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Contains a large amount of research materials pertaining to the writing of Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones, including correspondence between third parties, clippings, gay newspaper issues, chapters of books consulted by Sears, flyers, programs, newsletters, diaries, oral histories, promotional materials, minutes, and memorabilia. The subseries is organized into rough subject areas with titles originally assigned by Sears, with individual folders left largely in the original order as received. These subject areas are organized alphabetically within the subseries and their contents are further described below. Many of the folders carry state names, and contain research materials gathered by Sears in the southern U.S. Extensive additional materials on Jack Nichols and Lige Clarke can be found in the Jack Nichols Papers Series in this collection.

Transcripts of interviews conducted by Sears and others, related to the book Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones. Folders sorted in alphabetical order by interview subject's name.