Inventory of the Perry Deane Young Papers, 1954-2004

Collection Number 5169

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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Young, Perry Deane.
Title
Perry Deane Young Papers, 1954-2004
Call Number
5169
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 5,700
Linear Feet: 15.5
Abstract
Perry Deane Young, journalist, author, and playwright, was born 27 March 1941, in Woodfin, N.C. Young has worked for many North Carolina newspapers and international publications, covered the Vietnam War for United Press International, and written several non-fiction books.
The papers include correspondence with editors, publishers, friends, and family members; letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials from Young's experiences in the Vietnam War and about Vietnam; and items relating to Young's writings, especially Two of the Missing (1975), about journalists Dana Stone and Sean Flynn, who disappeared in Vietnam, and A Killing Cure (1985), about co-writer Evelyn Walker's malpractice suit about abusive psychotherapy. Included is correspondence with Jim Shumaker, editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly, about Vietnam; Allen Ginsberg in 1982 about a conference; Terry Sanford; Judy Loeb; poet Robert VanderMolen; Hannah Tillich; Robbie Robertson; Gloria Steinem about gender issues; Reynolds Price; writer Ron Dorfman; writer Ron Hollander; musician Casse Culver; photographer David Hume Kennerly; gay football player David Kopay, whose biography Young co-authored; writer Lewis H. Lapham; photographer Kenneth Maley; writer William Wright (Bill); writer Christopher Isherwood; Georgia congressman and actor Ben Jones; writer Rosemary Daniell; and a copy of an undated letter from Truman Capote congratulating Young on Two of the Missing.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
This collection may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Perry Deane Young of Chapel Hill, N.C., in July 2004 (Acc. 99851) and April 2005 (Acc. 100058).
Processing Information
Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton, November 2004
Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton, November 2004
The Addition of April 2005 (Acc. 100058) is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
Finding aid updated in July 2005 by Nathalie Wheaton because of addition.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Perry Deane Young Papers #5169, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Authors, American--North Carolina--20th century.
Capote, Truman, 1924- .
Culver, Casse.
Daniell, Rosemary
Diaries.
Dorfman, Ron.
Flynn, Sean, 1941- .
Gay atheletes--United States--Biography.
Gay men--Biography.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- .
Hollander, Ron.
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904- .
Jones, Ben (Ben Lewis), 1941- .
Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Kennerly, David Hume, 1947- .
Kopay, David.
Lapham, Lewis H.
Loeb, Judy.
Maley, Kenneth.
Price, Reynolds, 1933- .
Psychologists--Malpractice.
Robertson, Robbie.
Sanford, Terry, 1917- .
Shumaker, Jim.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
Steinem, Gloria.
Stone, Dana.
VanderMolen, Robert.
Vietnam--Description and travel.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Journalists.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
Walker, Evelyn.
Young, Perry Deane.
Wright, William.
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Biographical Note

Perry Deane Young, journalist, author, and playwright, was born 27 March 1941, in Woodfin, N.C. His mother, Rheba Maphry Tipton Young, later married Olin Stanton. Young attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1959 to the early 1960s, but left before graduating. He returned in the 1990s and graduated in 1994. In the 1960s, Young served in the military and wrote for many different newspapers in North Carolina. In January 1968, he was sent by United Press International to Vietnam to cover the Vietnam War. Since then, he has had many articles and columns published in an assortment of publications and has written several non-fiction books.

Young's first book, Two of the Missing, published in 1975, is a memoir of life during the Vietnam War and the disappearance of two of his friends, photojournalists Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who were captured in 1970. In 1977, Young co-wrote The David Kopay Story with David Kopay, a homosexual professional football player. God’s Bullies, Native Reflections on Preachers and Politics was published in 1982. A Killing Cure, published in 1985 and cowritten by Evelyn Walker, is the story of Evelyn Walker's malpractice suit against an abusive psychotherapist. Young has also written plays and other non-fiction books. He was a columnist for the Chapel Hill Herald from 1996 to 2003 and wrote columns for The Independent in Durham, N.C.

