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Inventory of the James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2008 and undated, bulk 1950-2004

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Creator

Sears, James T.

Title

James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2008 and undated, bulk 1950-2004

Language of Material

Material in English

Extent

138 Linear Feet

86,700 Items

Abstract

Educator, gay rights activist, and author of many works on sexuality, identity, and sex education, and the history of homosexuality and the gay rights movement in the United States.

The James T. Sears Papers span the dates 1918-2008, with the bulk of the material covering the period between 1950 and 2004. The papers are arranged into the following series: Audiovisual Material; Other Activities; Personal Papers; Photographic Material; Professional Papers; the largest series, Research and Writings; Jack Nichols Papers; and Oversize Material. The Research and Writings series is divided into subseries for major works by Sears, as well as subseries for other writings and editorial work, research files, and a small set of writings by other individuals. Formats include but are not limited to correspondence, research files, writings, interviews, recordings, serials and newspapers, photographs, and diaries. The collection also houses the personal papers of Hal Call (1917-2000) and Jack Nichols (1938-2005), both early activists for gay rights. Taken as a whole, the collection offers a deep and rich source of information on gay, lesbian, and bisexual culture in the United States, especially in the South, and its representation in literature and in the press, both positive and negative; the history of the gay rights movement in the U.S. and abroad, including the evolution of organizations such as the Mattachine Society and related gay movement publications; sexuality studies in the U.S. and teaching sexuality in primary and secondary classrooms; gays in the military; drag queen, lesbian, and bisexual communities; and many other topics relevant to sexual identity in society.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Certain parts of the collection are restricted. In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Consent forms signed by individuals whose interviews or images were recorded for possible use in publications are sometimes filed with other records relevant to that publication; oftentimes, however, permissions may have been filed in the Research Permissions Subseries box in the Research and Writings Series, or have not been located in the collection. Researchers wishing to publish information on individuals represented in the Sears Papers must have in hand the consent forms, or obtain permission from the individuals.

Original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Use of these materials requires production of listening or viewing copies.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Copyright Notice

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], James T. Sears Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The James T. Sears Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift from 1996-2008. Additions are expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Christian Ferney, Ted Holt, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Daniel Ruccia, Michael Shumate, and Elizabeth Terry, 2007-2008

Portions of this collection are minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Encoded by Christian Ferney, Ted Holt, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Daniel Ruccia, Michael Shumate, and Elizabeth Terry, August 2008

Accessions 96-130, 97-034, 97-0183, 1998-0204, 2000-0151, 2004-0047, 2007-0006, 2007-0059, 2007-0097, and 2008-0025 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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Biographical Note for James Sears

Chronology

1951 Aug. 12	James Thomas Sears born in Tipton, Indiana
1974	Southern Illinois University, B.S. in history, government, and social psychology Indiana University, M.S. in secondary education
1976	Masters of Arts in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1983	Anticipating what later came to be known as "queer pedagogy," published "Sexuality: Taking off the Masks," in the journal Changing Schools
1983-1984	Trinity University, San Antonio, Visiting Instructor
1984	Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies and Sociology, Indiana University-Bloomington; thesis analyzed teacher education programs at the University of Indiana
1984-1989	University of South Carolina-Columbia, Assistant Professor
1988	Published first article on gay issues in education, "Peering into the Well of Loneliness," in Social Issues and Education
1987-1988	President of the National Curriculum Teachers Network
1988	Founder and first Chairperson of the Lesbian and Gay Studies Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association
1988-1991	Received grants from the United States Information Agency
1989-1992	South Carolina Policy Center, Senior Research Associate
1989-1993	University of South Carolina-Columbia, Associate Professor Editor of Empathy: A Magazine of Homophobia Education
1989-1998	Editor, Teaching Education Journal
1990	Published Teaching and Thinking about Curriculum: Critical Inquiries (co-editor)
1991	Publication of Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit
1992	Lesbian and Gay Educators Award, American Educational Research Association Edited Sexuality and the Curriculum: the Politics and Practices of Sexuality Education
1993	Received First Amendment Award from the American Civil Liberties Union
1993	Taught controversial course, Christian Fundamentalism and Public Education, University of South Carolina
1993-1994	University of Southern California, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Feminist Research
1993-2004	Professor of Curriculum Studies, University of South Carolina-Columbia
1994-1995	Received grants from the United States Information Agency
1995	Outstanding Research Publication Award Association for the Supervision and Curriculum Development Fulbright Senior Scholar, Southeast Asia
1997	ONE Institute (National Gay and Lesbian Archives), Research Fellow University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Scholar-in-residence Published Lonely Hunters: an Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968
1999	Lambda GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) Award for "Curriculum, Religion and Public Education" Publication of A Dangerous Knowing: Sexuality, Pedagogy, and Popular Culture (co-editor) and Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling (co-editor)
2001	Harvard University, Visiting Professor Publication of Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South
2002	Outstanding Academic Book award for "Queering Elementary Education"
2005-2008	Professor, Penn State University, World Campus
2006	Publication of Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: the Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation
2009	Publication of Edwin and John: A Southern Gay Couple's Half Century Journey Together

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Biographical Note for Hal Call

Chronology

1917 Sept. 20	Harold L. Call born in the state of Missouri
1941-1945	Enlisted in the Army; fought in the Pacific and was awarded the Purple Heart
1947-1952	With a degree in journalism from University of Missouri, entered newspaper publishing business and eventually moved to Chicago to work for the Kansas City Star's office there
1952	Arrested for "lewd acts" in Chicago Moved to San Francisco
1953	Call and others led a what has been described as a takeover of the Mattachine Foundation, ousting founder Harry Hay, and subsequently formed the Mattachine Society
1954	Hal Call and his business partner, Donald Lucas, founded the Pan-Graphic Press, which published the Mattachine Review, the Dorian Book Review, and the Town Talk, one of the first gay publications to contain advertising and to be distributed free in gay bars
1955 Feb.	Began publication of the Mattachine Review
1961	Call provided funding and support for the first openly gay man to run for public office in the U.S. - Jose Sarria for San Francisco city supervisor
1964	Call attended and participated in a historic conference and retreat between religious leaders and gay rights activists, in Mill Valley, California; the Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH) was created out of this meeting, with Call as one of its leaders
1964	Call and the gay rights movement highlighted in Life magazine and in a CBS documentary by Mike Wallace, first public statement of homosexuality in the U.S. mainstream media
1967	Call gravitated away from Mattachine Society; founded Adonis Bookstore and later, gay video store in San Francisco
2000	Death of Hal Call in Daly City, California at the age of 83

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Biographical Note for Jack Nichols

Chronology

1938 Mar. 16	John Richard Nichols born in the state of Washington
1961	Nichols and Dr. Frank Kameny started the Washington chapter of the Mattachine gay rights organization
1967	Jack Nichols gives gay rights speech at Bucknell University, Pa., "Why I Joined the Movement" First gay male to appear in nationally televised interview on CBS to speak openly about homosexuality
1972	Published I Have More Fun With you Than Anybody, early memoir co-authored with Lige Clarke
1997-2004	Edited GayToday.com, an online daily publication
2004	Published The Tomcat Chronicles: Erotic Adventures of a Gay Liberation Pioneer, billed as a gay version of Kerouac's On the Road
2005 May 2	Death of Jack Nichols in Cocoa Beach, Florida
2007	J. Louis Campbell III published Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: "Have You Heard My Message?" (Haworth)

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Collection Overview

The James T. Sears Papers span the dates 1918-2008, with the bulk of the material covering the period between 1950 and 2004, and are arranged in the following series: Audiovisual Material; Other Activities; Personal Papers; Photographic Material; Professional Papers; the largest series, Research and Writings; Jack Nichols Papers Series; and Oversize Material, which contains chiefly newspapers and other large-format serials. The Research and Writings series, the largest in the collection, is divided into subseries for each of Sears' major works; in addition, there are other large subseries for Sears' other writings and editorial work, research files, and a small set of writings by other individuals.

The collection documents the career and life of a gay rights activist, educator, and author who has performed ground-breaking research on gay, lesbian, and bisexual culture in the United States, and the teaching of human sexuality in the classroom. The evolution and publication of Sears' major book-length works, articles, and other editorial work is fully documented in this collection in the form of drafts, correspondence, recorded and transcribed oral histories, many research files, and a wide variety of images and recordings. Sears' professional papers contain teaching and course materials as well as files on publicity, speeches, and other activities. Sears also worked as a journal and book editor, thus the collection houses various iterations of authors' accepted work along with Sears' line edits and final publications. Many electronic files accompanied the research, writing, and teaching files; these have been archived on the library's server. An extensive collection of audiovisual materials includes videos, sound recordings, and other media either assembled through Sears' research and teaching activities, or acquired from other sources (note: original recordings are closed to use; unless otherwise noted, listening or viewing copies must be made for research access).

The collection also houses the personal papers of Hal Call (1917-2000) and Jack Nichols (1938-2005), authors and early activists for gay rights. These two large sub-collections contain writings, correspondence, research files, diaries, audiovisual material (separated and removed to the Audiovisual Series), and photographs.

Taken as a whole, the James T. Sears Papers offer a rich source of primary documents and information on gay, lesbian, and bisexual culture in the United States, especially in the South, and its representation in literature and in the press, both positive and negative. The collection also provides extensive documentation on the history of the gay rights movement in the U.S. and abroad, including the evolution of organizations such as the Mattachine Society and related gay movement publications; sexuality studies in the U.S. and teaching sexuality in primary and secondary classrooms; gays in the military; drag queen, lesbian, and bisexual communities; and many other topics relevant to sexual identity in society. The collection also include anthropological field notes of Sears' extensive research and travels in the Philippines related to sexualities and sex education.

For more details on the contents and arrangement of individual series or subseries in the Sears Papers, see the series and subseries descriptions that follow.

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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

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Detailed Description of Collection

Audiovisual Material Series, 1958-2004 and undated

(40 boxes)

The research conducted by Sears over many decades spawned a large component of audio and visual material, separated from the main collection either as originally received or for preservation purposes, and described in this series. Materials are found in a variety of formats, including audiocassettes, audiotapes, microcassettes, small gauge films, and videocassettes. Subject matter can be grouped into the following categories: interviews with Sears about his career; publicity related to his writings; many oral histories and interviews of Jack Nichols, Hal Call, and other activists and gays individuals interviewed by Sears; histories of regional gay activism in Virginia, Kentucky, and other areas; audio recordings from the earliest programs and conferences on homosexuality in the U.S., some featuring Hal Call and Del Martin as speakers; recordings on aids, cloning, and other issues; classroom and conference lectures by Sears; home movies from James Sears and Jack Nichols; audio recordings belonging in the papers of Jack Nichols; gay parades, rallies, and other social events, filmed by various individuals; and other unidentified recordings.

Arranged by format (audiocassettes, audiotapes, film, video, and other media), and further subdivided into groupings that, when possible, parallel the series and subseries in the rest of the collection. Format groupings are described in further detail below. Items are arranged within categories mostly in original order as received, with original titles retained.

[RESTRICTION: Originals are closed to use. Use of these materials requires production of listening or viewing copies. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Audiocassette Recordings, 1971-2004 and undated

Each of the audiocassettes boxes holds approximately 20 cassettes. Some recordings are on microcassette and are noted in the container lists below.

[RESTRICTIONS: Original copies closed to use. Unless otherwise noted, staff must arrange for listening copies to be made. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Jack Nichols Audio Recordings, 1974-2003 Jan.

Originally part of the Jack Nichols Papers. Chiefly interviews by Nichols and publicity tours taken by Nichols and Lige Clarke. Inidividuals interviewed include Dick Leitsch, Camille Paglia, Dr. George Weinberg, and Randy Wicker. In addition to many radio interviews of Nichols as well as some speeches by him, a number of music recordings are also included. Several recitations of Walt Whitman's poetry by Nichols are this grouping as well. Each of the five boxes holds approximately 20 audiocassettes. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically, in order as received.

Box 1-5

Cassettes, 1974-2003

Other Activities Series Audiocassettes

Box 5

ScholarLink focus groups and publicity (see Other Activities Series, undated (5 tapes)

Professional Papers Series Recordings

Box 5

Conference audiocassettes (AERA, 1996; ASCD, 1990, 1991, 1993)
(5 tapes)

Panel discussions on curriculum development and sexuality studies with Sears participating.

Teaching materials audiocassettes

Box 5

Moore, Mitzi, teaching, undated

Magavern, Kevin, lesson, 1990 Mar. 3

Moore Mitzi, lesson reflections, 1990 Mar. 4

Magavern, Kevin, reflections, 1990 Mar. 5 (2 tapes)

825, 1996 Fall

Sears, James, curriculum theory class #1, 1998 May 2

Box 6

Sears, James, talk to N.C. business group [?], Durham, N.C., 1998 Apr. 8

EDLP 825, Sears, 1998 June (5 tapes, 5 microcassettes)

Religion symposium, 1998 Apr. (2 tapes)

GLSEN Talk, Religion Convention and Gays, San Diego, 1998 Apr.

Sears, James, Michigan Public Radio, interview by J. Walters, 1995 Oct. 11 (duplicate)

Sears, James et al., "Students at Risk: Responding to the Diverse and Unique needs of Gay and Lesbian Youth," ASCD 46th Annual Conference, 1991 (duplicate)

Book interview, undated

Curriculum theory Part II, 1998 July 25

Tape 1, 1998 July 11

Tape 2, 1998 July 11

Unmarked tape, undated

1999 Sept. 7-Oct. 18 (5 microcassettes)

Dr. Monroe, 1998 June (microcassette)

Unmarked tape (microcassette)

Sears, "This Way Out," interview, Austin, Texas, 2000 May 22

Bauhr, Jane, undated (microcassette)

Blades, Jane, Rubyfruit Jungle, 2003 Dec. (microcassette)

Cope, Sarah, undated (microcassette)

D., Nicole and Lydia, undated (microcassette)

Elise, undated (microcassette)

Regan, Karen, undated (microcassette)

Staehr, Tanya, undated (microcassette)

This side first [otherwise unlabeled], undated (microcassette)

Putnam, Luella, "Left Hand of Darkness," undated

Pyatt, Patti, undated

Arden and Lane, undated

Stec, Blair, Nicole de Villier, undated

Dresher, Margaret, undated

Smoak, Sarah, "A Boy’s Own Story," undated

Harris, Rachel, "Nerves," undated

Wayburn, Jessie and Brinkley Stone, undated

Lloyd, Cenna, "Lover," undated

Bull, Lauren, Cook and Carpenter, undated

Stanley, Miriam, Era I, " The Western Shore," undated

Wales, Orlando

Sears, interview of, "To the Best of Our Knowledge," NPR/WPR, 1998 Feb. 7

PI 899

1997 Fall

Box 7

2002 Sept.-Oct. (7 tapes)

EDLP 829, Sears, 2000 Mar.

825, Sears class lecture, 2000 Oct. (2 cassettes)

Sears lecture, 2001 Jan. 20

"Sexual Orientation Talk," 2002 Nov. 21

Sears interview, St. Louis radio station, 1997 Oct. 24

Sears interview, "This Way Out," 2001 Sept. 30

Tape 1, 2002 Sept. 10

AAPP Scholars, "How to Prepare to Write Your Dissertation," 1998 Oct. 8

"Institutional Climate," Journal of Homosexuality, 1995 (4 cassettes)

Unmarked

Box 7

Pedagogical work audiocassettes, 1983 and undated (13 audiocassettes)

Box 7-9

Class on religious right, undated (41 audiocassettes)

Box 9

Class on religious right, master audiocassettes (23 audiocassettes)

Research and Writings Series Audiocassettes, 1971-2002

Titles arranged in chronological order as in main collection.

Major Works

Growing up Gay in the South, 1986 July-1988 Sept.

Box 9-11

Interviews (58 audiocassettes)

Arranged by codes given to each interviewee.

Rebels, Rubyfruit and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South, 1983 Apr.-2002 Nov.

Box 11-18

Interviews (208 audiocassettes)

Arranged alphabetically. Three recordings dated after publication of book; possibly may not belong to series.

Gay and lesbian Richmond [Virginia] history, 1987 Oct.-1991 Mar. (21 audiocassettes)

Arranged chronologically.

