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{"value"=>"3405160", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1950s-1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1992"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series III: Mattachine Society of New York"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"14 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series encompasses files that Leitsch retained from his tenure as president of the Mattachine Society of New York (MSNY) from 1965 to 1971. It includes administrative files, correspondence, publicity files, and reference material. A near complete run of MSNY newsletters dating from 1964 to 1974, including many articles written by Leitsch but often unsigned, is present, as are newsletters of other Mattachine chapters and sibling organizations. Also contained in this series is a set of files on legal cases involving gay people and related issues, usually centering around discrimination, police entrapment, or obscenity. MSNY correspondence is between Leitsch and other MSNY officers and members. Also of note is a set of pamphlets about homosexuality apparently kept as a reference resource by MSNY. A file of newsclippings from later decades mentioning MSNY is present.</p>"}
- date_start
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1950
- keydate
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1950
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1992
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1950
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1992