James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2011 and undated, bulk 1950-2004

Inventory of the 

James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2011 and undated, 

bulk 1950-2004 

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library 

Duke University 

Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library 

Duke University 

Box 90185, 103 Perkins Library 

Durham, North Carolina 27708 USA 

Phone: (919) 660-5822 / Fax: (919) 660-5934 

Email: special-collections@duke.edu 

URL: http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/ 

Abstract 

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

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 1918-2011, 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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Descriptive Summary 

Collection Title: James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2011 and undated (bulk 1950-2004) 

Creator: Sears, James T. 

Extent: 138 Linear Feet, 86,700 Items 

Language of Material: Material in English 

Information for Users 

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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & 

Manuscript 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 David M. 

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. 

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], James T. Sears Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library 

Provenance 

The James T. Sears Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript 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. 

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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. 

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Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and 

local Style Guide. 

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant. 

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) 

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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 

Biographical Note for Hal Call 

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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 

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" 

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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) 

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 

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society. The collection also include anthropological field notes of Sears' extensive research and travels 

in the Philippines related to sexualities and sex education. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Call, Hal, d. 2000. 

Nichols, Jack. 

Clarke, Lige. 

Sears, James T. (James Thomas), 1951- 

Mattachine Society--History. 

Bisexuality--United States--History. 

Education--Curricula--United States. 

Gays--Identity. 

Gays--United States--Correspondence. 

Gay activists--United States. 

Gay liberation movement--United States--History. 

Gay men--Southern States. 

Gay teenagers--Southern States. 

Gays' writings, American. 

Gender identity. 

Homophobia--United States--History. 

Homosexuality and education. 

Homosexuality--Southern States--Case studies. 

Lesbians--United States--History. 

Philippines--Social conditions. 

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Religion in the public schools--United States. 

Sex instruction--Curricula--United States. 

Sexual minorities--Education. 

Sexuality--Philippines. 

Southern States--Social conditions. 

Audiorecordings. 

Electronic media. 

Film. 

Oral histories. 

Photographs. 

Slides. 

Videorecordings. 

Diaries. 

Related Material 


Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Archives 

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

Jack Nichols Papers (.6 linear feet) 

New York Public Library, Manuscripts Division 

Jack Nichols Papers 

Pennsylvania State University 

Edwin Peacock Papers (Forms part of the Collections on Carson McCullers) 


Julia Penelope Papers 


Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers 


Mab Segrest Papers 


Dawn Langley Simmons Papers 


John Zeigler Papers 


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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. 

Arther, Gavin. The Circle of Sex. San Francisco: Pan-Graphic Press, 1962. 

Campbell, J. Louis III. Jack Nichols, Gay Pioneer: "Have you Heard my Message?". 

Binghampton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 2007. 

Kissen, Rita M., ed. Getting Ready for Benjamin: Preparing Teachers for Sexual Diversity in the 

Classroom. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 

Kumashiro, Kevin K., ed. Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality: Queer Students of 

Color and Anti-Oppressive Education. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 

2001. 

Lewis, Warfield. Fighting Words: Stories and Cartoons by Members of the Armed Forces of 

America. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1944. 

Lipkin, Arthur. Beyond Diversity Day: A Q and A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools. 

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2004. 

Macgillivray, Ian K. Sexual Orientation and School Policy: A Practical Guide for Teachers, 

Administrators, and Community Activists. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield 

Publishers, 2004. 

Mayo, Cris. Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexuality and Public School Controversies. Lanham, 

Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2004. 

Sears. James T. "Cultural Wars in a Southern Town: Race and the Hidden Narrative of the 

Master." Educational Policy 14(5): 664-684, 2000. 

---. "From Margin to Center: On the "Other" Side of the Curriculum Renaissance. " Curriculum 

Inquiry 33(4):427-440, 2003. 

---, ed. Bound by Diversity: Essays, Prose, Photography, and Poetry by Members fo the Lesbian, 

Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Communities. Columbia, South Carolina: Sebastian Press, 1994. 

---, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, and Sexuality Through History: The 

Modern World . Volume 6. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2008. 

---. Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender and Journeys of the Spirit. New York: 

Harrington Park Press, 1991. 

---, ed. Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia. 2 volumes. Westport, 

Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2005. 

Sears, James T. and J. Dan Marshall, eds. Teaching and Thinking About Curriculum: Critical 

Inquiries. New York: Teachers College Press, 1990. 

Sears, James T. with James C. Carpenter, eds. Curriculum, Religion and Public Education: 

Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998. 

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Sloan, Kris and James T. Sears, eds. Democratic Curriculum Theory and Practice: Retrieving 

Public Spaces. New York: Educator's International Press, 2001. 

Zeigler, John. Alaska and Beyond: Selected Poems. Charleston, South Carolina: Tradd Street 

Press, 1984. 

---. The Edwin Poems. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Xlibris Co., 2007. 

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 

Audiovisual Material Series, 1958-2004 and undated (40 boxes) 

[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.] 

Other Activities Series, 1991-2008 and undated (2 boxes) 

Personal Files Series, 1973-2008 and undated (4 boxes) 

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

Photographs Series, 1800s-1989 and undated, bulk 1980s-1990s (4 boxes) 

Professional Papers Series, 1984-2007 and undated (26 boxes) 

Research and Writings Series, 1941-2007 and undated, bulk 1975-2005 (176 boxes) 

Jack Nichols Papers Series, 1940-2005 and undated (34 boxes) 

Oversize Material (4 boxes) 

Acc. 2012-0002, 2000s (24 boxes, 1 oversize folder) 

Contents of Collection 

Audiovisual Material Series, 1958-2004 and undated 

(40 boxes) 

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

1950-2004) 

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.] 

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Box 1-5 

Box 5 

Box 5 

Box 5 

Box 6 



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. 

Cassettes, 1974-2003 

Other Activities Series Audiocassettes 

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

Professional Papers Series Recordings 

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

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

Teaching materials audiocassettes 

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 

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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 

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Box 7 

Box 7 

Box 7-9 

Box 9 

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 

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 

Pedagogical work audiocassettes, 1983 and undated (13 audiocassettes) 

Class on religious right, undated (41 audiocassettes) 

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. 

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Box 9-11 

Box 11-18 

Box 18-19 

Box 19 

Box 19-20 



Interviews (58 audiocassettes) 

Arranged by codes given to each interviewee. 

Rebels, Rubyfruit and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South, 1983 

Apr.-2002 Nov. 


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. 

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. 

Two cassettes, 1996 and undated 

Other Publications 

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. 

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Box 10-22 

Box 22 

Box 22-23 

Box 23-24 

Box 24-26 

Box 26-27 



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

Oct.-1997 May 


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

"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. 


Research Files Audiocassettes 

Early Gay History 

Julian Hayes (5 audiocassettes) 

Perry Schwartz (13 audiocassettes) 

Arranged chronologically. 

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). 

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. 

Various recordings, 1988-1998 (63 audiocassettes) 

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Box 28 



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.] 

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 

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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 

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 

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

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

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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 

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 

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

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) 

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 

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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"?) 

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 

1993, Sears intro.; Anderson lesson on inquiry 

1994, EDLP 825 

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

1994 Aug. 1, EDLP 825 Curriculum Theory 

Undated, EDLP 825 #1 

Research and Writings by Sears Videos 

Lonely Hunters 

Circa 1997, Lonely Hunters publicity 

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

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 

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 

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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 

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 

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?) 

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 

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] 

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

others) 

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. 

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, 

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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) 

[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.] 

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 

Box 42 



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. 

Seabrook Island Community Subseries, 2006-2008 

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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) 

Box 43 

Box 43 

Box 44 

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. 