Kentucky activism, 1982-1983 (10 audiocassettes)

Contains tapes of Spiral Meetings.

Behind the Mask of the Mattachine, 1975-2004

Significant amounts of other related audiovisual material can be found in the Videocassettes and Audio Tapes Subseries.

Box 18-19

Hal Call interviews (28 audiocassettes)

Other interviews (26 audiocassettes)

John and Edwin, 1996 and undated

Two recordings of interviews conducted by Sears, one labeled "John," one unlabeled. Other audiovisual material, chiefly on Carson McCullers and one additional interview, are housed in the Research and Writings Series, John and Edwin Subseries.

Box 19

Two cassettes, 1996 and undated

Other Publications

Box 19-20

A Dangerous Knowing: Sexuality, Pedagogy and Popular Culture, 1989 July-1995 Aug.
(39 audiocassettes)

Arranged alphabetically. Focus on the chapter about case studies in the Philippines. Contains interviews and recordings of symposia.

Box 10-22

"Museums, Friends, and Lovers in the New South: Laura’s Web, 1909-1931," 1971 Oct.-1997 May

Interviews (45 audiocassettes)

Arranged alphabetically. Contains interviews of Bragg by Gene Wadell and others.

Box 22

"Out of Harmony on the Cherokee Boundary," 1992 May-1997 May

Arranged alphabetically. Part of the studies Sears conducted on sex education in different communities in the U.S.

Interviews (21 audiocassettes)

Research Files Audiocassettes

Box 22-23

Early Gay History

Julian Hayes (5 audiocassettes)

Perry Schwartz (13 audiocassettes)

Arranged chronologically.

Box 23-24

Florida LGBT interviews, 1995-2000
(34 audiocassettes)

Interviews used for Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones and Lonely Hunters. Interviewees include Julia Penelope, Flo Fleishman, Paul Wegman, Merril Mushroom, Bill Pinyon (founder of Badpuppy), Bob Basker, Jack Campbell, Jesse Monteagudo, and Bob Kunst. Also has material from original broadcasts related to Anita Bryant and the Miami Referendum (1977-1978).

Box 24-26

Sex Education Community Studies field research, 1990-1992 and undated
(50 audiocassettes)

Contains recordings of interviews with individuals from three communities: Chicago, Illinois, Winnetka, Illinois, and South Carolina. Most are labeled with the name and the school of the interviewee. There are some tapes that are unlabeled and undated.

Box 26-27

Various recordings, 1988-1998
(63 audiocassettes)

Possibly related to three works, Combating Heterosexuality, Lonely Hunters, and Sexuality and the Curriculum. Difficult to distinguish the writing to which each individual tape belongs. There also appear to be some lectures by Sears, and interviews with him. A few are labeled as recordings of "L/G symposiums." Finally, there are four unidentified cassettes that may be recordings of meeting and publicity events (1999, 2001), and several unlabeled microcassettes.

Audiotape Recordings, 1958-1964, 1970-1975

Includes significant reel-to-reel recordings from some of the earliest publicly broadcast forums on American homosexuality, with participants such as Hal Call, Del Martin, Jack Nichols, and other early activists, as well as doctors, psychologists, criminologists, journalists, and writers. Arranged chronologically.

[RESTRICTIONS: Originals are CLOSED to use. Master copies on CD-R for all recordings are available in Box 39, from which staff can make listening copies for research access. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

[Includes one unidentified recording found with the Southern States research files, labeled "Prince Akeem." This recording has not been transferred to a preservation copy.]

Box 28

AT-OR-1: 1958, Nov. 24, "The Homosexual in Our Society": a panel discussion in two parts, broadcast over radio station KPFA, Berkeley, California, on November 24, 1958.

Panel 1: Elsa Knight Thompson, Moderator; Blanche M. Baker, Psychiatrist; Mrs. Leah Gailey, Housewife; Harold L. Call, Editor, Mattachine Review. [TRT 56:00] Panel 2: Elsa Knight Thompson, Moderator; Dr. Karl Bowman, M.D., Psychiatrist; Dr. Frank Beach, Jr., Professor of Psychology, University of California; David Wilson, Department of Criminology, University of California; Morris Lowenthal, Attorney [TRT 60:00]

AT-OR-2: 1959, Sept. 5, "The Psychological Aspects of Sexual Deviation" with Dr. Leo V. Tepley, Denver Psychiatrist: Luncheon Meeting, Sixth Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado

AT-OR-3: 1959, Sep. 6, "New Frontiers in Acceptance of the Homophile"; Miss Del Martin, San Francisco, President, Daughters of Bilitis, Incorporated; James Kepner, Jr., Los Angeles, Chairman, One Inc., editor, One Institute Quarterly on Homophile Studies; Harold L. Call, Editor, Mattachine Review; Sixth Annual Convention, Mattachine Society Inc., Denver, Colorado, September 6, 1959

AT-OR-4: 1961, Sept. 2, Panel discussion on employment and rehabilitation for offenders and veterans, with Joseph R. Rowan, Mrs. Lillian Stodick, Robert Gilbert, Jan Marinissen, Charles Ives

AT-OR-5: 1959, Dec. 5, "Pornography and the Law"

AT-OR-6: 1962, July 9 and 1961, Sept. 11, "Doctor's news conference: medicine, law, and the homosexual," broadcast on KQED, July 9, 1962; "The Rejected," broadcast on KQED, Sept. 11, 1961

AT-OR-7: 1962, Aug. 25, Conference: Harold Call, Dr. Cummings, Paul Britton, Dr. Karl Bowman. Side 1: "A Decade of Progress in the Homophile Movement"; "Progress in Venereal Disease Control." Side 2: Poetry Reading, Paul Britton; Ninth Annual Awards Banquet: "Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality"

AT-OR-8: 1964, Jul. 21, "An Introduction to the Homophile Movement"; Harold L. Call and Donald S. Lucas; "A Breakthrough in the Conspiracy of Silence"; Harold L. Call and Donald S. Lucas. Produced by the Mattachine Society, Inc., for a classroom project at Stanford University

AT-OR-9: 1970, Sept. 15 and 1970, Sept. 29, Side 1: "Gay Liberation," broadcast over KQED-FM on Sept. 15, 1970; Hal Call: Moderator; Bob Planz: Gay Students Union, University of California-Berkeley; Charles McWade: "Gay Liberation," San Francisco; Richard Evans: Vanguard Productions, San Francisco; Keith St. Claire: Vanguard Productions, San Francisco. Side 2: "Bay Area Gay Fund," Broadcast on Sept. 29, 1970; Hal Call, Moderator; Gary Titus, Institute for Homo. Studies; Karen Wells, Institute for Homo. Studies; Ruth Sudal, Institute for Homo. Studies; David Klineberg, Gay Lib, University of California-Berkeley [7.5 IPS, quarter-track mono]

AT-OR-10: 1970, Oct. 26 and Nov. 3, Side 1: "Obscenity and Pornography," broadcast over KQED-FM. Hal Call, Moderator, John O'Niel, S.F. "Smut" Distributor, Richard Riley, former University of California student. Side 2: "Tavern Guild of San Francisco," broadcast over KQED-FM. Hal Call, Moderator; Bob Ross, Roberta Boba, and George Banda, TransGender San Francisco

AT-OR-11: 1975 June 3, Jack Nichols on men's liberation, WFSB-TV, "New England Journal"

AT-OR-12: 1975 July 5, Jack Nichols on men's liberation, AM Pittsburgh Show, segments 9 and 10

Films, 1960s, 1970, 1975-1981 and undated

Small-gauge films separated from the papers of Hal Call and Jack Nichols, early gay activists. Titles are from original labels. Arranged chronologically.

[RESTRICTIONS: Originals are CLOSED to use. Staff must arrange for viewing copies to be made for research access. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Call Family Home Movies

Box 29

1970, Super 8; Fred J. Call, St. Joseph; Farm; Jamesport; Antioch; Columbia; Trenton

1975-1980, Super 8; Gene H. Call Family Films

1981, Super 8 family films; Sterling, Trenton, Chillicothe; Early Mom at Home; Garner 40; Dad's Funeral

Jack Nichols Family Home Movies and Unidentified Film on Gender

Box 29

1960s, [original hand-written titles and numbering] #1 Scotland; St. Aug; Jax Bch

1960s, #2 Jax Bch; Rockville; Golf; N. Carolina; Indiana; Calif.

1960s, #3 Fall; Jax bch (house); Trip west; Marineland; Tom, Clair and kids; Uncle Alec and Aunt Joe

1960s, #4 Finlayson

Undated, Gender #8

Videocassette Recordings, 1972-1985 and undated

Videocassettes and some Hi-8 digital cassettes separated from other series in the main collection, from the papers of Jack Nichols and Hal Call, and Sears' own teaching materials and other series. Others were found loose. Many recordings contain interviews, while others are compilations of news and other broadcasts focused on gay history, gay rights, or sexuality and sex education; Sears used many of these for his courses. Other recordings were collected by Sears during research for his major written works. Some boxes include manuscripts explaining video content or indexes to contents. For the most part, titles are as originally given. Arranged in groups by series in main collection; within, by date. Total running time (TRT) given where possible.

[RESTRICTIONS: Originals are CLOSED to use. Staff must arrange for viewing copies to be made for research access. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Jack Nichols Series Videos

Box 30

1970, Arnold Zenker Show, Baltimore, with Lige, Jack, Randy and Peter

1983, "Mid-Morning L.A." interview with Logan Carter

1984, Sep. 25 and 1985, Oct. 10, "ER" CBS; Logan Carter - "Leslie"; "Fall Boy" (?); REPO Man; Half Nelson; Pat Benatar (?); Second Sense; Hollywood Jive Squad [Format: Beta. TRT 3:55:00]

1985, Sep. 15, An Evening at La Cage Arts; An Evening at La Cage Show; La Cage in New York [Format: Beta]

Circa 1985, Home recordings with Jack Nichols, Logan Carter and other friends at home and in Beverly Hills [poor picture quality]: some talk about sexuality and gender identity, lifestyle, biographical insights

1986, Sept. 3, Nichols, Jack, readings and songs

1987, Tampa Christmas

1988, Jan. 23-24 and 1987, Dec. 25, Jack - tape in LA; Frankie - tape in LA; Christmas in Tampa [Format: Beta]

1988, 1998, Logan Carter (5 videocassettes)

Some videos are unlabeled but other labels include references to La Cage; Logan's Hollywood tour; 1998 - family Christmas; evening at La Cage; night on the town; ER episode.

1988, Logan Carter and Jack Nichols, Los Angeles

1988, Logan Carter, Hollywood (1 of 2 videocassettes)

Box 31

1988, Logan Carter, Hollywood (2 of 2 videocassettes)

1980s, Interview with Logan Carter [TRT about 00:30:00]; various news shows about La Cage Aux Folles, nightclub; interviews with female impersonators "Gipsy," and impersonators of female celebrities [TRT about 00:30:00]; home recording of Logan Carter, Jack Nichols, and friends at home and visiting California sights [poor picture quality]

1993, Eric Clarke Rhein, 101 Salamanders, Penn State (from Shelbi Rhein; see her letter in same box describing video background; and see related Rhein video below, in same box)

1993, Jamie Rhein and Steve Murray Wedding (from Shelbi Rhein; see her letter in same box describing video background)

1994, May, Maine Brimfield

1994, Apr. 24, Salute to Larry, with Randy Wicker [TRT 50:00]

1995, Gay Pride '95; Coco's Birthday Party

1995, Out In New England, Gay Pride '95

1995, July 31, [Network Q?] [TRT 33:00]; Ashok Kave - India's First Gay Activist [TRT 27:00]

1996, Mar. 29, Stonewall Vets Forum; Gay Community Center

1997, Nov. 1, "50 Years of Freedom" GALA - Americans United for Separation of Church and State [TRT 1:53:30]

1997, Sep. 14, Cloning Diana - Central Park; Clone Right!; United Front distributes badges until Central Park Police give summons and seize materials [TRT 12:00:00]

1998, Feb. 12, Randy Wicker- Congressional Hearing; Cloning; Brad Pitt in "The Favor"

1998, July, BBC - Cloning Documentary [TRT 20:00]; Nightline on Cloning [TRT 21:00]; CBS Morning News

1999, Nov.-Dec., Shelbi Rhein presentation; AIDS Awareness Week - Rondout Valley High School; "Eric Rhein's Life and Art" (see also related videos above, in same box)

Box 32

2002, Feb. 13 and 4, Randy Wicker: "Human Cloning: An Investigative Report" - AE and FOX

2002, Apr. 10-Dec. 29, Wicker, Randy debates Catholic League before Bush speech; George Bush outlines position on cloning; Wicker and Catholic League continue debate; CNN; MSNBC; Alan Keyes Show; McConnel; Wolf Blitzer on cloning Ted Williams; ESPN debate on cloning Ted Williams

2004, "The Heterosexuals"

Attached note explains this as a "mockumentary" inspired by a documentary titled "The Homosexuals," and created by students at American University taking a course in gay/lesbian documentaries.

Undated, "A Time for AIDS;" "And the Band Played On"

Undated, Logan Carter in "Gender," "Second Service," "E.R.," "Hollywood Vice Squad," "Repo Man," "Mid-Morning L.A.," and "San Fernando Valley"

Undated, Logan Carter for Ed Parker [TV broadcast tape] [format: Scotch 3M Umatic UCA20S]

Undated, Logan Carter on "Mid-Morning L.A."

Undated, Logan Carter - pictures from photo albums

Undated, An Evening at La Cage [Format: Beta]

Undated, Falling in Love Again; Do Your Boys Hang Low ("possible stuff for your column"?)

Box 33

1985, The Female Impersonator Pageant [TRT 74:00]

Undated, Logan Carter in "Hollywood Vice Squad" starring Logan Carter in his last appearance on film (2 videos)

Undated, "Hollywood Vice Squad"

Undated, "I Sing the Body Electric" Finale in FAME; Islam; Tour of Washington, D.C.

Undated, "Evening at La Cage" TV Clips, Toronto - inscribed from Danny Windsor to Logan Carter

Undated, "La Cage Aux Folles" TV Clips - John Caryle [sic] [Format: Beta]

Undated, Logan and Jack, Family Poker

Undated, Repo Man, Logan Carter

Undated, Charlie Rose; [unidentified writing] [TRT 57:00]; Organ Donation [1:39:00]

Undated, Robert Streker, "AIDS: Man-Made"

Undated, Mike Wallace, 20th Century 3rd hour

Undated, Randy Wicker on Alan Keys

Undated, Randy Wicker, "The Clone Ranger," on "The Daily Show," Comedy Channel

Teaching Materials Series Videos

Box 33

1993, Sears intro.; Anderson lesson on inquiry

Box 34

1994, EDLP 825

1998, Dr. Jim Sears presentation; Education for Diversity; EDUC 632; EDFN 845

1994 Aug. 1, EDLP 825 Curriculum Theory

Box 29

Undated, EDLP 825 #1

Research and Writings by Sears Videos

Lonely Hunters

Box 34

Circa 1997, Lonely Hunters publicity

Behind the Mask of the Mattachine Society/Hal Call Papers videos

Box 34

1972-1978, Gay parades, narration by Hal Call and Ray Broshears

1973-1977, Gay parade - gay events

1980, Feb. 13, "A Homosexual Perspective" by Hal Call

1983, Feb. 2, Hal Call interview: "Before Stonewall"

1983, Sept. 27, Hal Call: "History of the Mattachine Valencia Rose" lecture

1984, Sept. 16, Hal Call: AIDS announcements, master copy

1986, Mar. 7, Hal Call, Phyllis Lyon, and Del Martin

1989, Hal Call and Kevin Gladstone on "Straight Talk"

1989, June 20, Hal Call and panel: "San Francisco and the Mattachine Society in the 60s and 70s"

1989, June 28, Hal Call and Eric Marcus Interview: Harper and Row

Box 35

1989 May 18, Hal Call, interview with Michael O'Loughlin, San Francisco Examiner

1991 Nov. 1, Hal Call, interview with Robert Rope, SFSC

1994 Mar. 12, Hal Call, interview with Bert Wylen, American Public Radio

1990, Aug. 5 and 1991, Jan., Hal Call and Paul Hardman; Ted Milunna, Call's doctorate

1992, Dec. 14, Hal Call Interviews

1992-1993, Dec. 14, "The Hal Call Story" ; Hal Call interview

Undated, Hal Call and Kevin Gladstone; Straight Talk [TRT 13:00]

Undated, CBS Homo 66 with Hal

Interviews, lectures, and other events (found in Mattachine Papers Series), 1988 July-1998 Apr. (13 hi-8 videocassettes)

Many of these feature Hal Call; may focus on historical events or trends in gay history ("60s and 70s gay scene")

John and Edwin Videos

Box 35

Undated, "Raw interview footage relating to Carson McCullers' life and work," with Horton Foote, Simon Callow, Edward Albee, Carlos Dewey(?), Virginia Spencer Carr, Jordan Massee, and Sarah Shulman

Interviews on Video

Box 36

1993-1994, Short Mountain video edits

1993-1994, Short Mountain interviews, Fall 1993; SMS Dubs, unedited interviews by Russell Morgan

1993-1995, Short Mountain Sanctuary interviews, with Sylvan, Jombi, Project X and Jan, interviews by Russell Morgan (duplicate?)

