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Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003

 

Summary

Creator:
Potkovic, Linda, 1944-
Abstract:
The Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003, documents Potkovic's involvement in LGBT and HIV/AIDS awareness activism. Series I, Documents, contains letters, poetry, and correspondence to and from Linda Potkovic. Series II, AIDS Memorial, contains a handmade memorial piece that showcases images and obituaries of AIDS victims. Linda (Sokolowski) Potkovic is an educator, health counselor, and activist based in Central Florida. Throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, Potkovic worked as an abortion counselor, an outreach program manager for Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources (CENTAUR), an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a mental health counselor in UCF's HIV/AIDS Education Office. She served on the board and as president of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida for several years. She also worked for the center as an HIV/AIDS educator and as the HIV testing site coordinator. She hosted a weekly HIV/AIDS support group in the early 2000s.
Extent:
2.3 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Linda Potkovic collection, 1991-2003, documents Potkovic's involvement in LGBT and HIV/AIDS awareness activism. Series I, Documents, contains letters, poetry, and correspondence to and from Linda Potkovic. Series II, AIDS Memorial, contains a handmade memorial piece that showcases images and obituaries of AIDS victims.

Biographical / historical:

Linda (Sokolowski) Potkovic, an educator, health counselor, and activist based in Central Florida, was born on September 9, 1944, in Brooklyn New York. She married Julius "Jim" Potkovic in 1964 and they had two sons, Terry and Troy. The Potkovic family moved to Orlando, Florida in 1979. Potkovic earned B.A.s in Anthropology and Sociology from Rollins College in 1989 and a M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Rollins College in 1994.

Throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, Potkovic advocated for abortion rights and increased HIV/AIDS awareness. She worked as an abortion counselor, an outreach program manager for Central Florida AIDS Unified Resources (CENTAUR), an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a mental health counselor in UCF's HIV/AIDS Education Office.

She served on the board and as president of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida for several years. She also worked for the center as an HIV/AIDS educator and as the HIV testing site coordinator. She hosted a weekly HIV/AIDS support group in the early 2000s.

Acquisition information:
Gift of The LGBTQ+ History Museum of Central Florida, 2021 (Accession no. CFM2021_22).
Processing information:

Collection processed and finding aid prepared by Arlie Cruz in 2023. All materials were placed into acid-free folders and in an acid-free box.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in two series by like-subject.

  • I. Documents, 1991-2003
  • II. AIDS Memorial, undated

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA