Trial Without End: A Shocking Story of Women and AIDS [textual record (some electronic), sound recording] Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Trial Without End: A Shocking Story of Women and AIDS [textual record (some electronic), sound recording]

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June Callwood fonds

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Trial Without End: A Shocking Story of Women and AIDS

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Trial Without End: A Shocking Story of Women and AIDS [textual record (some electronic), sound recording]

Date:

1987-1998.

Reference:

R5274-5-4-E, MG31-K24

Type of material:

Sound recordings, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3671699

Date(s):

1987-1998.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

40 cm of textual records
1.9 MB of textual records (electronic)
44 audio cassettes (62 h, 1 min)

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

This sub-seriers comprises the textual records and sound recordings for June Callwood's 1995 book about the trial of Charles Ssenyonga for knowingly spreading the AIDS virus to six women. It includes an annotated draft of the book manuscript; interview notebooks; court and legal documents; reference material on the use of DNA evidence; correspondence with the victims and others involved in the case, including victim impact statements; and newspaper clippings covering the police case and trial. The sound recordings contain interviews with doctors, police officers, legal counsel, Ssenyonga's friends, and the women infected by Ssenyonga. There is evidence of some erasure of extremely graphic or sensitive portions of the sound recordings, which are sometimes still found in the notebooks. Much of this material will remain closed to protect the anonymity of the victims and prevent correlation of pseudonyms with actual identities.

The sub-series also holds reviews and articles about the book, statements of royalties, and correspondence with Louise Dennys and others at Alfred A. Knopf publishing house. Correspondence with Peter von Puttkamer of Gryphon Productions concerns optioning the book for film, while a letter from Grit Laskin enclose lyrics for his song about the Ssenyonga trial. There are also two draft manuscripts of the book in electronic form.

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

MG31-K24

Other accession no.:

2005-0102 VSA

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Sound recordings

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Textual records

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Volume [MG31 K 24]

[Consultation 90 Open]

45;

[Consultation 90 Open]

47--48;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG31 K 24] 46

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Electronic container [MG31 K24]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

97 File number 2--3

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