1995, Short Mountain unedited interviews by Russell Morgan

1993, Dr. Carper, Dr. Hal French (Constitution and Religion in the Public Schools), Howell, Pastor Bob Shearer, and Vaughn (2) (6 videocassettes)

Speeches and Possible Teaching Material

Box 36

1981, Nov. 2-1982, Sept. 28, "Hour Magazine" - Kinsey Report:

11/16/81, news coverage of anti-gay events in Houston; 1981 mayoral race; news reports on the Austin Housing Ordinance vote, 1/16/82; news coverage of gay instructors at HPD; "Bisexual Living" - NBC TODAY show, 5/17/82; news coverage of National Gay Leadership Conference in Dallas, 8/82; news coverage of repeal of the Texas sodomy statute, 8/82; "Gays on TV" - Hour Magazine with Newton Dieter, 9/28/82; Miss Gay America - TOMORROW Show, 11/2/81; Houston Gay Pride Parade, 1981

1996 Oct. 7, UW-River Falls, "Sharing Separate Struggles: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia" ("original tape"), [TRT: 00:00:90]

1996 Oct. 7, UW-River Falls, "Sharing Separate Struggles: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia" ("tape 2"), [TRT: 00:00:90]

1997 Sept. 26, "This is America with Dennis Wholey," Show #307 (James Sears is guest with others)

Box 37

1997 Oct. 2, Jim Sears speech

1998 Feb. 5, James T. Sears, Visiting Minority Scholar, "Rethinking Homosexuality in Cultural Contexts"

2002, Gay rights rally, Columbia S.C.

2003, Mar. 26, James Sears, "Homophobia, Heterosexism, and Heteronormativity" [TRT 00:32:19]

Undated, Dr. Charles Dunn, "Religion on Center Stage: Political Theatre in the 90s"

Various Video Recordings

A variety of videos received as a separate group in the Sears collection. Arranged in order as originally received.

Box 38

1986 and other dates, Hampsters, Shelbianna, Penny, Demo 10/3/86, Sagan, Kalb, B. E. King, Sex Ed.- Donahue, Summit, Contras, Pearl, Summit Report: Gorbachev

1980s, Gender (Logan Carter), Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) Gay Archives

1972, Baltimore, Zenker (?), Lige and Jack, Randy and Peter and Coco (?)

1971, Gay Pride (0-1800), other undentified names or events on label

1969, Outrage

Undated, Bob Basker [president Mattachine Society-Midwest] interview (?) (3 video cassettes)

Undated, Stonewall, Logan, Ads, Miss P. [Oklahoma?]

1984, Guthrie Long campaign; TV commentary; Reflections in Paris

1989, "Prisms" original tape

1991, "Reflections with Davie" , from WSMU-TV, Nashville

1993 Feb. 8, Dr. Sante` presentation, Omni Hotel

1994, Aug. 1, "Zamora Way" (part 2); Jamie Bailey; news broadcasts of Pedro Zamora's memorial services

2002 Feb. 26, "The Writer's Circle of South Carolina" : interview with Louise Andersen Allen, author of A Bluestocking in Charleston: The Life and Career of Laura Bragg [TRT 00:25:15]

2004, "Gay Pioneers," produced by Equality Forum and WHYY [TRT: 00:30:00]

Circa 1995, "Oprah Show" with Wanda and Brenda Henson from Mississippi, Ovett, Mississippi townspeople, and James Sears [at 28:30 until end], about homophobia in Mississippi, conflicts over Camp Sister Spirit, an intentional lesbian community founded in 1993 [TRT: 00:40:15]

Undated, Adonis excerpts

Undated, Alternative march [0-9:17]; Dancer [10:20]; Hay begins (?): Irish (?) [26:86]; Laura (?) John [28:00]; Father [33:40]; Radiant Fairies [39:20]

Undated, Dent: "Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong"

Undated, Sears, Jim: Gabby's Wedding

Undated, "Sin or Murder? Who Created AIDS" - Scolletta/Redman [TRT 62:00]

Undated, Stan Boyle (?) newscast

Undated, Wendy, Kate, and Carol interviewing Rose, Audrey and Danielle

Master copies for reel-to-reel recordings (OR1-OR12)

Box 39

[CD-R. Closed to research use. Staff can use to make listening copies for research access.]

Other Media

[RESTRICTIONS: Originals are CLOSED to use. Staff must arrange for use copies to be made for research access. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Box 40

David Diamond (openly gay composer, 1914-2005), interview by Carlos Dews and Dan Griffin, 2000 July 8 (2 CD-Rs)

Helical scan video, unknown content, undated

Other Activities Series, 1991-2008 and undated

(2 boxes)

Box 41

Scholarlink Subseries, 1991-2004 and undated (2003-2004)

An online referral service founded by Sears, linking academics with the business community and other sectors. Materials include correspondence, focus group sessions, feedback, several versions of proposals and business plans, Powerpoint presentation, and other various printed materials. Electronic material has been separated and mounted to the library server; for access to this material, please consult with a reference archivist.

Box 42

Seabrook Island Community Subseries, 2006-2008

Drafts and research materials written and gathered by Sears, a resident of Seabrook Island (S.C.), for real estate columns in local newspapers: The Seabrooker, The Island Connection, The Island Eye News, and Ocean Tides. Issues addressed by Sears in these writings include the environment, land use, property zoning, and community organizing. Original complete issues of newspapers have been removed to Oversize Material.

Personal Files Series, 1973-2008 and undated

(4 boxes)

Houses biographical information on James T. Sears, early education materials, early writings, newspaper clippings, and an essay written in 2007 in which Sears reflects on his career and the field of curriculum studies. Arranged in chronological order within subseries.

[NOTE: Portions of this series are closed to use until five years after the donor's death.]

Biographical Subseries, 1974-2008 and undated

Box 43

1974-1983, Letters of recommendation

1991-1993 and undated, Newspaper clippings

1999-2002, Curriculum vitae,

2006, Grawemeyer Award

Fall 2007, Sears essay reminiscing about his career and the field of curriculum studies, published in American Educational Research Association Curriculum Studies Newsletter

2008, Curriculum vita

Education Subseries, 1970-1990 and undated

Box 43

1970-1980, Class notes (7 folders)

1973-1980, Sociology, classroom notes

Box 44

1975-1981, High school and college writings (2 folders)

1976, Ronald Reagan paper (2 folders)

1980, Analysis, strategies, proposals

1990, Prisms

Undated, Law

Boxes 45-46

Personal Files (CLOSED)

[Closed to use until five years after the donor's death.]

Photographs Series, 1800s-1989 and undated, bulk 1980s-1990s

(4 boxes)

Chiefly black and white photographic images used in Sears' publications on gay history, as well as a few publicity shots of Sears, and casual snapshots of Sears at lectures, conferences, and book tours. Most of the research material was used to illustrate Rebels, Rubyfruit and Rhinestones and Lonely Hunters. Files of materials considered for use in a publication are identified with the original titles consisting of names of individuals, groups, or locales; contents can include photographs, paper print-outs of images, other research material, clippings, permissions forms, and correspondence. Key communities represented in the research materials include Atlanta and New Orleans, though there are files on most Southern states. The various materials in the series cover the period from the late nineteenth century through the 1990s, with the bulk focusing on the 20th century. While the majority of images relate to urban issues, images of rural gay culture are also included; files on the Short Mountain Sanctuary and people associated with it (among them Milo [Guthrie] Pyne and Merril Mushroom) are notable in this regard. Also includes a set of 21 signed 8x10 black and white portraits of gay activists, writers, and artists by noted photographer Robert Giardi. Giardi's subjects in alphabetical order: Paula Gunn Allen, Gloria Anzaldua, Perry Brass, Forman Brown (pseudonym Richard Meeker), Allen Ginsburg, Essex Hemphill, Dolores Kaich, Joan Larkin, Audre Lorde, Joan Nestle, Manuel Ramos Otero, Pat Parker, Felice Picano-Amagansett, Venita Porter, John Preston, James Purdy, Assotto Saint, Barbara Smith, Kitty Tsui, Carolyn Weather, and Jenny Wrenn; there is also a group portrait of the managing editors of RFD (publication of the Radical Faeries) at Short Mountain Sanctuary, an intentional gay community in rural Tennessee. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Other photographs and images can also be found throughout the Sears Papers; additionally, hundreds of digital images related to this series and to other materials in the collection have been separated and mounted on a library server; please contact a reference archivist for access to these images.

Box 47

AIDS

Alabama

ALFA

ALFA/Atlanta

Atlanta

Blue

Bourbon

Bragg [Laura] (8 folders)

Carter, Logan

Catalogue photos sent

Chronicle newspaper for Hall [Gordon] (3 folders)

Clearwater, Marge (2 folders)

Copies of photo release forms

Crew [Louis]

Day [Greg] picture

Drag (3 folders)

Duke

Early 20th century women/vita (3 folders)

Faye, Frances (2 folders)

Feminist photos, 1920

Gallery

Generations

Box 48

Giardi, Robert photographs, 1986-1989

Box 47

Hall [Gordon Langley] (3 folders)

Inman, [Richard]

Jackson, Tony

Johns Committee (2 folders)

Jones, Elliott

Kepner, [Jim]

Lambe, Ron

Box 49

[Clarke,] Lige

Martin, Marcelina

March on Washington

Minstrel shows

Matlovich, [Leonard] (2 folders)

M[onteagudo], Jesse

Mushroom, Merril (3 folders)

New Orleans (2 folders)

Newspaper headers, 1950s-1960s harassment (2 folders)

Nichols, Jack (3 folders)

North Carolina

P, Miss (2 folders)

[Penelope,] Julia

"Pioneer" photos

Pre-1998

Pyne, Milo (4 folders)

RFD photos (misc)

Running Water/Lambe, Ron

Sears, James (5 folders)

Shaw, Clay

Short Mountain

Box 50

Simpson chapter

Sinister Wisdom/Feminary

South Carolina

Southeast conference

Tennessee

Texas (2 folders)

Turner, Herman David

Unidentified (2 folders)

University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill photo archive

[Wanstrom,] Rita (2 folders)

Wilson, Pete/Cubbs, Elizabeth

Zamora, Pedro

Professional Papers Series, 1984-2007 and undated

(26 boxes)

Research materials, correspondence, publicity, drafts and proofs, administrative and editorial files, and other items documenting James T. Sears' career as an educator and author. Arranged into subseries in the following categories: conferences and organizations; professional correspondence; engagements and publicity; publishing files; and teaching, the largest file group. Further descriptions of each subseries follow. For personal correspondence and other files, consult the Personal Files Series.

Conferences and Organizations Subseries, 1985-2005
(2 boxes)

Chiefly composed of files relating to conferences Sears attended or coordinated, and organizations in which he played an active role. There are references to other conferences, mostly on teaching and curriculum studies, that appear in the Research and Writings Series as part of the subseries for certain publications; in addition, there may be some conference-related materials in the Engagements and Publicity Subseries of this series. Prominently represented organizations and conferences include: American Educational Research Association (AERA); the AERA Lesbian and Gay Studies Special Interest Group (SIG); and Curriculum and Pedagogy. Arranged in alphabetical order by name of conference or organization.

Box 51

AERA -- Curriculum and Pedagogy (14 folders)

Box 52

Curriculum and Pedagogy -- South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride (SC Pride) (12 folders)

Professional Correspondence Subseries, 1994-2007
(2 boxes)

Exchanges between Sears and other authors and colleagues found separately from other materials in the collection. Large amounts of professional correspondence can be found throughout the writings and other publications files and in the records relating to Sears' academic positions.

Box 53

1994-2005 (37 folders)

Box 54

2005-2007 (14 folders)

Engagements and Publicity Subseries, 1991-2007 and undated
(5 boxes)

Files document the many speaking engagements and publicity related to Sears' publications, as well as other non-academic activities. There is a mix of folders with distinct names and folders that group materials by year, but in general the two categories are comprised as follows: engagements materials derive from events such as speeches, interviews, and readings, and include the texts of speeches, correspondence, clippings, brochures, other printed materials, and photographs; publicity materials contain correspondence, clippings, and printed material such as brochures and flyers regarding Sears' book-length works, primarily Lonely Hunters and Rebels, Rhinestones, and Rubyfruit. A number of reviews of Sears' work, primarily in the gay press, are also included. Correspondence in this series pertains to efforts by Sears and his publicists to secure speaking or reading engagements at bookstores and other venues in 1997 and 2001. Although a few items relating to Sears' published work on curriculum are included, his conference papers on that topic are located in the Conferences and Organizations Subseries above and his academic lectures in the Teaching Subseries below. Arranged in chronological order.

Box 55

1991-1994 (24 folders)

Box 56

1994-1998 (16 folders)

Box 57

1997-2001 (40 folders)

Box 58

2001-2007 (23 folders)

Box 59

2007 and undated (10 folders)

Publicity photographs, 1987-1991 and undated (48 items)

Publishing Files Subseries, 1997-2007
(1 box)

Small group of files containing royalty statements, contracts for Sears' writings, contracts and other materials for submissions to works or series edited by Sears, publishers' correspondence, and other documents related to the publishing process. Files in the Research and Writings Series hold other similar documentation, including correspondence with publishers and copies of contracts. Arranged in original order as received.

Box 59

1997-2007 (7 folders)

Teaching Subseries, 1984-2007 and undated
(17 boxes)

Arranged in the following groups: Brackenridge Internship in Teaching; Consulting; Department Files; and Closed Academic Files, which are closed to research until five years after the donor's death.

Brackenridge Internship in Teaching (BIT), 1984-1993 and undated

Files of correspondence, interviews, and other papers that document Sears' involvement with the Bridenthal Internship in Teaching program, now known as the Brackenridge (BIT). A six-year study on teacher recruitment based on the BIT program culminated in a publication edited by Sears and several others, When Best Doesn't Equal Good: Educational Reform and Teacher Recruitment. A Longitudinal Study (1994). Other materials on BIT are located in the Research and Writings Series, Other Publications Subseries, under that title. Arranged in order as received, roughly chronological.

Box 60

Correspondence, 1984-1986 and undated (1 folder)

Course Materials for BIT, 1984-1993

1984-1990

Box 61

1985-1993

Box 62

1984-1993

Interviews, 1984-1992

General files (30 folders)

Box 63

General files (3 folders)

Individuals (16 folders)

Box 64

Individuals (9 folders)

Journals and Papers, 1985-1992 (16 folders)

Consulting Work, 1988-2003

[CLOSED to research for 25 years from latest date.]

Materials gathered here derive from work Sears has done for various universities and organizations on issues related to gays and lesbians on campus. Most of these documents originated from Penn State University, and includes documentation on a proposed Center for Sexualities and the Professions in its School of Education. Files include correspondence, reports of task forces and committees at various universities, and a variety of printed material. Arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.