Box 45-46 

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

Biographical Subseries, 1974-2008 and undated 

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 

1970-1980, Class notes (7 folders) 

1973-1980, Sociology, classroom notes 

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

1976, Ronald Reagan paper (2 folders) 

1980, Analysis, strategies, proposals 

1990, Prisms 

Undated, Law 



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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) 

Box 47 

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. 

AIDS 

Alabama 

ALFA 

ALFA/Atlanta 

Atlanta 

Blue 

Bourbon 

Bragg [Laura] (8 folders) 

Carter, Logan 



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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 

Giardi, Robert photographs, 1986-1989 

Hall [Gordon Langley] (3 folders) 

Inman, [Richard] 

Jackson, Tony 

Johns Committee (2 folders) 

Jones, Elliott 

Kepner, [Jim] 

Lambe, Ron 

[Clarke,] Lige 

Martin, Marcelina 

March on Washington 

Minstrel shows 

Matlovich, [Leonard] (2 folders) 

M[onteagudo], Jesse 



Mushroom, Merril (3 folders) 

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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 

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 

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Box 54 

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) 

(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. 

AERA -- Curriculum and Pedagogy (14 folders) 

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

Professional Correspondence Subseries, 1994-2007 (2 boxes) 

(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. 

1994-2005 (37 folders) 

2005-2007 (14 folders) 

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

(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. 

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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. 

1991-1994 (24 folders) 

1994-1998 (16 folders) 

1997-2001 (40 folders) 

2001-2007 (23 folders) 

2007 and undated (10 folders) 

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

Publishing Files Subseries, 1997-2007 (1 box) 

(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. 

1997-2007 (7 folders) 

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

(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 

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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. 

Correspondence, 1984-1986 and undated (1 folder) 

Course Materials for BIT, 1984-1993 

1984-1990 

1985-1993 

1984-1993 

Interviews, 1984-1992 

General files (30 folders) 

General files (3 folders) 

Individuals (16 folders) 

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. 

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

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 

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Box 76 

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. 

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. 

Files, 1991-2004 and undated (12 folders) 

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. 

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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) 

(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. 

Correspondence, 1987-1990 (8 folders) 

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Drafts and Proofs, 1988 and undated (6 folders) 

Interviews, 1986-1988 

Full transcripts 

Aggregate interviews 

Publicity, 1987-1992 and undated (5 folders) 

Research Files, 1985-1988 and undated 

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 

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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. 


Drafts and Proofs, 1995-1997 (25 folders) 

Publicity, 1997-1998 (24 folders) 


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 

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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 


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

Penelope, Julia, 1996 

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 

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) 

Consent forms, 1996-2005 (2 folders) 

Duke University consent forms, 1994-2000 

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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. 

A-C (26 folders) 

C-J (30 folders) 

J-N (26 folders) 

N-W (39 folders) 

W-Z (10 folders) 

Editorial, 2000 

Promotional blurbs, 2000-2001 

Rutgers, 1997-2000 (2 folders) 

Photo contacts, 1999-2000 

City contacts (18 folders) 

Drafts and Proofs, 1998-2001 (5 boxes) 

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

server.] 


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 

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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. 

1970s Articles (14 folders) 

Principally popular and academic articles and book chapters by others, providing a general 

background on social issues of the 1970s. 

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. 

1980s (5 folders) 

1980s organization material (49 folders) 

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. 

Activist groups (13 folders) 

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 

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American Psychiatric Association. 

Timothy Bass diaries, 1977-1993 (8 folders) 

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) 

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols correspondence, 1967-1968 

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

Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols articles, circa 1974 

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. 

Florida, 1970s-1980s (16 folders) 

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. 

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Hardwick sodomy case. 

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. 

Peter Lee, correspondence and datebooks, 1950s-2000 

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. 

Louisiana, 1971-1982 

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

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." 

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. 

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. 

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Box 141 

Jack Nichols, undated (4 folders) 

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

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. 

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. 

North Carolina, 1969-2002 (31 folders) 

North Carolina, 1969-1985 (7 folders) 

North Carolina - The Protean, circa 1970 

Religion 



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) 

Short Mountain correspondence, 1980-1983 and undated 

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. 

