Series X: Additions

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1848329
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2026-05-25 01:37:24 UTC
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2026-05-25 01:37:47 UTC

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{"value"=>"1867-2021", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1867/2021"}
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{"value"=>"Series X: Additions"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains papers donated by Jonathan Katz in 2021. They include his historical research files on LGBTQ history; files regarding the Katz-edited OutHistory.org website; diaries, calendars, and datebooks; art by Katz and Jack Dowling; samples of gay imagery in popular culture and advertising; and ten sets of subject files.</p> <p>The historical research files include subject files; Katz-annotated historical writings; photographs and imagery of LGBTQ people through history; Katz's notes and drafts for <span class=\"title\">The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams</span> (these files also contain a complete, Katz-annotated copy of Adams' book <span class=\"title\">Lesbian Love</span>); research on John Fisk, Thomas Boulton, and Frederick Park (also in the subject files, set 9); and images for <span class=\"title\">Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality</span> (more files regarding that book are in subject files set 3; and under Woodcock, Charles Burger, in set 9).</p> <p>The OutHistory files document the site's origins and development. They include correspondence with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (the site's original host and funder); web designers and editors; content drafts and samples; and records of planning meetings and funding discussions.</p> <p>The ten subject files contain material similar to those held in other series. These include correspondence with other researchers responding to or commenting on their work; writings, including Katz's columns for <span class=\"title\">The Advocate</span> in set 6, other essays in set 8, and poetry in set 2; project and book proposals (throughout the subject files); lectures and talks (see set 4, and throughout the subject files); files on <span class=\"title\">The Invention of Heterosexuality</span> (also called Theory of Sexuality), including reviews, drafts in article form, and publishing information (sets 2, 4, 7, and 8); files regarding <span class=\"title\">Gay American History</span> (sets 4, 5, 7, and throughout the series); correspondence regarding Freedom of Information requests for Jonathan and Bernard Katz's FBI files (sets 1, 4, and 10); files regarding Allan Bérubé (set 5, and see also the interview in Series IX); letters (set 5); Katz's work regarding aging in the LGBTQ community and his work with Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE, see sets 5 and 6); notes, script drafts, and correspondence regarding the documentary film <span class=\"title\">Words</span> (set 8); and Katz's personal files, including records of his dating life (set 7) and his memoirs in various forms (sets 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8).</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>These additions came to the library as several sets of files, most of which were in distinct alphabetical sections. Material not part of an alphabetical run are arranged first in this series, followed by 10 file sets, each arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Access to Katz's diaries is restricted until his death. Access to his school transcripts is restricted until 2031.</p>"}
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1867
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1867
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2021
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1867
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2021
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20.71 linear feet (48 boxes). 2.9 gigabytes (489 computer files)

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  1. 81 Jane Street House
  2. Art by Jonathan Ned Katz
  3. Calendars and Datebooks
  4. Deliverance: The Art of Ben Jones, 1970-2008
  5. Diaries [4/1]
  6. Dowling, Jack
  7. Gay Imagery
  8. Historical LGBTQ Research Files [98/2]
  9. Katz, William Loren
  10. Letters, Cards, and Biographies of Katz
  11. Life Magazine Clipping and Original Photographs
  12. Metz, Bernd
  13. Notes on LGBTQ History from 1950 to 1969
  14. OutHistory Website [32/2]
  15. People's History Television Proposal
  16. Photographs of Jonathan Katz
  17. Posters
  18. Sendak, Maurice
  19. Sheraton Theater, Greenwich Village
  20. Spiers, Herbert
  21. Subject Files [10/4]