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Collection Overview

The Perry Deane Young papers include correspondence from editors, publishers, friends, and family members; letters, diaries, photographs, and other materials from Young's experiences in the Vietnam War and about Vietnam; and items relating to Young's writings, especially Two of the Missing (1975), about journalists Dana Stone and Sean Flynn, who disappeared in Vietnam; A Killing Cure (1985), about co-writer Evelyn Walker's malpractice suit about abusive psychotherapy; and The David Kopay Story, the true story of a homosexual professional football player. The collection contains correspondence with Jim Shumaker, editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly, about Vietnam; Allen Ginsberg in 1982 about a conference; Terry Sanford; Judy Loeb; poet Robert VanderMolen; Hannah Tillich; Robbie Robertson; Gloria Steinem about gender issues; Reynolds Price; writer Ron Dorfman; writer Ron Hollander; musician Casse Culver; photographer David Hume Kennerly; David Kopay, gay football player whose biography Young co-authored; writer Lewis H. Lapham; photographer Kenneth Maley; writer William Wright (Bill); writer Christopher Isherwood; Georgia Congressman Ben Jones; writer Rosemary Daniell; and a copy of an undated letter from Truman Capote congratulating Young on Two of the Missing.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1960-1986
2. Vietnam War Materials, 1966-1973
3. Two of the Missing, 1968-1990
4. A Killing Cure, 1978-1986
5. Other Writings, 1975, 1980s, 2004
Addition of April 2005
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Items Separated

Oversize papers (OP-5169)
Pictures (P-5169)
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1960-1986.

