement Projects, v.2, no.19, 20; v.3, no.1, 1997-1998.
Women Being Alive, summer 1994.
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse materials separated to the AIDS history project collection
Catalog of HIV and AIDS Education and Prevention Materials, September 1995.
Catalog of HIV and AIDS Education and Prevention Materials, supplement, September 1995.
Condoms, Safer Sex, and Risk Reduction: HIV Prevention Materials. Standard Search Series, September 1995.
Custom Reference Search, circa 1994.
HIV/AIDS and Hispanics: Educational Materials. Standard Search Series, January 1994.
HIV/AIDS Educational Materials Targeting Hispanics. Standard Search Series. May 1995.
List of HIV/AIDS Materials, October 1995, November 1996.
User's Guide, undated.
Processing Information
Formerly housed in boxes A043, A044, A045, A147, A148, and 103-012. Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013. Accrual processed by Kyle Morgan, 2015.
Subject
- Alcoholics Anonymous informational material. Arts promotional material from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Opera, Ahmanson Theater, Hollywood Bowl Opening Night Gala, Mark Taper Forum, Getty Museum, East West Players, Los Angeles Conservancy, and Long Beach Opera. Ethnic Groups in Los Angeles: Quality of Life Indicators. California Community Foundation. UCLA Ethnic Studies Centers, 1987. Guide for Reasonable Accommodation in Employing the Handicapped. California Department of Rehabilitation, June 1987. Intelligence Report, no. 87 and 89, 1997-1998. Los Angeles County retirement information for employees. Sage Publications Catalog, Autumn 1997. Social Security Administration informational material. Toward a State of Esteem: The Final Report of the California Task Force to Promote Self-esteem and Personal Social Responsibility. California Department of Education, January 1990. Wittig, Virginia R. How to Establish and Maintain a Sober Living Adult or Elderly Residential Facility. 1990.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Bryan Mershon Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kyle Morgan
- Date
- (c) 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles California 90007 United States
(213) 821-2771
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