Rob Anderson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Anderson, Rob, 1953-2014
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Mixed-media artists -- California
label: Topic
content: Artists (LGBTQ)
label: Topic
content: AIDS (Disease) and the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2025 by Julie Blankenship, a friend of Anderson's and Director of Visual Aids.
creator: label: Creator
content: Anderson, Rob, 1953-2014
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rob Anderson (1953-2014) was a realist painter and multi-media artist in San Francisco, Calif.­ Anderson created the multi-media installation, "Rattlesnake in a Moving Car: Life with HIV."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1979-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.anderrob
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Project files for "Rattlesnake in a Moving Car: Life with HIV," by Rob Anderson. Files include interviews on cassette and CD and interview transcripts with artists, writings, drawings, printed material and mock ups. Also included is material relating to Anderson's creation of the iconic poster for the Gay Olympic Games (now called the Gay Games).