Box 65

EDLP 832--Penn State Forensic Study (24 folders)

Box 66

Penn State Outreach--University of South Carolina Campus Climate Survey (15 folders)

Course Materials, 1985-2004 and undated

Large group of files containing documentation on courses taught by Sears chiefly at the University of South Carolina and Penn State. Course topics include sexual identity, teaching and the creation of "sex ed" curricula, and political movements. Files include correspondence, syllabi, notes, lectures, comments and evaluations by students, proposals for courses or programs, and other files. One group of folders deals with a controversial course taught on the Religious Right. Also contains materials relating to Sears' teaching activities as a faculty member at the University of South Carolina and College of Charleston. Arranged in order received, roughly chronological.

Box 67-75

Courses, 1985-2004 and undated

Department Files, 1991-2004 and undated

Mainly correspondence and documents gathered by Sears through his participation at the University of South Carolina on various academic committees and working groups. Arranged in order as received.

Box 75

Files, 1991-2004 and undated (12 folders)

Box 76

Closed Academic Files, 1999-2007 and undated

Correspondence and other documents derived from Sear's work with various tenure committees and working groups. Arranged in order as received.

[CLOSED to research for 25 years from latest date.]

Research and Writings Series, 1941-2007 and undated, bulk 1975-2005

(176 boxes)

This largest series in the collection houses research materials, correspondence, publicity, drafts and proofs, administrative and editorial files, and other materials documenting James T. Sears' career as researcher, author, and editor. Organized into four subseries: Major Works, Other Publications, Research Files, and Writings by Others.

The largest subseries, Major Works, features files of correspondence, drafts and proofs, research materials, and other items related to the following major book-length works by Sears (presented in chronological order) on the history of homosexuality and gay identity in the South, and the history of the gay rights movement: Growing Up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit (1990); Lonely Hunters: an Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968 (1997); Rebels, Rhinestones, and Rubyfruit: Queering Space in the Stonewall South (2001); Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: the Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation (2006); and John and Edwin (2009), a volume on early gay history seen through the lens of a relationship between two men from the South. Lonely Hunters, Rebels, Rhinestones, and Rubyfruit, and Behind the Mask of the Mattachine were published as volumes in a series on gay history; another volume on homosexuality in the U.S. before 1950 was planned but is currently unpublished. Detailed descriptions follow below; titles are organized chronologically by date of publication.

The Other Publications Subseries chiefly consists of the following types of materials: files relating to essays and chapters contributed by Sears to book-length works; files deriving from his editorial work for books and journals, including the gay studies journal Empathy; and conference papers written by Sears, some of which may be unpublished. A number of the writings in this subseries relate to Sears' pioneering work on the development of a classroom curriculum for teaching sexuality and gender identity. In addition, this series houses files of book reviews written by Sears. Reviews of his own publications can be found in the Major Works Subseries, or in the Publicity Series. Subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by title.

The Research Files Subseries contains extensive files maintained by Sears on various topics relevant to his written work, including gay culture in the Southern U.S. (especially Florida, North Carolina, and Alabama), gays in the military, and sexuality in the Philippines; some material was unpublished while other material was utilized in published works. Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

The smallest and final subseries, Writings by Others, houses writings by other individuals which were either sent to Sears for review, or used by Sears in his research. These are arranged alphabetically by author last name.

Many of the writings and other related materials in this collection were received as electronic files. The contents of each disk have been migrated to a library server. Please consult a reference archivist for access to these and other electronic files.

Major Works Subseries, 1941-2007 and undated
(104 boxes)

Correspondence, research, contributor, and administrative files pertaining to major book-length works by Sears. Arranged chronologically by publication date; within, alphabetically or in original order as received.

Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit (1990), 1975-1992 and undated
(6 boxes)

Files organized into sections of correspondence, drafts and proofs, interviews, and research files. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically; drafts and proofs in order received. Interviews comprise three boxes: the first two contain complete interviews and interview notes, and are arranged by first name and case number as assigned by Sears. Research files include a set of folders (mostly but not all contiguous and marked "QSL") housing materials related to Sears' paper, "Attitudes, Experiences, and Feelings of Guidance Counselors in Working with Homosexual Students: A Report on the Quality of School Life for Southern Gay and Lesbian Students" (1988), which formed the basis for the book. The early research for this paper was in part supported by the Gay and Lesbian Advocacy Research Project (GLARP), whose name appears on many folders. The third box contains what seem to be aggregates of these interviews, and are arranged according to case number. Audio recordings on cassette are also available for many interviews; these are housed in the Audiovisual Series.

Box 77

Correspondence, 1987-1990
(8 folders)

Drafts and Proofs, 1988 and undated
(6 folders)

Interviews, 1986-1988

Box 78-79

Full transcripts

Box 80

Aggregate interviews

Box 81

Publicity, 1987-1992 and undated
(5 folders)

Research Files, 1985-1988 and undated

Box 81-82

American Educational Research Association paper, 1988

Book references, undated

Chapter 13 (?), undated

"Coping Behaviors" (American Educational Research Association), 1988

Counselor surveys, undated

"Curriculum Theory" conference paper, 1987

Debutante Ball, Raleigh, North Carolina; clippings, 1975 and 1987-1988

"Developing a Sense of Difference, " 1987

Draft: "Feelings and Attitudes of Educators Toward Homosexuality and Homosexual Students, " undated

Gay book appendices: research instruments (?), undated

Growing up Gay in the South appendix, 1985

Miscellaneous references and chapter quotes (?), undated

Notes, undated

Originals, educators' questions, undated

Pre-service teachers' knowledge, attitudes about homosexuality, undated

Professional interview questions, undated

"Quality of School Life for Gay and Lesbian Adolescents" proposals and papers, 1986-1989 and undated (10 folders)

References for gay quality of school life paper, undated

Thomas from the rebels, undated

South Carolina guidance counselor questions, 1987

South Carolina history, undated

Summary of 36 rebel cases, undated

Organization of the original 36 rebels, undated

Lonely Hunters: an Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968 (1997), 1954-1998 and undated
(10 boxes)

Also referred to in earlier material as "Generations," this volume was published as the first in a series on history of homosexuality and gay movements in the U.S. Contains groups of drafts and proofs, publicity, and research files. Drafts and proofs are arranged in the order in which they were received. Several files of proofs or drafts include the 1995 prospectus, correspondence with Sears' colleagues and proofreaders, including Kepner's foreword, an interview with Barbara Gittings (Daughters of Bilitis founder) for the afterword, Gordon Hall (Dawn Langley Simmons), and Jack Nichols. Publicity files are arranged alphabetically, and include book reviews, awards, book tour schedules, promotional statements, and a video. Research files, arranged alphabetically, include chapter and interview notes, early research materials about gender, early homosexuality cases, and gay identity, as well as correspondence and research materials relating to book subjects Jack Nichols, Dawn Langley Simmons, and Sue Sponnoble. The last three boxes of research files pertain to an inquiry into homosexuality at the University of Florida in the late fifties; they contain depositions, statements, and court documents pertaining to the Johns Committee proceedings; these documents are arranged in order as received.

Box 83

Correspondence, 1995-1997
(2 folders)

Box 83-86

Drafts and Proofs, 1995-1997
(25 folders)

Box 86-87

Publicity, 1997-1998
(24 folders)

Research Files, 1954-1996 and undated

Box 87

Braggman's interview notes, 1994

Civil Rights chapter, 1996

Ed Wall scandal: clippings, 1956

"Growing up as a Jewish Lesbian," 1997-1998 (Chapter in Generations of Youth..., 1998; became a chapter in Lonely Hunters)

Hall, Gordon Langley: clippings, 1963, 1989, and 1993

Hall material from Perkins Library, 1963-1972

Miami juvenile delinquency hearing, 1954-1955

Nichols, Jack: notes for memoirs, 1995-1996

Nichols, Jack: correspondence with Sears, and early materials (correspondence, writings, and clippings), 1963-1996 and undated

Notes, undated

Pages from "Dialectics" chapter; writings by Lige Clark and Jack Nichols, 1996

Penelope, Julia, 1996

Box 88

Related fifties articles , 1959-1964, 1989

Chiefly reprints of early gay magazines Janus and One, but also reading lists of gay sci-fi and list of gay pulp fiction at Special Collections Library, Duke.

Research aids from Special Collections Library, Duke University (subject bibliographies, primary source lists), 1995-1996

Simmons, Dawn Langley: correspondence and clippings (contains photographic material), 1995-1996

Sponnoble correspondence and notes, 1995-1996

Box 89-92

Johns Committee files [University of Florida legal case], 1957-1966 and undated

[Box 91 contains photographic materials.]

Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South (2001), 1950s-2005 and undated
(56 boxes)

Arranged into the following subseries: Administrative Files, Correspondence, Drafts and Proofs, Publicity, and Research Files. These divisions and their internal arrangement are further described below. The largest group, the research files (36 boxes), documents Sears' work on the book through correspondence, clippings and articles files, interviews, memoirs, oral histories, regional material from southern states, files on activist groups, memorabilia, and other material. The research files also house a set of diaries written by a gay youth from 1973-1993, and a large component of materials, chiefly correspondence, written by Jack Nichols and Lige Clarke. Other material on Nichols can be found in the Jack Nichols Papers Series.

Administrative Files, 1994-2005
(3 folders)

Box 93

Consent forms, 1996-2005 (2 folders)

Duke University consent forms, 1994-2000

Correspondence, 1994-2001
(5 boxes)

Consists of correspondence between Sears and various contacts related to the project. Organized in two sections: alphabetical order by recipient, and editorial and location-specific correspondence. The second section is arranged in order as received.

Box 93

A-C (26 folders)

Box 94

C-J (30 folders)

Box 95

J-N (26 folders)

Box 96

N-W (39 folders)

Box 97

W-Z (10 folders)

Editorial, 2000

Promotional blurbs, 2000-2001

Rutgers, 1997-2000 (2 folders)

Photo contacts, 1999-2000

City contacts (18 folders)

Box 98-102

Drafts and Proofs, 1998-2001
(5 boxes)

[Diskettes removed from folders in Boxes 98 and 99; contents have been migrated to library server.]

Box 102

Publicity, 2000-2001
(3 folders)

Includes correspondence, flyers, and travel plans for publicity tours as well as press reviews of the book.

Research Files, 1950s-2001
(46 boxes)

Contains a large amount of research materials pertaining to the writing of Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones, including correspondence between third parties, clippings, gay newspaper issues, chapters of books consulted by Sears, flyers, programs, newsletters, diaries, oral histories, promotional materials, minutes, and memorabilia. The subseries is organized into rough subject areas with titles originally assigned by Sears, with individual folders left largely in the original order as received. These subject areas are organized alphabetically within the subseries and their contents are further described below. Many of the folders carry state names, and contain research materials gathered by Sears in the southern U.S. Extensive additional materials on Jack Nichols and Lige Clarke can be found in the Jack Nichols Papers Series in this collection.

Box 103

1970s Articles (14 folders)

Principally popular and academic articles and book chapters by others, providing a general background on social issues of the 1970s.

Box 104

1970s articles (11 folders)

Other 1970s material

1980s (11 folders)

A mixture of material including bibliographies, newspaper articles, and a large group of individually foldered flyers, pamphlets, catalogues, and other material from gay and lesbian organizations from the 1980s.

Box 105

1980s (5 folders)

1980s organization material (49 folders)

Box 106

1980s organization material (69 folders)

Activist groups, 1960s-1980s (4 folders)

Material related to various political and social activist groups active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Includes newspapers, newsletters, flyers, posters, correspondence, and other materials. Subjects include the Student Southern Organizing Committee, the North American Bioregional Conference, the People's Party, the North American Congress of Homophile Organizations, the Gay Rights Lobby, the National Gay Task Force, and the Gay Sex Alliance.

Box 107

Activist groups (13 folders)

Box 108

Activist groups (6 folders)

AIDS and other medical materials, 1970s-1980s (10 folders)

Mostly newspaper and magazine articles about the AIDS epidemic, but also includes material on sexually transmitted diseases and materials from the Gay Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association.

Box 109

Timothy Bass diaries, 1977-1993 (8 folders)

Box 110

Biker clubs, 1972-1980, undated (3 folders)

Logan Carter, 1970s-1980s, and undated (6 folders)

Documents from the life of Logan Carter/Roxanne Russell. Includes newspaper articles, diaries, book manuscripts, and correspence with Jack Nichols.

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols correspondence, 1967 (3 folders)

Box 111

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols correspondence, 1967-1968

Box 112

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols correspondence, 1968-1988, and undated (11 folders)

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols articles, circa 1974

Box 113

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols articles, 1969-1973 (3 folders)

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols - Nichols writings about Clarke, 1970, 1975, 1998, and undated (3 folders)

Drag Queens, 1970s-1996 and undated (10 folders)

[Original copies of audiocassettes closed to use. Technical Services staff must arrange to have use copy made on request. Please contact Research Services staff before coming to use the collection.]

Florida, 1970s-1980s (5 folders)

Newspaper articles, biographical documents, FBI reports, legal documents, and other material from Florida. Topics include Jack Campbell's campaign for Miami Commissioner, the Miami equal treatment ordinance, and the Anita Bryant affair.

Box 114

Florida, 1970s-1980s (16 folders)

Box 115

Florida, 1977-1980, 1997 (2 folders)

Georgia, 1970s-1997 (20 folders)

Includes material on Atlanta gay organizations and the Supreme Court's 1985 Bowers v. Hardwick sodomy case.

Box 116

Georgia - ALFA, 1972-1991 (2 folders)

Kentucky, 1950s-1990s (26 folders)

Covers activities at the University of Kentucky and in Louisville, as well as the Sam Dorr case from 1982.

Box 117-119

Peter Lee, correspondence and datebooks, 1950s-2000

Box 120-121

Lesbians, 1969-1996

Contains chiefly print material about lesbian and feminist figures, organizations, and issues, in the form of book chapters, biographical entries, newspaper articles, flyers, and pamphlets.

Box 122-123

Louisiana, 1971-1982

Includes material on Gertrude Stein Society and the study "Hidden People."

Box 124

Mississippi, 1969-1990s

Includes articles about the 1983 gubernatorial election; letters, publications, minutes, and other material from the Mississippi Gay Allliance; and letters between "Eddie's Boys."

Box 125

Mississippi, 1969-1990s (14 folders)

Includes "Eddie's Boys" material.

Nichols, Jack, 1970s-1991 (2 folders)

Contains newspaper and magazine articles, manuscripts, speeches, interviews, correspondence, clippings, and other material created by Jack Nichols. See also the Jack Nichols Papers Series in this collection for extensive materials on Nichols and Lige Clark.

Box 126-128

Jack Nichols material, 1960s-2003 and undated

Contains many folders of correspondence (1990s-2003), newspaper and magazine articles, manuscripts, speeches, interviews, clippings, and other materials by and about Jack Nichols.

Box 129

Jack Nichols, undated (4 folders)

Jack Nichols correspondence A-L, 1993-2003 (8 folders)

Box 130

Jack Nichols correspondence M-Z, 1988-2003 (9 folders)

North Carolina, 1950s-1990s (8 folders)

Mostly information and material on the history of gay groups in various North Carolina cities, as well as a large number of newspapers from the 1970s.

Box 130

North Carolina, 1950s-1990s (11 folders)

Chiefly information and material on the history of gay groups in various North Carolina cities, as well as a large number of newspapers from the 1970s.

Box 131

North Carolina, 1969-2002 (31 folders)

Box 132

North Carolina, 1969-1985 (7 folders)

North Carolina - The Protean, circa 1970

Box 133-135

Religion

Box 136-137

Short Mountain (Tennessee), 1974-1995 and undated

Minutes, correspondence, deeds, flyers, maps, notebooks, and other materials from the Short Mountain Sanctuary in Tennessee, an intentional community for gay men.

Short Mountain correspondence, 1980-1983 (2 folders)

Box 138-139

Short Mountain correspondence, 1980-1983 and undated

Box 140

South Carolina, 1969-1998 (22 folders)

Chiefly material relating to South Carolina University in Columbia, SC, including letters, minutes, flyers, and newsletters of the Lambda Alliance.

Box 141

Tennessee, 1969-1991, and undated (23 folders)

Additional material about Tennessee, unrelated to Short Mountain, focusing on Memphis and various political campaigns.

Box 142-144

Texas, 1967-1991 and undated

Box 144

Virginia, 1977-1978 (3 folders)

Box 145-146

Virginia,1968-1984

[Contains microfilm titled Richmond gay history documents; may need to be reformatted before use. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

[Contains diskettes that need to be migrated before use. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this collection.]