About 2,500 items.
Processing Note: See also Addition of April 2005.
Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical.
Personal and professional correspondence and related materials. For the most part, the the original arrangement of the letters and original folder titles have been retained. Researchers are advised to look for letters in several different places since years may overlap and alphabetical filing and date spans are not always consistent or as labeled. Letters from Young during his time in Basic Training, 1966-1967, and during the Vietnam War, 1968-1969, were separated by Young and filed with materials concerning Vietnam and the Vietnam War. Correspondence during the time when Young was conducting research for Two of the Missing was separated by Young and included with materials relating to that book. Letters from his mother are sometimes filed under Rheba Stanton and sometimes under Rheba Young. Note the presence of many carbon copies of outgoing letters.
Professional correspondence includes letters concerning specific publications for which Young worked, rejection letters from publishers, editing remarks, and letters about business dealings and finances. Personal correspondence includes letters to and from family members and friends. Frequent and regular correspondents include representatives of publishers Arbor House; literary agents James Brown and David Stewart Hull of James Brown Associates, Inc.; Perry Knowlton and Richard Parks of Curtis Brown, Ltd.; Bent Christensen; musician Casse Culver; Rosemary Daniell, Ron Dorfman; Ron Hollander; Young's older sister, Grace Hornowski, also known as Grace Young Miller Hornowski; David Hume Kennerly; David Kopay; Lewis Lapham at Harper's Magazine; Kenneth Maley; George Page; Reynolds Price; Patricia Soliman of publishers Coward, McCann, and Geohegan, Inc.; Young's mother, Rheba Stanton; author William "Bill" C. Wright; and Young's brother, Robert Young. From 1960 to 1971, letter writers include Paul Friedlander, travel editor of the New York Times; William Hefferle of United Press International; William A. McWhirter, associate editor of LIFE Magazine; Sherry Sitton; and Sureva Seligson.
Correspondence from 1972 also includes letters dated 1971-1974. Many of the letters concern the writing of Two of the Missing and related articles, although letters and interviews used for the book itself are filed with the Two of the Missing material. During these years, there is much correspondence with Harper's Magazine, the New York Times, the Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and photographer Nik Wheeler. Also included are some financial records.
Correspondence, 1973-1974, also includes some later letters. During these years, Young was still involved with writing Two of the Missing but also working on The David Kopay Story. Correspondence filed under 1974 to 1976 also include some earlier letters. These letters mostly concern the time after Two of the Missing was released in 1975, including a copy of an undated letter from Truman Capote congratulating Young on Two of the Missing.
Correspondence, 1976-1977, also includes some letters from 1975 to 1980. Correspondents include musician Casse Culver. Also included are letters concerning a possible sequel to The David Kopay Story and a book idea called "The Gospel According to Anita Bryant." An undated letter from Gloria Steinem while she worked at Ms. Magazine is a response to a letter Young wrote her concerning gender issues.
Correspondence, 1981-1982, includes some earlier letters. Included are letters and other material related to a court case involving the Walsh, Mesmer and Associates, which managed the apartment Young lived in in Washington, D.C. Also included are letters from people involved with the Ossabaw Island Project, including the then owner of the island, Eleanor Torrey West ("Sandy"), and the director of the project, Albert Bradford. Some letters refer to a proposed novel, "Notes on Victims of Understanding or Understanding Victims." Correspondents include artist Judy Loeb, H. C. "Robbie" Robertson, Hannah Tillich, and poet Robert VanderMolen.
Correspondence from 1982 also includes some earlier and later letters. Letters concern turning Two of the Missing into a screenplay and the development of God's Bullies. Correspondents include Charles Brydon of the Dorian Group, a gay rights organization; Penthouse; Channa Taub, editor of A Killing Cure; and Jonathan Yardley at the Washington Post. Also included are letters from writer Timothy Ferris; a letter from Allen Ginsberg dated 17 May 1982, referring to a Jack Kerouac Conference; and letters from former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford while he was president of Duke University. Also included are a large number of greeting cards sent to Perry Deane Young in the 1980s.
Folder 1
1960-1971: A-B
Folder 2
1960-1971: C
Folder 3
1960-1971: D-E
Folder 4
1960-1971: F-G
Folder 5
1960-1971: H-L
Folder 6
1960-1971: M-N
Folder 7
1960-1971: P
Folder 8
1960-1971: R
Folder 9
1960-1971: S
Folder 10
1960-1971: Seligson, Sureva
Folder 11
1960-1971: Sitton, Sherry
Folder 12
1960-1971: T
Folder 13
1960-1971: W, Y
Folder 14
1972: Personal materials
Folder 15
1972: A-B
Folder 16
1972: C-G
Folder 17
1972: H-J
Folder 18
1972: K-R
Folder 19
1972: S-V
Folder 20
1972: W-Z
Folder 21
1973-1974: A-C
Folder 22
1973-1974: D-H
Folder 23
1973-1974: J-P
Folder 24
1973-1974: R-Z
Folder 25
1974-1976: A-C
Folder 26
1974-1976: D-H
Folder 27
1974-1976: I-L
Folder 28
1974-1976: M
Folder 29
1974-1976: N-P
Folder 30
1974-1976: R
Folder 31
1974-1976: S-Y
Folder 32
1974-1976: Stanton, Rheba
Folder 33
1976-1977: Arbor House
Folder 34
1976-1977: A-B
Folder 35
1976-1977: C
Folder 36
1976-1977: D
Folder 37
1976-1977: E-G
Folder 38
1976-1977: H-K
Folder 39
1976-1977: L-M
Folder 40
1976-1977: N-R
Folder 41
1976-1977: S
Folder 42
1976-1977: T, V
Folder 43
1976-1977: W
Folder 44
1976-1977: Y, Z
Folder 45
1981-1982: Walsh, Mesmer and Associates
Folder 46
1981-1982: David Kopay file
Folder 47
1981-1982: A-B
Folder 48
1981-1982: C
Folder 49
1981-1982: D
Folder 50
1981-1982: E-G
Folder 51
1981-1982: H
Folder 52
1981-1982: I-J
Folder 53
1981-1982: K-L
Folder 54
1981-1982: M-N
Folder 55
1981-1982: O-P
Folder 56
1981-1982: R
Folder 57
1981-1982: S-T
Folder 58
1981-1982: U-V
Folder 59
1981-1982: W
Folder 60
1981-1982: Y-Z
Folder 61
1982: A-B
Folder 62
1982: C
Folder 63
1982: D
Folder 64
1982: E-G
Folder 65
1982: H-J
Folder 66
1982: K-L
Folder 67
1982: M-N
Folder 68
1982: O-R
Folder 69
1982: S-T
Folder 70
1982: U-W
Folder 71
1982: Wright, William C.
Folder 72
1982: Y
Folder 73-74
1980s greeting cards

