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

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

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.

Titles arranged in chronological order as in main collection.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Contaxand 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.

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.

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 Elijahand 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 Sissiesand 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.

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.

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

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

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