Box 146-147

Uncategorized material, 1960s-1980s, and undated (2 boxes)

Research material of broad application. Topics include racism within the gay community; hate crimes and homophobia. Includes miscellaneous notes, publications, newspaper clippings, and other items.

Box 148

Memorabilia, undated

Bumper stickers, two t-shirts, a rainbow streamer, and two small boxes of pins and buttons.

Transcripts, 1978, 1996, and undated
(1 box)

Transcripts of interviews conducted by Sears and others, related to the book Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones. Folders sorted in alphabetical order by interview subject's name.

Box 149

Interview transcripts, 1978, 1996, and undated (26 folders)

Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation (2006), 1918-2006 and undated, bulk 1950s-2006
(24 boxes)

Correspondence, writings, interview transcripts, administrative files, minutes, diaries, memoirs, printed materials, relating to the life of Hal Call, prominent member of the early gay rights movement, the history of the Mattachine Society with which Call was engaged, and the writing of Sears' book Behind the Mask of the Mattachine. Arranged in the following series: Administrative, Financial, and Legal Files; Hal Call Papers; Correspondence; Diaries, Memoirs, Yearbooks; Drafts; Interview Transcripts; Photographic Material; and Printed Material. The bulk of the personal papers of Hal Call date from the early 1940s to the 1970s and include correspondence, writings, diaries, and printed matter related to the early years of the gay liberation movement. See descriptions below for more detail on each group of materials.

Administrative, Financial, and Legal Files (Mattachine Society), 1953-1974 and undated

A variety of materials that document the organization, meetings, conventions and various financial and legal activities of the Mattachine Society. Files are divided into alphabetical and chronological runs of folders. The alphabetical folders reflect a broad range of topics, including all of the following: balance sheets and other budget activities; chapters of the Society in various cities; FBI files; related groups such as One, Inc. and Pan-Graphic Press; and the work of various committees, especially the Publications Committee. The chronological run of folders consists almost entirely of minutes, agendas, and related documents from meetings and conventions. This group of folders contains a mix of documents that were produced by individual chapters as well as national conventions of the Society, w/some individual folders containing items from multiple sources; all are interfiled chronologically.

Box 150

Alphabetical: Adonis--Speeches, 1953-1974 and undated (29 folders)

Box 151

Chronological: Meetings, Conventions, Minutes, and Related Documents

1951-1960 and undated (13 folders)

Box 152

1954-1960 and undated (15 folders)

Box 153

1960-1964 and undated (8 folders)

Hal Call Papers, 1918-2000 and undated, bulk 1950s-2000

Box 153

Correspondence, index to 1946-1950

Correspondence, 1941-1972 (10 folders)

[Some items removed to Hal Call Papers, Oversize Materials.]

Box 154

Correspondence, 1950-2000 and undated (13 folders)

Diaries and yearbooks, 1940s, 1967-1998

Consists of thirty years of Hal Call's yearbooks and appointment books in forty-five volumes, plus an undated World War II era notebook. Items contain a mix of appointments, lists of contacts, and brief day-to-day record-keeping for various financial transactions of the Mattachine Society.

Box 155

1940s, 1967-1980 (17 volumes)

Box 156

1981-1990 (14 volumes)

Box 157

1991-1998 (15 volumes)

Box 158

Interviews (transcripts) of Hal Call by various interviewers, 1980-2000 (10 folders)

Photographic material, 1918-1996 and undated

[Processing note: Photographs and slides relating to Hal Call are filed in the box for all photographic materials in this subseries.]

Printed material, 1926-1999 and undated (11 folders)

Box 159

Oversize Materials

Hal Call correspondence, 1945-1948 (5 items)

Hal Call Papers printed materials, newspapers and clippings, 1931-1964 and undated (7 folders)

Correspondence, 1933-2006 and undated

A mix of individual and organizational correspondence relating to the history of gay rights, the history of the Mattachine Society and its various chapters, and to Sears's research for his book. Individuals prominently represented, mainly in the early years, include Henry Gerber, Frank McCourt, and Manuel boyFrank. Organizational correspondence, heavily concentrated in the 1950s and early 1960s, includes: material about the early history of the Mattachine in San Francisco; some material from the New York chapter; and correspondence with other organizations such as ONE, Inc. and the Atheneum Society of American, Inc., the Florida activist group founded by Richard Inman. Finally, Sears's research correspondence, including some email, is filed at the end of this file set. Arranged chronogically.

Box 160

Henry Gerber, Frank McCourt, Manuel boyFrank, and early Mattachine materials, 1933-1979 and undated (11 folders)

Box 161

Mattachine materials from San Francisco and New York, 1950-1991 and undated (42 folders)

Box 162

Mattachine materials from San Francisco and New York; ONE, Inc., 1957-1975 and undated (29 folders)

Box 163

Mattachine materials; Richard Inman and Atheneum Society; James Sears correspondence and email, 1961-2006 and undated (28 folders)

Diaries, Memoirs, Yearbooks, 1968-1994

Contains a variety of autobiographical documents for Jim Kepner and Prescott Townsend. Although the Kepner folders, as received, are labeled as diaries, they actually appear to be a typescript memoir written in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Arranged by author, then chronologically.

Box 164

Kepner, Jim, diary, "My First 66 Years of Gay Liberation," 1968-1990 (11 folders, typescript)

Townsend, Prescott, "Queer for Justice: an autobiographical memoir," (by Adrian Cathcart), 1994

Drafts, 1919-2005 and undated, bulk 1999-2005

Consists mainly of multiple drafts in typescript of various chapters of Behind the Mask of the Mattachine. At the beginning of these is a folder for Sears's 1999 proposal for the book, originally to be known as "Calling Shots" . At the end of the group are several folders of visual materials for the book, including photographs, clippings, and other printed materials. Since these items were numbered and thus possibly keyed to one or more drafts of the book, they were left in the current folder group rather than separated by format. Filed chronologically to the extent possible, but folder contents vary: most contain multiple drafts of a single chapter, but others contain a single draft of multiple chapters.

Box 165

Proposal, 1999

Drafts and introductions, 2001 June-2002 July

Chapters 1-10, various drafts, 2001 Aug.-2002 Jul. (12 folders)

Box 166

Chapters 11-28, various drafts, 2001 Dec.-2002 Sept. (16 folders)

Box 167

Chapters 1-36, various drafts, 2002 July-2004 Oct. (12 folders)

Box 168

Chapters 14-40, various drafts, 2004 May-2005 Aug. (6 folders)

Visual materials for book, numbered 1-11, 21-50, 1919-1965 and undated (8 folders)

Interview Transcripts, 1962-2005 and undated

Contains transcripts of interviews with over forty individuals that Sears conducted or gathered as part of his research for Behind the Mask of the Mattachine. Interviews conducted by Sears took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s, while those by other researchers took place as much as thirty years earlier up through the 1990s; other interviewers include Paul Cain, Martin Meeker, and Frank Prager. For most transcripts there are release forms signed by the interviewees; these are usually filed at the front of the folder containing the transcripts, but others were also left as received, in a separate folder at the beginning of the folder group. In addition to transcripts and release forms, folders also contain associated correspondence and e-mail between Sears, other researchers, and the interviewees; printed material; research notes; and a few photographs. Some folders contain only these supporting materials and no transcripts; they often appear to be preparatory work for interviews that did not take place. Interviews are mainly concerned with the Mattachine Society in San Francisco in the 1950s-1970s, but also cover chapters in other cities. Interviewees prominently cited in the book include: Martin Block, Ken Burns, Frank Kameny, Jim Kepner, Hal Lawson, Dorr Legg, Don Lucas, Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin, Jack Nichols, and Randy Wicker. Transcripts for several interviews with Hal Call are all housed in the Hal Call folder group in this subseries. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 169

Interview release forms, Barker-Wicker, 2001-2004

Transcripts, Anchor-Littlejohn, 1962-2005 and undated (26 folders)

Box 170

Transcripts, Lucas-Wicker, 1956-2004 and undated (20 folders)

Photographic Materials, 1918-2000 and undated

Contains 187 black-and-white prints, 25 color prints, 44 negatives, and circa 150 slides documenting three topics: the life of Hal Call; materials which may have been assembled by Call relating to an unidentified project on the history of gay erotica; and the early history of the Mattachine Society. The bulk of the materials relate to Hal Call and document his childhood, family, military service in World War II, work history, and include a variety of professional portraits and personal snapshots taken at different periods of his life. Separated by format, then arranged alphabetically by topic.

Box 171

Hal Call--prints, slides, and negatives, 1918-2000 and undated (5 folders and 1 box of slides)

History of gay erotica--prints, slides, and negatives, circa 1960s-1970s and undated (3 folders)

Mattachine Society history--prints and slides, 1947 and undated (2 folders)

Printed Material, 1953-2006 and undated

A variety of clippings, flyers, legal case histories, newsletters, photocopied articles, research about the history of erotica, and other printed materials. Consists mainly of documents generated by or about various chapters of the Mattachine Society in the 1960s and 1970s, but also includes research that Sears gathered in preparing his book. Newsletters from Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco form the largest category, comprising about a third of the materials gathered here. The Randy Wicker folders contain materials by and about Wicker. Arranged alphabetically, with folder titles derived from topical subjects, publication titles, and people's names.

Box 172

Black Cat--Gerber/Hart Library (22 folders)

Box 173

Gerber/Hart Library--Newsletters, Denver (23 folders)

Box 174

Newsletters, Denver-- "The Rejected" (23 folders)

Box 175

Reprints--Vanguard (15 folders)

Box 176

Wicker, Randy--Womack School (12 folders)

[Some items removed to Digital Materials Series.]

John and Edwin (projected publication 2009), 1919-2008 and undated, bulk 1937-1959
(5 boxes)

Files contain research materials and correspondence relating to a book chronicling a 40-year relationship between John Ziegler and Edwin Peacock, both of Charleston, S.C. Both men also served in the military during World War II. Includes photocopies of original correspondence (1941-1959) and a set of diaries (1937-1940) used in the 1993 book The Diary of Jeb and Dash, published by Farber and Farber. (The original full set of correspondence is held in the John Zeigler Papers at Duke.) Also includes oral interviews with John Ziegler conducted by Sears; research notes; printed materials on gay life in Charleston; materials related to southern women writers, including Carson McCullers, Edwin Peacock's longtime friend; photographs; and drafts and proofs. Audiovisual materials and electronic diskettes have been separated into the format-appropriate series. The personal papers of Edwin Peacock and John Zeigler are also held by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke.

[Electronic files have been migrated to a library server. Please consult a reference archivist for access to these and other electronic files in this collection.]

Box 177

Main Correspondence Files, 1941-2007
(13 folders)

John Ziegler Correspondence, 1941-1959

Box 177

1941-1944

Box 178

1944-1945

Box 179

1945-1959

"Jeb's" Diaries, 1937-1940
(5 folders)

Box 179

Diaries, 1937-1940

Drafts and Proofs, 2007-2008
(5 folders)

Box 180

Files, 2007-2008

Research Files, 1919-1996 and undated

Box 181

Allen, Henry, 1919

Notes, undated

McCullers, et al., 1996

[Contains photographic materials and 2 CD-Rs. Please contact a reference archivist for access to the electronic materials.]

[Diskettes removed.]

Play based on "Jeb and Dash" , undated

John's poetry and writings, undated

Photographs, 1954-1995

The Shako (Citadel newspaper) and Foothills, 1931-1940

1930-40 South, 1998

Ninety-Nines, undated

St. Cecilia Society, undated

Murray, Pauli, 1938-1940

McCullers, undated

Candlestick Murder, Charleston, 1958

Walking Charleston, 2001

Printed material, 1997-2004

Southern Women, undated

Crompton, Louis, "Homosexuals and the Death Penalty in Colonial America, " 1976

Charleston Red Light District, undated

Wilde's visit to the south, undated

Pre-20th century material, undated

Notes on Southern women writers, undated

Stein, Gertrude, visit to Charleston, 1981-1984

The Shako (Citadel newspaper), 1934-1935

[Removed to Oversize Materials]

Other Publications Subseries, 1984-2007

Includes works edited by Sears, sometimes with other individuals; writings contributed by Sears to book-length works by others; many articles appearing in a variety of academic journals; and nine folders of book reviews. Includes Sears' 1984 doctoral dissertation on teacher education programs. Arranged in alphabetical order by title or topic of work; within, typically divided into subgroupings, including administrative files, correspondence, drafts and proofs, publicity, and research files, or, in some cases, arranged in some other original order as received. Many of these writings are also present in the form of electronic files.

[Electronic files have been migrated to a library server. Please consult a reference archivist for access to these and other electronic files in this collection.]

Box 182

Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context, edited by Vern Bullough (2003), 1994-2003

Chapters on activists Bob Basker, Hal Call, and Jack Nichols.

"Beyond Zero Tolerance: Four Approaches to Integrating Lesbian/Gay Issues into Multicultural Education," 1995

Article for AACTE book (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education).

Book reviews by James Sears, 1991-2002
(9 folders)

"Centering Culture: Teaching for Critical Sexual Literacy Using the Sexual Diversity Wheel" (1997), in Journal of Moral Culture, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1995-1997
(2 folders)

Columns by Sears, 1992-2001 and undated
(3 folders)

Box 183

A Critical Ethnography of Teacher Education Programs at Indiana University (1984)
(4 folders)

Sears' doctoral thesis.

Crossing Borders/Expanding Boundaries: Teaching, Thinking, and Theorizing About Sexualities Education, 1995

"Cultural Wars in a Southern Town: Race and the Hidden Narrative of the Master," (2000) in Journal of Educational Policy, 2000

Curriculum, Cultures, and [Homo]Sexualities (1998), 1997-2003
(2 boxes)

Series edited by Sears. Arranged in two groups, Correspondence and Editorial Files, then alphabetically within each group.

Box 183

Correspondence, 1998-2002
(9 folders)

Box 184

Editorial Files, 1997-2003
(11 folders)

Box 185

Editorial Files, 1997-2003
(2 folders)

Curriculum, Religion, and Public Education: Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square (1998), 1993-1999 and undated
(3 boxes)

Edited by Sears with assistance from James C. Carper. Originated from controversy surrounding Sears' course on Christian fundamentalism and education (see other materials on this topic in the Teaching Series). Arranged in four groupings: Correspondence, Dialogues, Editorial Files, and Publicity. Correspondence includes letters written between Sears and chapter authors, and Sears and his publishers at Teachers College Press. Dialogues contain several printed round table discussions pertaining to chapters in this publication. Editorial files also contain correspondence with chapter authors and Teachers College Press, as well as chapters written by a select group of contributors. All files arranged alphabetically.

Box 185

Correspondence, 1993-1996

Brantley, Paul, 1996

Contacts, 1993-1994

McLaren, Peter, 1996

Provine, W., 1994-1995

Public Agenda correspondence and evaluation, 1994

Teachers College Press: correspondence and contracts, undated

Dialogues, 1994-1996

Conversationalists: Public Square, 1996

Dinner dialogue: "Textbooks, " 1996

End of book conversations drafts, 1996-1997 and undated (7 folders)

"Outcomes-Based Education, " 1995

"Teaching About Human Origins " draft, 1995

"Teaching About Human Sexuality, " 1995

"Values, " 1996

Box 186

Editorial Files, 1994-1997
(23 folders)

Box 187

Editorial Files, 1994-1997
(10 folders)

Publicity, 1997-1999
(4 folders)

Curriculum Work as Public Moral Enterprise (2003), 2001-2003

Co-edited by James Sears and Rubin Gaztambibe-Fernandez. Contains correspondence and drafts and proofs.

Box 188

Correspondence, 2001-2003
(6 folders)

Drafts and Proofs, 2002-2003
(9 folders)

A Dangerous Knowing: Sexuality, Pedagogy and Popular Culture (1999), 1995-1999
(2 boxes)

Contains correspondence, editorial files, and administrative files. Correspondence includes letters to publishers, authors, and Debbie Epstein, Sears' co-editor. Editorial files also include correspondence with authors, as well as proofs and layouts. All files organized alphabetically.