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Box 149 



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

Additional material about Tennessee, unrelated to Short Mountain, focusing on Memphis 

and various political campaigns. 

Texas, 1967-1991 and undated 

Virginia, 1977-1978 (3 folders) 

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.] 

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. 

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. 

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 

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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 


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

Chronological: Meetings, Conventions, Minutes, and Related Documents 

1951-1960 and undated (13 folders) 



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

Correspondence, index to 1946-1950 


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

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. 

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1940s, 1967-1980 (17 volumes) 

1981-1990 (14 volumes) 

1991-1998 (15 volumes) 

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) 

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. 

Henry Gerber, Frank McCourt, Manuel boyFrank, and early Mattachine materials, 


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

folders) 

Mattachine materials from San Francisco and New York; ONE, Inc., 1957-1975 and 

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Box 168 




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 


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. 

Proposal, 1999 

Drafts and introductions, 2001 June-2002 July 

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

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

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

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 

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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. 

Interview release forms, Barker-Wicker, 2001-2004 

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

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. 

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 

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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. 

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

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

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

Reprints--Vanguard (15 folders) 

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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript 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.] 

Main Correspondence Files, 1941-2007 (13 folders) 

John Ziegler Correspondence, 1941-1959 

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1941-1944 

1944-1945 

1945-1959 

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

Diaries, 1937-1940 


Files, 2007-2008 


Allen, Henry, 1919 


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 

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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. 



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) 

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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. 


Editorial Files, 1997-2003 (11 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. 

Correspondence, 1993-1996 

Brantley, Paul, 1996 

Contacts, 1993-1994 

McLaren, Peter, 1996 

Provine, W., 1994-1995 

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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 




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

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

drafts and proofs. 



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. 

Correspondence, 1996-1998 

Cassell Academic, 1998 

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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 

Proofs, 1999 (2 folders) 

Administrative Files, 1996 (3 folders) 

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

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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. 

Conference files (2 folders) 

Correspondence (3 folders) 

Editorial files (4 folders) 

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. 




Submissions, 1988-1994 (7 boxes) 

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

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 

Copyright forms, signed, 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 

Promotional statements, 1990 

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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), 


"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. 





Drafts and Proofs 

Introduction 

Copyedited Manuscript, 2007 (4 folders) 

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Box 206 



Research Files, 2007 

Greenwood Press catalog 

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) 

Drafts and Proofs (2 folders) 

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. 

Correspondence 

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Box 214 

Box 214-215 

Box 216 

Editorial Files 



Publication Files 

"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 


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. 




Pedagogical Currents (1999), 1999 

Series published by Educator's International Press, for which Sears served as associate editor. 

One file mainly of correspondence. 

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Box 219 

Box 220 



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. 


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

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. 


Drafts and Proofs, 1999 (4 folders) 

Drafts and Proofs, 1999 (3 folders) 





"Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Stonewall Charleston" (1997), chapter in 

Carryin' on in the Lesbian and Gay South, 1995-1997 

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Box 223 



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), 


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. 



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) 

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) 

Kimmel, Michael, 1989 

Klein, Susan, 1990-1992 

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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 

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 


Rejected abstracts, 1989 (13 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 

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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. 



Reviews, 1987-1988 and undated (11 folders) 


Turning Points in Curriculum: A Contemporary American Memoir (2000 and 2002), 


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. 


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

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) 

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Contributor files 


Various administrative files, 2003-2005 (14 folders) 

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

(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. 

Box 234-235 



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. 

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 

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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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use these materials.] 

Jeri Farrar memoir and other material, 1999 and undated 

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

1930s-1940s 

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

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. 

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Box 241 

Box 242 

Box 243 




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. 


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. 

Canada-Ireland, 2005-2006 

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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use these materials.] 

