Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Joseph J. Casale, Jr. Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 04/10/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described in April 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

Joseph J. Casale was 40 years old at the time he wrote his diary in 1997. The Social Security death index shows a Joseph J. Casale (1957-2008) of Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida. Since the diary was purchased from a dealer in the same city, it is very likely that Joseph J. Casale (1957-2008) of Daytona Beach is the author of the diary.

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1997 of Joseph J. Casale, Jr. (1957-2008) who was HIV / AIDS infected at the time he wrote his entries. Casale, who describes himself as someone who likes "men mostly, but ...also love(s) women" mainly writes about the reaction of family and friends to his disease, and his struggle to come to terms with his terminal illness. In the back of the diary he sketched out his will. The entries cover about 15 pp.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Topical Term:

• HIV infections--Social aspects--United States.
• HIV infections--United States.
• HIV-positive bisexual men
• HIV-positive men

Additional Information