Box 189

Correspondence, 1996-1998

Cassell Academic, 1998

Early correspondence, 1995

Epstein, Debbie, 1996-1997

Johnson, Richard, 1996

Kruger, Andrew, 1996

Rejections, 1996

Salazar, Philippe-Joseph, 1996

Steinberg, Deborah, 1996

Wakefield, Nina, 1996

Weeks, Jeff, 1996

Editorial Files, 1995-1999

Altman, Dennis, 1996-1997

Beckett, Lori, 1997

Burgess, Ian, 1995

Connell, R. W., 1996-1997

Crowley, Vicki, 1996-1997

Crowther, Barbara, 1996-1997

Dupuis, Martin, 1996

Fine, Michelle, 1996-1997

Original articles and chapters, 1998 (2 folders)

Pallotta-Chianolli, Maria, 1996-1997

Plante, Rebecca, 1996-1997

Quinlivan, Kathleen, and Shane Town, 1997

Sears, James, 1998

Smyth, Lisa, 1997

Thew, Neill, 1996

Whatley, Marianne, 1995-1996

Box 190

Proofs, 1999 (2 folders)

Administrative Files, 1996
(3 folders)

Democratic Curriculum Theory and Practice: Retrieving Public Spaces, 2000-2001
(2 boxes)

Publication of proceedings from the First Annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference in Austin, Texas, October 2000, edited by Sears and Kris Sloan and published in 2001.

Box 190

Conference files
(2 folders)

Correspondence
(3 folders)

Editorial files
(4 folders)

Box 191

Editorial files
(12 folders)

"Developing a Sense of Difference Among Gay and Lesbian Children in the Deep South: The Difference Between Being Queer and Being Different" (1987), 1987

Draft of paper presented at the Curriculum Theory Conference, Dayton, Ohio, 1987 Oct. 28-Nov. 1.

Dictionary of Multicultural Education (1997), 1995-1996

Two entries written by Sears on gay and lesbian studies and on homophobia and heterosexism.

Empathy, 1988-1995 and undated
(9 boxes)

Contains files related to Sears' activities and responsibilities as editor of this journal for gay and lesbian studies and homophobia in education. Arranged into four groupings: Correspondence, Drafts and Proofs, Submissions, and Administrative Files. Correspondence files contain exchanges between Sears and publishers or authors. The Drafts and Proofs grouping also includes some correspondence. Submissions files include rejections, acceptances, and letters of intent to publish. A wide range of clippings, calls for papers, publicity, and assorted resource files are found in the Administrative grouping. Drafts and proofs are arranged in order received; all other sections are arranged alphabetically.

Box 191

Correspondence, 1988-1994
(8 folders)

Box 192

Correspondence, 1988-1994
(16 folders)

Drafts and Proofs, 1988-1994
(9 folders)

Box 192-198

Submissions, 1988-1994
(7 boxes)

Administrative Files, 1989-1994 and undated
(37 folders)

Box 198

Advertisements, 1990

Annotations, 1989

Assorted resources and printed material, 1990

Blank copyright forms, undated

Blumenfeld, W. [no essay attached], 1993

Call for papers, 1993

Clippings, press releases, and printed material, 1990-1992

Completed [Edition?], vol. 1 no. 2, 1989

Dali, 1990

Denny, Ian, Curtis, 1994

Fraken, D., "Out of the Darkness" (article reprint), 1991

Galtz, L. (clipping), 1993

Gwenwald photos, 1992

Hardisty, J., "Constructing Homophobia" (article reprint), 1992

Hochberg (article reprint), 1992

June flyer, undated

Kramer, S., "Fanning the Vision" (article reprint), 1990

Layout, vol. 2 no. 1, 1989-1990

Mailing list, vol. 2 no. 1, 1990

Manasse photos, 1992

North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), 1991

Newsletter bid, 1990

Pennington, S. (article reprint), 1995

"The Point;" event lists; financial requirements, 1992

Press releases, 1990

Box 199

Promotional statements, 1990

Promotional statements (copies), 1990

Quatrefoil library, 1991

Reprints, "The Ex-Gay Movement," 1990 April

Requests by others, 1989

Resource section, undated

Ron [Orterew?] photos, undated

Sidebars, undated

Stroud, I., "The Wilderness Generation" (article reprint), 1992

Tjabbes, "Lesbians in Eastern Europe" (pamphlet), 1990

Vaughan [no submission attached], 1990

"From Margin to Center: On the 'Other' Side of the Curriculum Renaissance" (2003), in Curriculum Inquiry, Issue 4, Vol. 33, 1998-2002 and undated

A review essay by Sears of five works on curriculum development, with photocopies of the works included.

"A Generational and Theoretical Analysis of Culture and Male (Homo)Sexuality" (1998), 1997-1998 and undated
(2 folders)

"Generational Influences on Contemporary Curriculum Thought" (2000), Sears and J. Dan Marshall, in Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 32 No. 2, 1999-2000

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship and Sexuality Through History, Volume 6: the Modern World (2008), ed. Sears, 2005-2007
(2 boxes)

Edited by Sears; hard bound copy has been transferred to the library's general collections and can be located through the Duke Library's online catalog.

[Electronic files have been migrated to a library server. Please consult a reference archivist for access to these and other electronic files in this collection.]

Box 199

Correspondence, 2005-2007
(43 folders)

Box 200

Correspondence, 2005-2007
(41 folders)

Drafts and Proofs

Introduction

Copyedited Manuscript, 2007 (4 folders)

Research Files, 2007

Greenwood Press catalog

Box 201

Growing Older: LGBT's in the New Millenium (2008), 2006-2007

Files of contributor correspondence and publication agreements, and one folder of publisher correspondence, for double issue of Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Studies published while Sears was editor. Hard-copy drafts of articles are not included, but electronic files of drafts have been mounted to the library server - please contact a research archivist for assistance in accessing these drafts. Arranged in original order as received.

Handbooks for Teachers and Parents (2005-2007), 2004-2005 2004-2005

Series edited by Sears for Greenwood Publishing Group. Includes the following titles: Including Children with Special Needs (2005), Holding Schools Accountable (2006), and Bullying (2007). Chiefly correspondence and administrative files. Organized as received.

Homophobic Bullying (2008), 2005-2007

Contributor files of correspondence and publication agreements for double issue of Journal of Lesbian Gay and Bisexual and Transgender Social Work, published while Sears was editor. Drafts of articles are often included, and electronic files of most drafts have been mounted to the library server; please contact a research archivist for assistance in accessing electronic files. Arranged in original order as received.

"Institutional Climate" (1994), in Journal of Homosexuality
(3 boxes)

Box 202

Drafts and Proofs
(2 folders)

Box 202-204

Research Files

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education (JGLIE), 2001-2005
(8 boxes)

Editorial files assembled by Sears during his tenure as editor for Volumes 4 and 5 (2006-2007). Contributor files found in the Publication Files grouping represent accepted manuscripts only. Beginning with Volume 5, the journal was renamed Journal of LGBT Youth, and published by Taylor and Francis.

Box 205

Correspondence

Box 206

Editorial Files

Box 207-212

Publication Files

Box 213

"Laura Bragg and her 'Bright Young Things...'" with Louise Allen, in Renaissance in Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900-1940 (2003), 1997-2002 and undated
(7 folders)

Set of folders relating to an essay on Laura Bragg, a Charleston resident, museum director, library founder, and social progressive, entitled "Museums, Friends and Lovers in the New South: Laura's Web, 1909-1931," (2000) with Louise Allen. The essay later became a chapter in the 2003 publication.

Miscellaneous writings by Sears, 1970s-1995 and undated

Fragments and full drafts of various articles, essays, and memoirs, mainly untitled.

"Out of Harmony on the Cherokee Boundary: Clinics, Culture and the Sex Ed Curriculum " (2002), in Sex Education, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2001-2002

Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies that Work (1997), 1994-1998
(3 boxes)

Edited by Sears and Walter L. Williams. Arranged into three groups: Correspondence, Editorial Files, and Administrative Files. Correspondence files include letters written by Sears and contributors, and exchanges with the Columbia University Press. Chapters and topics edited by Sears and incorporated into his publication are found in the Editorial Files group; these folders are arranged by author's last name. Administrative files are routine in nature. All files are arranged alphabetically.

Box 214

Correspondence, 1994-1997
(5 folders)

Box 214-215

Editorial Files, 1994-1995
(36 folders)

Box 216

Administrative Files, 1994-1998
(5 folders)

Pedagogical Currents (1999), 1999

Series published by Educator's International Press, for which Sears served as associate editor. One file mainly of correspondence.

Queer Community Studies (2001-), 1998-2003 and undated
(2 boxes)

Series published by Haworth Press for which Sears served as senior editor beginning in 2000. Files are arranged in two alphabetical groups, Correspondence and Editorial Files.

Box 217

Correspondence, 1999-2003
(6 folders)

Editorial Files, 1998-2003 and undated
(9 folders)

Box 218

Editorial Files, 1998-2003 and undated
(2 folders)

Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue About Sexualities and Schooling (1999), 1996-2000 and undated
(3 boxes)

Edited by Sears and William James Letts IV. Organized into the following groupings: Correspondence, Drafts and Proofs, Editorial Files, Publicity, and Administrative Files. Drafts and Proofs folders contain layouts, publisher proofs, and copy edits; also included in this grouping are proofs of Sears' introductory chapter, "Teaching Queerly: Some Elementary Propositions." All folders arranged alphabetically; editorial files by author's last name. Several earlier administrative and correspondence files refer to this publication as "Teaching Queerly" rather than by its final published title.

Box 218

Correspondence, 1998-1999
(5 folders)

Drafts and Proofs, 1999
(4 folders)

Box 219

Drafts and Proofs, 1999
(3 folders)

Editorial Files, 1998-1999
(13 folders)

Box 220

Editorial Files, 1998-1999
(16 folders)

Publicity, 1999-2000
(3 folders)

Administrative Files, 1996-1998 and undated
(5 folders)

"Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Stonewall Charleston" (1997), chapter in Carryin' on in the Lesbian and Gay South, 1995-1997

Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies (entry on U.S. South), 1998-1999

"Ron Lambe: Time in Camelot" (1999), 1999

Drafts of essay, possibly unpublished, on Running Water communal gathering, the Faery movement, and Lambe's life and role. Material later appears in Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones.

Sexuality and the Curriculum: The Politics and Practices of Sexuality Education (1992), 1989-1993 and undated
(6 boxes)

Edited by Sears. Arranged into groups of correspondence, editorial files, rejected abstracts, publicity, and routine administrative files. Correspondence includes letters written to authors and publishers at Teachers College Press. Abstracts, drafts, correspondence, and proofs by various authors are found in the editorial files. Administrative files include promotional statements, abstract reviews, and calls for papers.

Box 220

Correspondence, 1989-1992
(11 folders)

Box 221

Correspondence, 1989-1992
(2 folders)

Editorial Files, 1989-1992 and undated

Brunner, Diane, 1990

Burman, Louise and Diane Lee, 1989-1991 (2 folders)

Carlson, Dennis, 1990-1991 (2 folders)

Draft, 1991 (Folders 1-4 of 6)

Box 222

Draft, 1991 (Folders 5-6 of 6)

Earls, Ruth, Joanne Fraser, and Bambi Sumpter, 1990-1991 (2 folders)

Fine, Michelle and Lynn Phillips, 1991-1992

Fonow, Mary Margaret, 1990

Friend, Richard, 1990

Goodman, Jesse and Maria Sapon-Shevin, 1990 (2 folders)

Box 223

Kimmel, Michael, 1989

Klein, Susan, 1990-1992

Koch, Patricia, 1990 (2 folders)

Kupel, David, 1989

LaCerva, Christine, 1990-1991 (3 folders)

Linn, Eleanor, 1990-1991 (1 of 2)

Linn, Eleanor, 1990-1991, (2 of 2)

McLaren, Peter, 1991

Box 224

Miller, Jaye, 1990

Niemiec, Richard, 1989-1990

Sears, James T., "Dilemmas and Possibilities of Sexuality Education: Reproducing the Body Politic," drafts, undated

Sears, James T., "The Impact of Culture and Ideology on the Construction of Gender and Sexual Identities," drafts, undated

Shakeshaft, Carol, 1992

Silin, Jonathan, 1991

Sultana, Safia, 1989

Thompson, Cooper, 1989-1990

Trudell, Bonnie, 1990-1991 (2 folders)

Whatley, Mariamne, 1992

Ward, Janie Victoria and Jill McLean Taylor, 1990-1991

Whitson, James Anthony, 1991

Box 225

Publicity, 1992-1993
(3 folders)

Rejected abstracts, 1989
(13 folders)

Administrative Files, 1989-1991
(9 folders)

"Sexuality Education," in What Principals Should Know...: A Primer on School Subjects (2000), 1998-2000

Teaching and Thinking about Curriculum: Critical Inquiries (1990), 1987-1990 and undated
(3 boxes)

Edited by Sears and J. Dan Marshall; reprinted in 2001. Files house correspondence, editorial files, reviews, and routine administrative files. Correspondence includes exchanges with Teachers College Press and prospective authors. Editorial files only include those abstracts and drafts that Sears accepted for publication. Reviews are organized by number; all other folders are organized alphabetically.

Box 225

Correspondence, 1987-1990
(6 folders)

Box 226

Editorial Files, 1988-1989
(20 folders)

Box 227

Reviews, 1987-1988 and undated
(11 folders)

Administrative Files, 1987-1988 and undated
(8 folders)

Turning Points in Curriculum: A Contemporary American Memoir (2000 and 2002), 1992-2002 and undated
(2 boxes)

Arranged in three groups: correspondence, drafts and proofs, and publicity. Files relate to 2000 and 2002 editions of this anthology. Correspondence consists of exchanges between some of the authors (Louise Allen, James Sears, J. Dan Marshall, Patrick Roberts, and William A. Schubert) and the publishers. Loose drafts and publisher revisions are often included with this correspondence. The Drafts and Proofs grouping houses copy edits, drafts, layouts, and manuscripts.

Box 228

Correspondence, 1992-2002
(5 folders)

Drafts and Proofs, 1994-2002 and undated
(6 folders)

Box 229

Drafts and Proofs, 1994-2002 and undated
(9 folders)

Publicity, 2000

When Best Doesn't Equal Good: Educational Reform and Teacher Recruitment. A Longitudinal Study (1994), 1989-1993 and undated
(1 folder)

Edited by Sears and other authors. Six-year study focused on the Bridenthal Internship in Teaching program, later known as the Breckenridge (BIT). Other materials on BIT are located in the Professional Papers Series, Teaching Subseries.

Youth, Education and Sexualities (2006), 2002-2005
(4 boxes)

Box 230-232

Contributor files

Box 233

Correspondence, 2003-2005
(7 folders)

Various administrative files, 2003-2005
(14 folders)

Research Files Subseries, 1924-1999 and undated
(25 boxes)

Materials covering a wide variety of research topics of interest to Sears, including homosexuality in the United States before 1950, the history of gays in the military, a study on new generations of gays, and international gay movements. Other boxes contain general research materials on gays in the South which informed multiple works by Sears. The individual states of Alabama and Florida have their own boxes of research materials, while materials from Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington D.C. are housed as a group. Formats in the Research Files Subseries are varied, and can include print materials such as clippings, flyers, newsletters, and serial issues; field notes and other research materials; correspondence; photographs and other types of illustrations; and recorded oral histories and interviews. In addition to correspondence and materials deriving from Sears' research, there are significant amounts of primary materials from original sources, especially correspondence and a few diaries. More detailed descriptions follow below.

Alabama Files, 1971-1998 and undated
(2 boxes)

Research files contain clippings, articles, writings by others, flyers, organizations' records, and notes on homosexuality and the gay rights movement in Alabama, with emphasis on Birmingham, AIDS, gay movement organizations, and institutional reactions to the increasingly visible and active gay movement. Also includes a set of essays (1995-1997) written by Patrick Cather for the Alabama Forum, a monthly gay newsletter. Materials were used extensively for Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones. Arranged in original order as received.

