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OutHistory.org, the educational, not-for-profit website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history, is seeking funds to hire a scholar to research and write a documented, illustrated history of the Fire Island Pines.
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OutHistory.org, the educational, not-for-profit lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history website, is now seeking a scholar to research and write a documented, illustrated history of the Fire Island Pines, to be published on the site.
  
  
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The historical article will be published on OutHistory.og in 20011.
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Founded and co-directed by noted gay historian Jonathan Ned Katz in 2007, OutHistory.org is now being produced under the co-direction of John D'Emilio at the University of Illinois, in Chicago.
  
  
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OutHistory.org is produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, an institute at the City University of New York.
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OutHistory.org is pioneering a unique way of doing history, including features by named scholars as well as content produced anonymously by interested members of the public.  
  
  
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The proposed article and future book will fill an important gap in knowledge. Cherry Grove and Provincetown are each subjects of scholarly studies, but there is little published research on the Pines.
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It also includes featured articles on a variety of topics in LGBTQ history, a growing archive of primary documents and source materials. The site is receiving almost 10,000 unique views every month, with over 30,000 page views.
  
  
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The style of the proposed, illustrated, carefully researched, article will include accessible prose and stress dramatic events in Pines history.
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OutHistory.org has sponsored a number of exhibits on the histories of specific LGBTQ communities, including Polk Street in San Francisco, Bronzeville in Chicago, and Philadelphia, as well as the post-Stonewall queer histories of communities in locales as varied as Atlanta, GA, Bloomington, IN, Iowa City, Corvallis, OR, and Seattle, WA.
  
  
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This historical article will include information about:
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The proposed article on the large and vibrant gay communities of the Fire Island Pines will fill an important gap in knowledge, both for OutHistory.org and for queer historiography more generally. Cherry Grove and Provincetown are each subjects of scholarly studies, but there is little published research on the Pines.
  
  
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:*the changing relations between gay people and straight people, and men and women;
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One researcher collecting materials on the history of the Pines is Robert Bonanno, who has set up a FaceBook page on the Pines and its past. Bonanno is interested in collaborating with with historians in disseminating his findings, and his online archive will be a major resource for any scholars who take on this project for OutHistory.
  
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:*the impact of AIDS on the Pines community;
 
  
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:*relations between summer home owners and year-round  owners;
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=Projected Outcomes=
  
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:*major real estate, tourism, and business development;
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This article is intended to be comprehensive, and will cover at the very least the following topics:
  
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:*changing cultural relations between Cherry Grove and the Pines;
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• the history of police surveillance of homosexual men in the Pines  
  
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:*the history of police surveillance of homosexual men in the Pines;
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• the development of the Pines as an identifiable gay community
  
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:*and many other challenging subjects.
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• changing relations between queer and nonqueer Pines residents
  
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• gender, class, and race as dynamics in the Pines community
  
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The research and writing of the article will be supervised by historian  Jonathan Ned Katz, Co-Director of OutHistory.org and Lauren Gutterman, a graduate student in history at New York University, and the Coordinator of OutHistory.org.
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• the impact of AIDS on the Pines
  
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• relations between summer home owners and year-round owners
  
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DONATIONS
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• how major real estate and business development, and tourism have impacted the Pines
  
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Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. To initiate this research and hire a researcher, make transcriptions of interviews, copy and scan photographs, secure permissions, travel, etc. OutHistory is seeking $10,000, and an additional $10,000 to support the ongoing operation of OutHistory.org in 2011.
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• changing cultural relations between Cherry Grove and the Pines
  
  
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Donate online:
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The research and writing of the article will be supervised by historian Jonathan Ned Katz, Co-Director of OutHistory.org.
  
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To donate on line to the funding of this history go to http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Donate_online  Be sure to write “For OutHistory Fire Island Pines Project” in the memo line.
 
  
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To jumpstart this research OutHistory.org has already initiated a Bibliography and a Timeline on the History of the Fire Island Pines at:
  
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Donate by mail:
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=[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Bibliography:_History_of_the_Fire_Island_Pines Bibliography: History of the Fire Island Pines]=
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To donate by mail, please make your check to “CLAGS” (Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies), and be sure to write “For OutHistory Fire Island Pines Project” in the memo line.  Mail check to:
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=[http://209.200.244.13/wiki/Timeline:_History_of_the_Fire_Island_Pines Timeline: History of the Fire Island Pines]=
  
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CLAGS, Room 7115
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=To learn more about this project contact Jonathan Ned Katz at: jnk123mac.com=
  
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Graduate Center
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Last update: June 18, 2012
  
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City University of New York
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365 Fifth Avenue
 
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New York, NY 10016-4309.
 
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To learn more about this project contact Katz at: jnk123mac.com.
 
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 18 June 2012

OutHistory.org, the educational, not-for-profit lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history website, is now seeking a scholar to research and write a documented, illustrated history of the Fire Island Pines, to be published on the site.


Founded and co-directed by noted gay historian Jonathan Ned Katz in 2007, OutHistory.org is now being produced under the co-direction of John D'Emilio at the University of Illinois, in Chicago.


OutHistory.org is pioneering a unique way of doing history, including features by named scholars as well as content produced anonymously by interested members of the public.


It also includes featured articles on a variety of topics in LGBTQ history, a growing archive of primary documents and source materials. The site is receiving almost 10,000 unique views every month, with over 30,000 page views.


OutHistory.org has sponsored a number of exhibits on the histories of specific LGBTQ communities, including Polk Street in San Francisco, Bronzeville in Chicago, and Philadelphia, as well as the post-Stonewall queer histories of communities in locales as varied as Atlanta, GA, Bloomington, IN, Iowa City, Corvallis, OR, and Seattle, WA.


The proposed article on the large and vibrant gay communities of the Fire Island Pines will fill an important gap in knowledge, both for OutHistory.org and for queer historiography more generally. Cherry Grove and Provincetown are each subjects of scholarly studies, but there is little published research on the Pines.


One researcher collecting materials on the history of the Pines is Robert Bonanno, who has set up a FaceBook page on the Pines and its past. Bonanno is interested in collaborating with with historians in disseminating his findings, and his online archive will be a major resource for any scholars who take on this project for OutHistory.


Projected Outcomes

This article is intended to be comprehensive, and will cover at the very least the following topics:

• the history of police surveillance of homosexual men in the Pines

• the development of the Pines as an identifiable gay community

• changing relations between queer and nonqueer Pines residents

• gender, class, and race as dynamics in the Pines community

• the impact of AIDS on the Pines

• relations between summer home owners and year-round owners

• how major real estate and business development, and tourism have impacted the Pines

• changing cultural relations between Cherry Grove and the Pines


The research and writing of the article will be supervised by historian Jonathan Ned Katz, Co-Director of OutHistory.org.


To jumpstart this research OutHistory.org has already initiated a Bibliography and a Timeline on the History of the Fire Island Pines at:

Bibliography: History of the Fire Island Pines

and

Timeline: History of the Fire Island Pines

To learn more about this project contact Jonathan Ned Katz at: jnk123mac.com

Last update: June 18, 2012


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