{"value"=>"<p>Fifty years of correspondence with Gittings and Lahusen's friends, fellow activists, researchers, and admirers make up this series. The majority of the correspondence dates from the 1990s to the 2000s, with the notable exception of a small amount of correspondence from the 1960s-1970s. For correspondence relating to the homophile movement, see the appropriate organizations in Series II. A significant amount of correspondence related to <span class=\"title\">The Ladder</span>, the Daughter of Bilitis' magazine, can be found there. Additional correspondence is present in every series in the collection with the exception of Series VI. Photographs and Series X. Artifacts.</p> <p>The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the correspondent. However, correspondence about particular individuals is also present. Material unsorted by the donors has been arranged chronologically at the end of the series. In cases where an individual has a dedicated folder, it should not be assumed that all correspondence by that individual is in that folder. The chronological folders should be checked, as well other relevant series throughout the collection.</p> <p>Many of the correspondence files also include press clippings, speeches and writings, photographs, and ephemera. Examples include the files on John Fryer, Foster Gunnison, Frank Kameny, Jack Nichols, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Ros Regelson, and Lilli Vincenz.</p> <p>There are numerous files pertaining to Gittings' work with Frank Kameny. In addition to the correspondence generated over the course of their forty-four year friendship, filed here are records of the discrimination cases on which Gittings worked with Kameny, papers concerning his own federal employment discrimination case, materials from his Congressional campaign, and press clippings.</p>"}