{"value"=>"<p>This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Fishman was a prolific correspondent; additionally, Fishman would made carbon copies of letters that he typed or hand-wrote to others. Personal correspondents included library professional colleagues, such as Janet Cooper and Barbara Gittings; others concerned either publicly or privately with gay issues and liberation struggles; holistic doctors and healers; and personal friends, many of whom Fishman and Navarro met on their many trips to Italy. Fishman often wrote letters to product manufacturers, radio stations, travel agents, and others with a commodity he wished to purchase or comment on. His employment as a librarian at Upsala College (1970-1973) is documented by resumes, job applications, reference letters, memoranda, and a few official letters. Many of Fishman's letters to individuals during this time also comment on his employment and dismissal. For additional material regarding his Upsala employment, see Series II. Library Activities.</p> <p>Notable correspondents include Susan Saxe, Janet Cooper's friend, who was imprisoned in Massachusetts for bank robbery and murder; Robert Austin Sullivan, a gay prisoner on death row in Florida (he was executed on November 30, 1983); Barry Weaver, the head of Sullivan's defense fund; Allen Young, a writer on gay themes whom Fishman visited at Butterworth Farm, an intentional gay community; and Ron Lambe and Rocco Platt, members of the Radical Faerie Movement who lived at the Running Water intentional community. This series contains three sound recording of Fishman reading correspondence. Sound recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer.</p> <p>Family letters consists of correspondence Fishman had with his father, and with his sister, Soro Reize. The bulk of these letters regards Fishman's anger that they would not accept his chosen lifestyle and partner. Correspondence with the Navarro family primarily includes letters regarding Carl's father, Frank Navarro, and his reluctance to sell the family business to his son and Fishman. Navarro correspondents are Carl's cousins in Italy with whom the couple visited on their trips abroad. Cards and postcards are primarily holiday and birthday cards, many gay-themed.</p>"}