Research files, 1977-1998 

Philippines Study, 1999 and undated (2 boxes) 

Materials gathered during Fulbright Award study undertaken by Sears of sexuality and 

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Box 247 

Box 248 



community in the Philippines. Portions of this work appeared in A Dangerous Knowing. 

"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) 

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. 

Ariadne-Der Kreis (10 folders) 

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. 

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 

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Box 251-252 



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

materials. 

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 

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. 

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Box 288 

Box 289 


Research Permissions Subseries, 1987-2000 (1 box) 

(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. 

Informed consent forms, 1987-1999 

Photographic permissions, 1995-2000 

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

(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. 

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 

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 

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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) 

Box 254 

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) 

(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.] 

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) 

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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) 

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) 

(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. 

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1952-1965 (8 folders) 

1966-1975 (16 folders) 

1975-1991 (18 folders) 

1992-1997 (11 folders) 

1997-2003 (10 folders) 

2003-2005, undated (7 folders) 

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

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) 

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) 

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

Sears, James T., 1998-2005 

Skir, Leo, 1982-1995 

Tomcat Chronicles correspondence, 1993, 2003 

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Box 266 

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

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

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

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

(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.] 

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 

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Box 269 

Box 270 

"Warren Adkins" check copy, 1967 May 6 

Nichols Serials Subseries, 1969-2004 (4 boxes) 

(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. 


Companion 

Contax-Intimate Horoscope 

Man on the Moon-Paradox 

Paradox-Where It's At 

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

(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.] 

Anarchism, 1986-1994 

Carter, Logan, 1987 



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

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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) 

(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. 


Nichols Articles, 1959-2004 and undated 

"About Lige," 1975 

Acid trip account, 1967 May 

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

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Box 274 



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 

"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 

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) 

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Box 278 

Box 279 

Box 280 

Box 281 

Box 282 

Box 283 





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

Whitman and various articles, undated 

Nichols Book Manuscripts, 1972-2000 and undated 

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

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



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

The Lavender Manifesto, undated (4-5 folders) 

Onan, Onan Uber Alles, undated (2 folders) 

Sissies, 1978-1980, undated (5 folders) 

The Tomcat Chronicles, 2000, undated (9 folders) 

Untitled draft sections, undated (1 of 2 folders) 

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Box 284 

Folder 1 

Folder 2 

Folder 3 

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 

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) 

(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 

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

Newspaper article and review clippings, 1969-1996 

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Folder 6 

Folder 7 

Folder 8 

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Folder 8 

Folder 9 

Folder 10 

Folder 11 

Box 286 

Folder 12 

Box 284 

Folder 13 

Folder 14 



Men's liberation newspaper clippings, 1974-1994 

Review article clippings, 1975-2001 

Newspaper sections and clippings, 1975-2004 

Oversize Nichols Correspondence 

Newspaper clippings, 1972-1998 

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

Oversize Nichols Personal Files 

Newspaper clippings and cruise information, 1964-1994, undated 

Oversize Nichols Serials 

The Advocate and Baltimore Alternative, 1982, 1996 

Gay, 1969-1973 

The Gay News and Gayzette, 1975, 1980 

Screw, 1968-1995 

The Sentinel, 1981 

TWN [The Weekly News], 1988-1995 

Watermark, 1995-1996 

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Folder 15 

Folder 16 

Box 287 

Folder 17 

Folder 18-21 

Folder 22-23 

Box 286 

Folder 24 

Folder 25 

Folder 26 

Folder 27 

Folder 28 

Oversize Nichols Subject Files 

Newspaper clippings from files on anarchism, Logan Carter, Cure AIDS Now, and Lige 

Clarke, 1972-1994 

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 

"Homosexual Anarchist" originals, 1996-1998 

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

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

folders) 

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

1976-1996 

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

Newspaper clippings related to writings by Nichols, 1978-2001 

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

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 

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Box 290 

Box 290 

Box 293 

name. 

