Correspondence

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{"value"=>"1961-1963", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1961/1963"}
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1961
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1965
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1961
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1961
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1965
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{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence, which includes in-coming and out-going, is that of Randy Wicker as public relations director of the Homosexual League of New York with editors and publishers of mainstream newspapers and magazines, with officers of gay and lesbian organizations, with gays and others seeking information about the League, with readers of an article by Dan Wakefield on Randy Wicker entitled \"The Gay Crusader\" which was published in the June 1963 issue of <em render=\"italic\">Nugget</em> (magazine), and with persons responding to the radio program \"Live and Let Live\" which featured a discussion by homosexuals of their lifestyles broadcast by Pacific Radio WBAI-FM in New York. Correspondence from Franklin E. Kameny of the Mattachine Society of Washington relates to his attempt to persuade the Pentagon to revise its policy regarding the service of homosexuals in the armed forces.</p> <p>Other organizational correspondence includes Daughters of Bilitis (Barbara Gittings), Demophil Center (Prescott Townsend), Greater Philadelphia (magazine), League for Civil Education (Guy Strait), One, Inc. (Don Slater), and Sexology Magazine. There are also two letters (July 20 and Sept. 21, 1962) from David McReynolds (War Resisters' League), and one letter (July 12, 1962) from Norman Mailer.</p>"}
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