Box 234-235

Research files, 1971-1998 and undated

Early Gay History, 1920s-1999 and undated (bulk 1930s-1940s)
(3 boxes)

Research materials concerning three individuals interviewed by Sears: Jeri Farrar of Lewiston, Maine, Julian "Jerry" Hayes of South Carolina, and Perry Schwartz of South Carolina. Formats include interviews on cassettes (removed to the Audiovisual Series), photographs, many folders of correspondence, memoirs, and a diary.

The undated Farrar memoir covers the years 1932-circa 1945 and narrates events in the life of Farrar, her close friend and musical collaborator Rena Estabrooks, Farrar's mother Edna, and various friends, male and female; there are references to World War II and social conditions of the times, and detailed descriptions of nightclub circuits and the entertainment business in New York and New Jersey. It was probably written in the 1980s or 1990s.

The Hayes materials offer a detailed look into the life of a gay man growing up in rural North Carolina who "came out" in college and became part of the early gay community in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1940s. Materials include a diary kept in Jerry Hayes' teen years (typed transcription), a brief memoir by Hayes, interviews conducted in 1999, and paper prints of digitized photographs that date from circa 1920-1940.

The Schwartz materials cover the life events of a gay man from Birmingham, Alabama, who also became a Charleston resident; the bulk of this material consists of photocopies of hundreds of pieces of correspondence, numbered and arranged in chronological order, from Schwartz to family members and friends during his military service, 1936-1946. Includes interviews on cassettes conducted in 1998. A few folders contain early printed matter from 1957-1966, including a pamphlet on the psychology of homosexuality, and a "gay girl's guide."

Finally, another set of files corresponds to research Sears conducted on early criminal cases linked with homosexual behavior, and personal histories of lesbians in the Northeast during the early 20th centuries (Laura Beam, Harriet Hosmer, Ellen Day Hale), and contain resource listings from the Schlesinger Library at Harvard and some photocopied primary material from several archival institutions, including Duke University.

[Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use and have been removed to the Audiovisual Materials Series (boxes 22-23). Technical Services staff must arrange to have use copies made before contents can be accessed. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use these materials.]

Box 236

Jeri Farrar memoir and other material, 1999 and undated

Box 236

Julian "Jerry" Hayes correspondence, diaries, and photographs, 1920s-1999 and undated, bulk 1930s-1940s

Box 237-238

Perry Schwartz correspondence, 1936-1998 and undated, bulk 1936-1946

Box 238

Other research files, 1924-1995 (early dates refer to historical content of photocopied archival material) (7 folders)

Florida Files, 1954-1996, undated
(2 boxes)

Chiefly clippings and some correspondence and printed material related to gay history, civil rights, and the social and political scene in Florida from the mid-1950s through the early 1980s. Includes a correspondence file for the Florida Mattachine Society; individuals of note here include Richard Inman, Jack Nichols, and Leonard Matlovich (materials on these individuals also appear in other series of the collection). Other materials document the nascent gay rights movement on university campuses and in major Florida cities, as well as actions by law enforcement and government bodies to counter it. Materials on Anita Bryant's anti-homosexual activism are found here. Other files relate to the social scene of Florida clubs and discos. Publications by the Florida gay community as well as mainstream newspapers are included. Some large clippings have been moved to Oversize Material. Oral histories and interviews on cassettes can be found in the Audiovisual Materials Series. Files are in original order as received.

Box 239-240

Research files, 1954-1996 and undated

Gays in the Military Research Files, 1947-1998 and undated, bulk 1970s
(1 box)

Documentation about several legal cases targeting gay individuals serving in the U.S. military, as well as more general research materials on gays in the military. Files include court and military papers as well as many news articles and clippings, and first-person accounts.

Box 241

Research files, 1947-1998 and undated

International Research Material, 1991-2006 and undated
(2 boxes)

Chiefly printed reports, newsletters, and other publications collected by Sears, relating to gay movements and sexual identity issues in these countries: Canada, China, Ireland (two folders), Japan (four folders), Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland), and the United States.

Box 241

Canada-Ireland, 2005-2006

Box 242

Japan-U.S., 1991-2006

Next Generation Research Files, 1977-1998 and undated
(1 box)

Correspondence, printed materials, organization files, notes, recorded interviews, and photographs related to Sears' planned volume on gay history focusing on "Gen X" lesbians, gays, and transgender individuals born in the 1970s and 1980s. Printed materials include clippings, newspapers, flyers, and articles. Topics with significant amounts of material in these research files include gay youth and AIDS, same-sex sexual harassment, and gay communities in Florida. One set of files follows the case of Pedro Zamora, gay activist who died of AIDS at age 22, especially focusing on media coverage of his life and death; another set of research materials documents the "Enloe Six" case in N.C., and includes original correspondence with one of the young men involved in the case. Material has not been published. Finally, there are three videos: one covering the memorial service for Zamora, another about the media coverage of the "Enloe Six." A third contains unknown material, possibly on AIDS as presented through Hollywood productions. Arranged in original order as received.

[Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Technical Services staff need to produce use copies before contents can be accessed. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use these materials.]

Box 243

Research files, 1977-1998

Philippines Study, 1999 and undated
(2 boxes)

Materials gathered during Fulbright Award study undertaken by Sears of sexuality and community in the Philippines. Portions of this work appeared in A Dangerous Knowing.

Box 244

"Ladlad Project," Chapter 1 prospectus

[Negatives containing images from ceremony removed to Box 245]

"Los Gigantes," circa 1997 (unpublished essay)

Notebooks (2 folders)

Photographs (7 folders)

Postcards, blank, Manila Hotel

Slides, images from ceremony

Slides (2 folders)

Box 245

Negatives (23 folders)

Printed Material Research Files, 1954-2004 and undated
(2 boxes)

Scholarly journals, gay magazines, gay directories and guides from various cities, clippings, and other printed materials gathered as research for various projects. Arranged alphabetically by title or topic. Many other printed items are found throughout the Sears Papers, especially clippings, articles, and newsletters; entire issues of serials are housed in the Oversize Material boxes.

Box 246

Ariadne-Der Kreis (10 folders)

Box 247

UpFront-Wiggins newspaper articles (6 folders)

Sex Education Community Studies, 1976-1993 and undated
(3 boxes)

Contains clippings, correspondence, field notes, photographic material, recorded interviews, and printed materials used in Sears' research on sex education curricula in the U.S. Arranged by geographical area of research: Illinois, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with separate files for negatives and photographs. Field notebooks are organized by schools visited. Fifty audiocassettes of interviews have been housed separately in the Audiovisual Material Series.

Box 248

Chicago, Illinois

Clippings, correspondence, field notes, photos, and other research material. Chicago schools visited by Sears include Arai, Coleman, Dyett, and Eli Whitney.

Winnetka, Illinois

Contains mostly field notes; also contains some correspondence, photographs, and printed materials.

Box 249

Photographs (2 folders)

Black and white and color photographs from Chicago, Winnetka and South Carolina. Material depicted includes Eli Whitney and Washburne schools, as well as a South Carolina gay and lesbian pride march.

Negatives, Chicago and South Carolina

Corresponds with the second photographs folder.

North Carolina files

Contains clippings, correspondence, educational pamphlets and writings from Cherokee, North Carolina. Includes materials which may have been used on the work "Out of Harmony on the Cherokee Boundary" . There are also several drafts of the Keetowah essay.

South Carolina files (3 folders)

Contains clippings, field notes, and a copy of "Cultural Wars in a Southern Town: Race and the Hidden Narrative of the Master," the article resulting from this regional study. Most papers relate to the contentious debate over sex education in Beaufort, S.C. Sears' study of this case was to be the basis for a book. Additional material pertaining to the Gullah community at St. Helena Island, and the Penn School is also included. Bulk of files in box 250.

Unidentified field notes

Unidentified negatives

Box 250

South Carolina files on Beaufort "3R" controversy. Also, a folder of material on a similar controversy at St. John's Episcopal School in California (1994).

Southern States Research Files, 1979-2000 and undated
(2 boxes)

Assembled by Sears, these materials document homosexuality and the gay movement of the 1970s-1990s in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, and Washington DC. Similar in content to other state files found in the Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones series, formats include clippings, flyers, brochures, organizations' records, publications (newsletters), articles, and some correspondence. One set of folders relates to two national gay rights marches in Washington, D.C. in 1979 and 1987, and contains publicity and correspondence sent to Sears from organizers reminiscing about the earlier march. Other files house an extensive collection of newspapers that chronicle gay rights protests in Durham/Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. Also includes a set of files chronicling the Southeastern Conferences for Lesbians and Gay Men (1976-1990). In original order as received.

Box 251-252

Research files, 1979-2000 and undated

Research Permissions Subseries, 1987-2000
(1 box)

Signed consent forms from individuals featured chiefly in Lonely Hunters and Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones, giving permission for their image or personal histories and interviews to be published by Sears. Other series in the Sears Papers house additional consent forms for the same or other published works. Researchers wishing to publish information on individuals represented in the Sears Papers must locate the consent forms, or obtain permission from the individuals.

Box 253

Informed consent forms, 1987-1999

Photographic permissions, 1995-2000

Writings by Others Subseries, 1989-2005
(2 boxes)

Drafts of published and unpublished writings by other authors, chiefly on gender identity or sexual orientation and teaching, submitted to Sears for review, usually with some correspondence included. Organized alphabetically by author name.

Box 288

Cohen, Stephan, "An Historical Investigation of School and Community-Based Gay Liberation Youth Groups, New York City, 1969-1975: 'An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail'" (PhD thesis, Harvard University), 2006

Kissen, Rita (ed.), Getting Ready for Benjamin... (2004), 2000 and undated

Macgillivray, Ian, Sexual Orientation and School Policy (2004), 2001-2002 and undated

Box 289

Miller, John, translation of Colombian writer Fernando Molanos Vargas' Un beso de Dick, titled "Dick's Kiss" (sample), 2004-2005

Morris, Rosalind C., Three Sexes and Four Sexualities: Redressing the Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Thailand (1994), 2001-2002 and undated

Proctor, Keryn (Kerry), "Breaking Through: A Whole-School Approach, Building Safer School Cultures and Greater Acceptance of Sexual Diversity" (PhD thesis, La Trobe University, Australia), 2006 Apr.

DVD and booklet for the "Breaking Through" program for schools to reduce bullying, which was submitted as part of Chapter 7 of the thesis, is included. No use copy is necessary for viewing this resource.

Rutgers University, In Every Classroom: The Report of the President's Select Committee for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (1989), 1989

Sent to Sears to be reviewed in Empathy

Teal, Donn, If I Should Die Before I Wake, unpublished novella, 2003-2004

Jack Nichols Papers Series, 1940-2005 and undated

(34 boxes)

Collection of writings, ephemera, clippings, and other materials assembled by Jack Nichols, close friend of James Sears. The two met in the 1970s while Sears was researching the first volume in his series on gay history. Nichols, a journalist, writer, and gay activist from the sixties, became one of Sears' primary contributors to Lonely Hunters and to subsequent historical works by Sears, most notably Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones. When Nichols died of complications from AIDS in 2005, he bequeathed his personal papers to Sears. The papers have been kept in original order and are arranged in the following subseries: Clippings and Printed Materials; Correspondence; Personal Files; Serials; Subject Files; Writings; and Oversize Material. Audiovisual documentary materials relating to the life of Jack Nichols originally part of his personal papers and separated due to preservation needs are found in the photographs, audio and video recordings in the Audiovisual Material Series of the Sears Papers; many additional files pertaining to Nichols are in the subseries for Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones in the Research and Writings Series, and a smaller amount of materials are in the Research Files Subseries of the Research and Writings Series..

Nichols Clippings and Printed Material Subseries, 1969-2004 and undated
(3 boxes)

Comprised almost entirely of newspaper and magazine clippings highlighting Nichols' work as a social activist and writer as well as various movements of interest to him. Included in this series are clippings of coverage of gay rights demonstrations, often related to government responses to the AIDS crisis. Several books of clippings (one with photographs) document Nichols' activities as a gay rights organizer in the cities of Washington, New York, and Cocoa Beach, Florida. In addition, clippings and printed materials related to "men's liberation" and related critiques of traditional gender roles can be found in this series. Copies of some writings by Nichols, notably the serialized "Calamus Chronicles" (originally "The Tomcat Chronicles" ), as well as some clippings of articles and editorials written for Florida newspapers are housed in this series. Organized alphabetically.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material.]

Box 254

The Advocate, Florida Today clippings, 1975, 1996

Article clippings, undated

Bulletin board cards and clippings, undated

Carter, Logan LA Times article and other clippings, 1983, 1990, undated

Clipping books, 1986-1996 (1-2 of 8 folders)

Clipping books, 1986-1996 (3-8 of 8 folders)

Clippings and printed material, 1969-1996 (2 folders)

Box 255

Clippings and reviews, 1972-1997

Conference on World Affairs, 1973 Mar. 12-16

Gay News interview, Whitman book excerpt, 1976, undated

I Have More Fun With You Than Anybody reviews and clippings, 1972-1975

Local News--Nichols/AIDS/Activist, 1986-1990

Male Review review of Screw, undated

Men's liberation clippings and printed material, 1974-1994, undated

New York Times police article, 1990 Jan. 22

Nichols/Clarke clipping book, 1972-1988 (3 folders)

Nichols book reviews, 1972-2001, undated (2 folders)

Photo/clipping book, 1997-1998, undated (1-3 of 4 folders)

Box 256

Photo/clipping book, 1997-1998, undated (4 of 4 folders)

Reviews and articles, 1974-2004 (2 folders)

Screw cartoons, other clippings, 1969-1993, undated

Texas Gay Conference, 1981 Sept.

"The Tomcat/Calamus Chronicles" clipping book, 1991 Apr. 17-1992 July 22 (3 folders)

The Tomcat Chronicles press material, 2004, undated

Various clippings and printed material, 1999, undated

Nichols Correspondence Subseries, 1952-2005 and undated
(10 boxes)

Consists of personal and business correspondence spanning the entirety of Nichols' adult life, with the bulk of the material dated between 1969 and 2000. Correspondence with other major figures in the early gay rights movement, including fellow Washington D.C. Mattachine Society founder Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, are included. While the political climate and need for action are often discussed in letters in this series, correspondence also covers topics of a more personal nature, including health, jobs, and Nichols' efforts to publish his literary work. Letters to and from friends and lovers, particularly Clarke and Logan Carter, are included as well. Additional major correspondents with Nichols include his mother Mary Finlayson Lund, Leo Skir, Bob Kunst, and James T. Sears. Early correspondence chronicles the work of Nichols and Lige Clarke as editors of the national newspaper Gay; later material documents Nichols' struggles to find agents and publishers for various manuscripts. Nichols' work as editor of the online publication Gay Today can be found in the writing and business correspondence grouping. Also included are a grouping of address and appointment books kept by Nichols. Series is predominantly organized by year, though groups of letters separated by Nichols are organized alphabetically by correspondent.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material.]

Box 256

1952-1965 (8 folders)

Box 257

1966-1975 (16 folders)

Box 258

1975-1991 (18 folders)

Box 259

1992-1997 (11 folders)

Box 260

1997-2003 (10 folders)

Box 261

2003-2005, undated (7 folders)

Address and appointment books, 1986-1999, undated (1-5 of 7 folders)

Box 262

Address and appointment books, 1986-1999, undated (6-7 of 7 folders)

Bush, Josef, 1989-1990, undated (2 folders)

Campbell, Louis J. (Nichols' biographer), 1998-2205, undated

Carter, Logan, 1976-1988, undated (5 folders)

Family letters, 1969-1981 (1-3 of 5 folders)

Box 263

Family letters, 1969-1981 (4-5 of 5 folders)

"From some close friends," 1982-1995 (2 folders)

"Good agents," 1994-1997

Hargis, Rodney, 1986-1988, undated (2 folders)

Publisher correspondence, 1988-2004 (1-5 of 10 folders)

Box 264

Publisher correspondence, 1988-2004 (6-10 of 10 folders)

Sears, James T., 1998-2005

Skir, Leo, 1982-1995

Tomcat Chronicles correspondence, 1993, 2003

TV contracts and related material, 1994-2003 (2 folders)

Writing and business correspondence, 1969-2005 (1 of 13 folders)

Box 265

Writing and business correspondence, 1969-2005 (2-13 of 13 folders)

Nichols Personal Files Subseries, 1940-2004 and undated, bulk 1969-2000
(1 box)

Includes files and ephemera from Nichols' childhood through late in his life. Diplomas, grades, and a certificate of baptism document elements of his early life. Course evaluations from a philosophy class in which his book Men's Liberation was assigned reflect some of the reactions the public had to Nichols' work. Press material and clippings as well as book publishing contracts document the some of the business aspects of his professional life. Personal, medical, and financial papers complete the series. Organized alphabetically.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material. Contents of diskette migrated to server; please contact a Reference Archivist for assistance in accessing this material.]