Folder 1 

Box 293 

Box 290 



Other Activities Series, 2007-2008 

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 

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

Engagements and Publicity Subseries, 1996-2001 

Clippings and newspapers, 1996-2001 (2 folders) 

Clippings and newspapers, 1997-2001 

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

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 

Clippings and newspapers, 1993-2004 

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

Major Works Subseries, 1934-1935, 1997-2001 

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

1997-1998 

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Box 291 

Box 291 

Box 293 

Box 293 

Box 292 

Box 293 

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

publicity materials. 

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

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) 

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 

"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 

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

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

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) 

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

undated 

Acc. 2012-0002, 2000s 

(24 boxes, 1 oversize folder) 



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Box 294 

Box 295 

Box 295 

Box 296 

Files associated with academic journals edited by Sears (boxes 294-299); books written or edited by 

Sears (boxes: 300, 301, 309-314); the Greater Park Circle Film Society co-founded by Sears (boxes 

301, 302, and oversize material); Sears' real estate career (boxes 303 and 304); other writings by 

Sears (box 304); subject and research files (boxes 305-308); and A/V material (boxes 315-317). 

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, 2006-2007 

Submissions, correspondence, final article typescripts. 

Journal of LGBT Youth, 2006-2007 

Submissions, correspondence, contracts, final article typescripts. Includes 3.5" floppies. 

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, 2007-2009 


Journal of LGBT Youth, 2007-2009 


Journal Issues: Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education and Journal of LGBT Youth, 

2006-2011 

Box 297-299 

Box 300 

Box 301 

Box 301 

Box 301 

Journal of LGBT Youth 

Submissions, correspondence, final article typescripts. Boxes 298 and 299 have CDs and floppies. 

Surveys and data sets for follow-up book to Growing Up Gay in the South 

Research files for follow-up book to Growing Up Gay in the South 

Workshop material 



Greater Park Circle Film Society files 

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Box 304 

Box 304 

Box 304 

Box 305 

Box 306 

Box 307 

Box 308 

Box 308 

Box 308 

Box 309 

Box 309 

Box 310 

See additional materials in Oversize Folder 1. 

Greater Park Circle Film Society files 

Real Estate material: ephemera, promotional material, writings, correspondence 

Real Estate material: ephemera, promotional material, writings, correspondence 

My Park Circle files 

Writings by Sears (on topics other than real estate) 

Subject and research files: Berkshire Museum-Bragg, Laura 

Subject and research files: Bragg, Laura-Columbia University 

Subject and research files: Foreman, Clark-Valentine Museum 

Subject and research files: new A-Z series 

Fan letter with DVD 



University of Arizona LGBT Studies position 

Turning Points in Curriculum: A Contemporary American Memoir, 1994-2000 

Interviews and transcripts 

Turning Points research files and interview tapes (audiocassettes) 

[Original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Use of these materials may require production 

of listening or viewing copies. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this 

collection.] 

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Box 312-313 

Box 314 

Box 315-317 

Folder 1 

Typescripts 

Reviews, permissions, prospectus, contracts, production schedules, payments, correspondence 

New edition: contracts, correspondence, typescripts, etc., 2002-2007 

Audiovisual materials 



VHS tapes of LGBT-themed events, documentaries, TV series, TV news, and student presentations 

(Box 314: 9 tapes; Box 315: 10 tapes), most labeled. Box 316 has 9 CDs and DVDs of photos and 

writings (3 of these are Jack Nichols material), all labeled; 6 audiocassettes: 5 contain material 

related to Sears book, Lonely Hunter, 1 unlabeled; 6 reels (audio): 5th annual Mattachine Society 

Convention, 1959 and 5 labeled "NACHO 1966" (NACHO=North American Conference of 

Homophile Organizations). 

[Original audiovisual materials are closed to use. Use of these materials may require production of 

listening or viewing copies. Please contact a reference archivist before coming to use this 

collection.] 

Film posters from Greater Park Circle Film Society 

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James T. Sears Papers, 1918-2011 and undated, bulk 1950-2004

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