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{"value"=>"1982-2009", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1982/2009"}
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{"value"=>"Series II: Topical Files"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series holds correspondence, notes, minutes, and memoranda, relating to Katz's professional interests and activities as gay activist and historian of gay history. Included are papers relative to a proposal to establish an Institute for the Study of Sex in Society to serve as a focal point for research on sexuality from a social, historical and public policy perspective.</p> <p>Files related to exhibits that Katz organized or was involved with include \"Gay and Lesbian History, 1998\"; \"100 Years of the Homosexual Rights Movement\", Berlin and \"The Pink and the Blue: Lesbian and Gay Life at Yale and in Connecticut, 1642-2004.\" The files hold research materials, photographs, correspondence and programs.</p> <p>The grant files document Katz's requests for financial aid from philanthropic and other institutions to support the research and writing of his historical documentaries, including his book on gay and lesbian history; a proposed documentary play based upon the life and writings of Walt Whitman; a book on the political economy of sex; a study of the history and origins of the state sodomy laws; and a book-length version of his article \"The Invention of Heterosexuality\" (<span class=\"title\">Socialist Review</span>, February 1990).</p>"}
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1982
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1982
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2009
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1982
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2009
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4.83 linear feet (13 boxes)