Growing up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit (1990), 1975-1992 and undated

Extent:
6 boxes
Scope and content:

Files organized into sections of correspondence, drafts and proofs, interviews, and research files. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically; drafts and proofs in order received. Interviews comprise three boxes: the first two contain complete interviews and interview notes, and are arranged by first name and case number as assigned by Sears. Research files include a set of folders (mostly but not all contiguous and marked "QSL") housing materials related to Sears' paper, Attitudes, Experiences, and Feelings of Guidance Counselors in Working with Homosexual Students: A Report on the Quality of School Life for Southern Gay and Lesbian Students (1988), which formed the basis for the book. The early research for this paper was in part supported by the Gay and Lesbian Advocacy Research Project (GLARP), whose name appears on many folders. The third box contains what seem to be aggregates of these interviews, and are arranged according to case number. Audio recordings on cassette are also available for many interviews; these are housed in the Audiovisual Series.

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