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Files contain research materials and correspondence relating to a book chronicling a 40-year relationship between John Ziegler and Edwin Peacock, both of Charleston, S.C. Both men also served in the military during World War II. Includes photocopies of original correspondence (1941-1959) and a set of diaries (1937-1940) used in the 1993 book The Diary of Jeb and Dash, published by Farber and Farber. (The original full set of correspondence is held in the John Zeigler Papers at Duke.) Also includes oral interviews with John Ziegler conducted by Sears; research notes; printed materials on gay life in Charleston; materials related to southern women writers, including Carson McCullers, Edwin Peacock's longtime friend; photographs; and drafts and proofs. Audiovisual materials and electronic diskettes have been separated into the format-appropriate series. The personal papers of Edwin Peacock and John Zeigler are also held by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke.

Correspondence, research, contributor, and administrative files pertaining to major book-length works by Sears. Arranged chronologically by publication date; within, alphabetically or in original order as received.

Chapters on activists Bob Basker, Hal Call, and Jack Nichols.

Article for AACTE book (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education).

Sears' doctoral thesis.

Series edited by Sears. Arranged in two groups, Correspondence and Editorial Files, then alphabetically within each group.

Edited by Sears with assistance from James C. Carper. Originated from controversy surrounding Sears' course on Christian fundamentalism and education (see other materials on this topic in the Teaching Series). Arranged in four groupings: Correspondence, Dialogues, Editorial Files, and Publicity. Correspondence includes letters written between Sears and chapter authors, and Sears and his publishers at Teachers College Press. Dialogues contain several printed round table discussions pertaining to chapters in this publication. Editorial files also contain correspondence with chapter authors and Teachers College Press, as well as chapters written by a select group of contributors. All files arranged alphabetically.

Co-edited by James Sears and Rubin Gaztambibe-Fernandez. Contains correspondence and drafts and proofs.