Box 266

Badpuppy commemorative coin, undated

Biographical press material, 2001

Correspondence notes, 1988-1989, undated

Course evaluations, 1976

Cruise information; Clarke family material, 1976, undated

Diary entries[?], undated

Dinner for Nichols, undated

Diplomas and grades, 1954-1971

Legal, financial, and employment papers, 1966-1980

Medical and personal papers, 1995-1996

Notes, photographs, and clippings, 1973-1987, undated

Personal clippings and printed material, 1940-1970, undated

Personal and writing files, 1964-2004, undated (2 folders)

Photographic material, undated

Post, photograph, and memorial cards, 1993, undated

Publishing contracts, 1971-2003

Various personal papers, 1972-1990

"Warren Adkins" check copy, 1967 May 6

Nichols Serials Subseries, 1969-2004
(4 boxes)

Consists of partial runs of serial publications. While most publications focus on gay issues, several serials address alternative spirituality, notably a mostly complete run of the central Florida-based Paradox. Issues of serials in which Nichols published work, particularly Contax and Et Cetera, are also housed in this series. Some original copies of newspaper publications, including issues of Gay, Gay News, The Gayzette, and Screw, can be found in Oversize Material. Organized alphabetically by title.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material.]

Box 266

Companion

Box 267

Contax-Intimate Horoscope

Box 268

Man on the Moon-Paradox

Box 269

Paradox-Where It's At

Nichols Subject Files Subseries, 1972-2004 and undated
(2 boxes)

Contains files kept by Nichols on a variety of topics, chiefly social issues. Folders of material related to close friend and lover Lige Clarke make up the largest grouping. These include some of Clarke's early school and personal papers as well as correspondence and information related to his violent death during a robbery in Mexico. Documentation of the lives and early deaths of activists Foster Gunnison and David Combs are included along with a file on the suspicious death of New York transvestite Marsha P. Johnson. Nichols' interest in anarchist philosophy and action is documented in the Anarchism grouping, and some information about the New Age group Renewal is housed in this subseries as well. Research material related to writings on Logan Carter and men's liberation complete the series. Organized alphabetically by subject.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material. Contents of CD migrated to server; please contact a Reference Archivist for assistance in accessing this material.]

Box 269

Anarchism, 1986-1994

Carter, Logan, 1987

Clarke, Lige, family, and related, 1972-2004, undated (1-2 of 6 folders)

Box 270

Clarke, Lige, family, and related, 1972-2004, undated (3-6 of 6 folders)

Cure AIDS Now, 1986-1994, undated

Gittings, Barbara/Lahusen, Kay, 2001, undated

Gunnison, Foster memorial, 1994 Jan.-Sept.

Johnson, Marsha P. [Malcolm Michaels] death, undated

Men's liberation research material, 1972-1974 (1 of 2 folders)

Men's liberation research material, 1972-1974 (2 of 2 folders)

New Options/Renewal, 1982-1983

Wicker, Randy/Combs, David, 1973-1995

Nichols Writings Subseries, 1959-2004 and undated
(14 boxes)

Divided into subseries housing Articles, Book Manuscripts, and Writings by Others. The Articles Subseries primarily consists of published articles written by Nichols, notably the "Homosexual Citizen" (written with Lige Clarke) and "Homosexual Anarchist" columns written for Screw. Copies of the serial works "The Calamus Chronicles" (originally "The Tomcat Chronicles," which became the basis for his 2004 book The Tomcat Chronicles) and the fictional Drop the Soap are in this subseries; numerous articles written for print and online publications, among them Gay Today and the mainstream Florida Today are included as well. Various articles, poems, and diary entries, some unpublished, make up the rest of the subseries. The Book Manuscript Subseries consists of various drafts of major works by Nichols. His memoir of his life and work with Lige Clarke, first drafted after Clarke's death in 1975 (and variously called Elijah and The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me) are housed in this subseries, as are many iterations of his unpublished autobiography (at different times titled Evolution of a Friend, With the Love of Comrades, and The Guardian Dragon of Hoo Hoo Park). Other works found in this subseries are his unpublished work on transvestite and transexual identity Sissies and his published works I Have More Fun With You Than Anybody (with Lige Clarke), The Gay Agenda, The Tomcat Chronicles, and sections of Welcome to Fire Island. Drafts of Nichols' anthology works The Lavender Manifesto and Onan, Onan Uber Alles complete the writings subseries. The Writings by Others Subseries contains drafts of works sent to Nichols, particularly sections of Tiger, Tiger by Louis Campbell (published as Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer). Works by Vern Bullough, James T. Sears, and Leo Skir are also housed in this series. Organized alphabetically by predominant title.

[Some items removed to Oversize Material.]

Nichols Articles, 1959-2004 and undated

Box 270

"About Lige," 1975

Acid trip account, 1967 May

Articles and Speeches, 1963-1996, undated (1 of 3 folders)

Box 271

Articles and Speeches, 1963-1996, undated (2-3 of 3 folders)

Autobiographical notes, circa 1985

Diary, essays, and poems, 1985, 1993, undated

"Don't Fuck With Me Fellas," undated

"Drop the Soap," various drafts, 1981-1988, undated (4 folders)

Duberman critique draft; gay-bashing articles, undated

"A Few Kisses Ago;" "Homosexual Anarchist;" "Amerika, Amerika," undated

Florida Today column, 1988 Jan. 16

Gay Today articles and notes, 1997-2004, undated (5 folders)

"The Genius of Logan Carter," undated

"German Students Reject Gay Militancy," undated

Box 272

"Homosexual Anarchist," 1987-1995, undated (7 folders)

"The Homosexual Citizen" articles, 1963-1973, undated (5 folders)

Letter drafts, 1982-1993

Letters to editors, 1984-1996 (3 folders)

"Lige article - Outcome," 1990, 1998

Men's liberation speech and originals for xerox, 1976-1990, undated

Men's lib writing--reviews/essays, 1976-1983

Box 273

Poems, 1990-1996, undated (3 folders)

"Rememberances of My Religious and Philosophical Development During Adolescence," 1989

Resumé, [1995]

"The Tomcat/Calamus Chronicles," 1991 Apr.-1993 May (6 folders)

TWN [The Weekly News] articles, 1985-2004

Screw columns, 1987-1995

Untitled essay and poems, undated (2 folders)

Various articles and writings, 1959-2004, undated (1-3 of 15 folders)

Box 274

Various articles and writings, 1959-2004, undated (4-13 of 15 folders)

Box 275

Various articles and writings, 1959-2004, undated (14-15 of 15 folders)

"We Were Talking About You, Walt Whitman," undated

Whitman and various articles, undated

Nichols Book Manuscripts, 1972-2000 and undated

Box 275

Drop the Soap, various drafts, 1988, 1993, undated

Elijah, various drafts, undated (1-3 of 22 folders)

Box 276

Elijah, various drafts, undated (4-16 of 22 folders)

Box 277

Elijah, various drafts, undated (17-22 of 22 folders)

Evolution of a Friend, various drafts, 1995, undated (1-5 of 29 folders)

Box 278

Evolution of a Friend, various drafts, 1995, undated (6-14 of 29 folders)

Box 279

Evolution of a Friend, various drafts, 1995, undated (15-25 of 29 folders)

Box 280

Evolution of a Friend, various drafts, 1995, undated (26-29 of 29 folders)

The Gay Agenda, various drafts, 1996, 1998, undated (5 folders)

I Have More Fun With You Than Anybody, copy and reviews, circa 1972, undated (2 folders)

The Lavender Manifesto, undated (1-3 of 5 folders)

Box 281

The Lavender Manifesto, undated (4-5 folders)

Onan, Onan Uber Alles, undated (2 folders)

Sissies, 1978-1980, undated (5 folders)

Box 282

The Tomcat Chronicles, 2000, undated (9 folders)

Untitled draft sections, undated (1 of 2 folders)

Box 283

Untitled draft sections, undated (2 of 2 folders)

Welcome to Fire Island and unknown work excerpts, undated

Nichols Writings By Others, 1988-2004 and undated

Box 283

Ayyar, "Lige Clarke: Body and Soul," 2002 Dec. 2

Bullough, Before Stonewall, circa 2001

Cain, "Jack Nichols Interview," circa 2000

Cain, "Wicker Interview Transcript," 1994 Sept. 2

Campbell, Tiger, Tiger, various drafts, 2003-2004, undated (5 folders)

Clarke, Courier Journal letter to editor, undated

Sears, Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones, chapter 15, 1999 Aug. 5

Skir, As Good As It Gets review, 1998 Jan. 8

Skir, "It's Only Me," 1989

Skir, various writings, 1992-1993

[Teal], A Peak in Darrien (screenplay) disks 023-026, 2000

Unknown author [M.S.], "Interview with Randy Wicker," 1988

Nichols Oversize Material, 1969-2004 and undated
(4 boxes)

Comprises large items separated from subseries in the Jack Nichols Papers Series. Chiefly consists of newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Nichols' writings and personal interests. Topics include reviews of Nichols' writing, definitions of masculinity, perceptions of the gay community (especially related to gay-bashing or the AIDS epidemic), and politics. Some serial publications, including issues of Gay, Gay News, The Sentinel, and Screw can be found in Oversize Material. In addition, most originals of Nichols' regular columns for Screw, "The Homosexual Citizen" (with Lige Clarke) and "Homosexual Anarchist" are included. Organized alphabetically by series.

Oversize Nichols Clippings and Printed Material

Box 284
Folder 1

Clippings from The Advocate and Gay, 1971-1976, undated

Folder 2

Newspaper article and review clippings, 1969-1996

Folder 3

Men's liberation newspaper clippings, 1974-1994

Folder 4

Review article clippings, 1975-2001

Folder 5

Newspaper sections and clippings, 1975-2004

Oversize Nichols Correspondence

Folder 6

Newspaper clippings, 1972-1998

Folder 7

Newspaper clippings from friends, family, and business correspondence files, 1977-1986

Oversize Nichols Personal Files

Folder 8

Newspaper clippings and cruise information, 1964-1994, undated

Oversize Nichols Serials

Box 285
Folder 8

The Advocate and Baltimore Alternative, 1982, 1996

Folder 9

Gay, 1969-1973

Folder 10

The Gay News and Gayzette, 1975, 1980

Folder 11

Screw, 1968-1995

Box 286
Folder 12

The Sentinel, 1981

Box 284
Folder 13

TWN [The Weekly News], 1988-1995

Folder 14

Watermark, 1995-1996

Oversize Nichols Subject Files

Box 284
Folder 15

Newspaper clippings from files on anarchism, Logan Carter, Cure AIDS Now, and Lige Clarke, 1972-1994

Folder 16

Newspaper and magazine clippings from files on Barbara Gittings and Kay Lahusen, men's liberation, and Randy Wicker and David Combs, 1972-2001

Oversize Nichols Writings

Box 287
Folder 17

"Homosexual Anarchist" originals, 1996-1998

Folders 18-21

"Homosexual Citizen" originals, 1969-1972 (4 folders)

Folders 22-23

"Homosexual Citizen" and "Homosexual Anarchist" originals, other clippings from Screw (2 folders)

Box 286
Folder 24

Newspaper and magazine issues and clippings related to men's liberation and other topics, 1976-1996

Folder 25

Newspaper clippings related to articles written by Nichols, 1970-2004

Folder 26

Newspaper clippings related to writings by Nichols, 1978-2001

Folder 27

Originals of articles by Nichols for TWN and other Florida-based publications, 1981-1998

Folder 28

Skir, writing-related clipping; Weinberg, copies of Gay columns, 1972-1973, undated

Oversize Material

(4 boxes)

Consists almost entirely of printed material - including clippings, magazines, newspapers, and posters - removed from series in the James Sears collection. Arranged in alphabetical order by series name.

Other Activities Series, 2007-2008

Box 290

Sea Island Community Subseries, 2007-2008
(6 folders)

Newspapers and other printed materials, arranged by title.

Professional Papers Series, 1996-2002

Conferences and Organizations Subseries,1996-2002

Box 290

South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Pride (SC Pride), newspapers, 2002

Engagements and Publicity Subseries, 1996-2001

Box 290

Clippings and newspapers, 1996-2001 (2 folders)

Box 293

Clippings and newspapers, 1997-2001

Dust jackets, flyers, and posters, 1997-2001 and undated

Oversize Folder 1

Oversize posters, circa 2000-2002 (Sears as main speaker in all of these events)

Rutgers "Coming Out Day," 2002

Sears lecture, "Calling the Shots," circa 2000

"Southern Sexual Identity Film Series," location unidentified, circa 2000

Teaching Subseries, 1993-2004

Box 293

Clippings and newspapers, 1993-2004

Research and Writings Series, 1934-1935, 1975-2007 and undated

Major Works Subseries, 1934-1935, 1997-2001

Box 290

Lonely Hunters: an Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968 (1997), 1997-1998

Consists of reviews, announcements of readings and appearances by Sears, and other printed publicity materials.

Clippings, magazines, and newspapers, 1997-1998 (2 folders)

Box 291

Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South, (2001), 2001

Reviews, announcements of readings and appearances by Sears, and other printed publicity materials.

Clippings, magazines, and newspapers, 2001 (5 folders)

Box 291

John and Edwin (2008), 1934-1935

Photocopies of newspaper published at The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.

The Shako,1934-1935

Other Publications Subseries, 1995-1997

Box 291

"Centering Culture: Teaching for Critical Sexual Literacy Using the Sexual Diversity Wheel" (1997), in Journal of Moral Culture, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1995-1997

Research Files Subseries, 1975-2007 and undated

Box 293

Florida files: gay and lesbian community newspapers, various cities, 1976-1981 and undated

Box 293

International files: posters and magazines, various countries, 2005-2007 and undated

Box 292

Printed material files: gay and lesbian community newspapers, various cities, 1975-1999 (4 folders)

Southern states files: gay and lesbian community newspapers, various cities, 1981-1998 (2 folders)

Box 293

Southern states files: gay and lesbian community newspapers, various cities, 1973-1975 and undated

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Separated Material

Books and Other Bound Volumes:

These items have been transferred to the Duke Perkins Library general collections; they can be located through the Duke Libraries online catalog. Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

The Circle of Sex

Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: "Have you Heard my Message?"

Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the Classroom

Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality: Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education

Fighting Words: Stories and Cartoons by Members of the Armed Forces of America

Beyond Diversity Day: A Q and A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools

Sexual Orientation and School Policy: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activists

Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexuality and Public School Controversies

Educational Policy 14

Curriculum Inquiry 33

Bound by Diversity: Essays, Prose, Photography, and Poetry by Members fo the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, and Sexuality Through History: The Modern World

Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender and Journeys of the Spirit

Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia

Teaching and Thinking About Curriculum: Critical Inquiries

Curriculum, Religion and Public Education: Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square

Democratic Curriculum Theory and Practice: Retrieving Public Spaces

Alaska and Beyond: Selected Poems

The Edwin Poems

Electronic Files:

Thousands of digital files on diskettes and other carriers were found in this collection; they have been separated from the collection and their contents migrated to a library server. The great majority represent drafts of writings by James Sears or Jack Nichols, and images used by Sears in his major works, or assembled by Nichols as part of his personal papers. In general, contributions to works edited by Sears have not been included. Please contact a reference archivist for assistance in accessing this electronic material.

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	List of Series in Collection
		Audiovisual Material Series, 1958-2004 and undated
		Other Activities Series, 1991-2008 and undated
		Personal Files Series, 1973-2008 and undated
		Photographs Series, 1800s-1989 and undated, bulk 1980s-1990s
		Professional Papers Series, 1984-2007 and undated
		Research and Writings Series, 1941-2007 and undated, bulk 1975-2005
		Jack Nichols Papers Series, 1940-2005 and undated
		Oversize Material