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2. Vietnam War Materials, 1966-1973.

About 500 items.
Correspondence, writings, collected materials, maps, and photographs relating to the Vietnam War. Most letters are to friends and family during Young's basic training, 1966-1967; letters to friends and family, 1968-1969, during Young's time as a journalist in Vietnam; and letters to Jim Shumaker, editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly, about the Vietnam War.
Writings include diaries, notes, and articles Young wrote during the Vietnam War. Collected materials include tourist information related to Vietnam, military information, and information from the anti-war and draft resistance movements. Maps are USGS Topographic Maps of Vietnam and Cambodia and a tourist map of Saigon. Pictures include photographs taken during military action and personal photos taken during the Vietnam War by Dana Stone, Tim Page, Sean Flynn, and Nik Wheeler. Some photographs were taken of friends at China Beach in Danang, and of John Steinbeck IV and other friends on Phoenix Island in the Mekong delta with the Buddhist Coconut Monk.
Folder 75
1966-1967: Basic training
Folder 76
1968-1969: Friends and family
Folder 77
1968-1969: Jim Shumaker
Folder 78
Diaries
Folder 79-81
Writings during the Vietnam War
Folder 82
Tourist information
Folder 83-84
Military releases
Folder 85
Military monthly summaries
Folder 86
Military publications
Folder 87
Anti-war movement and draft resistance materials
Folder 88
Maps of Vietnam
Folder 89-91
Pictures

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3. Two of the Missing, 1968-1990.

About 250 items.
Processing Note: See also Addition of April 2005.
Letters, writings, subject files, and research notes relating to Two of the Missing, about the disappearance of journalists Dana Stone and Sean Flynn in Vietnam. Included are letters from and interviews with people who had known Stone and Flynn and transcriptions of tapes that Stone sent home as letters to his family.
Writings include manuscripts and proofs for the book and outlines, comments, and drafts of screenplay adaptations with Ralph Hemecker and Robert Eisele. Note that one of the original titles of Two of the Missing was "Groovin' on the Danger." For the most part, original folder titles have been retained.
Folder 92
Letters: Louise Stone, 1972-1976
Folder 93
Letters: Louise Stone, 2000
Folder 94
Other letters and interviews
Folder 95
Letters commenting on Two of the Missing
Folder 96
Harper's Magazine article "Two of the Missing," December 1972
Folder 97
Notes on expanding article into book
Folder 98
"Groovin' on the Danger" manuscript and summary of book
Folder 99
"The Reason Why" with edits
Folder 100
Later version of Groovin' on the Danger
Folder 101-104
First galley proofs for Two of the Missing
Folder 105
Screenplay of Two of the Missing: outline, notes, inserts, comments
Folder 106
More suggested screenplay revision notes, 1990
Folder 107
Two of the Missing screenplay with edits
Folder 108
Two of the Missing screenplay by Robert Eisele, First Draft, 21 August 1985
Folder 109
Two of the Missing screenplay by Robert Eisele, Revised Draft, 27 September 1990
Folder 110
Related writings
Folder 111
Related writings: "On the Shelf in Saigon"
Folder 112
Related writings: "Fuck It and Leave It"
Folder 113
Transcripts of Dana Stone
Folder 114
Louise Stone interview and comments on "Groovin' on the Danger"
Folder 115
Sean Flynn material and Rory Flynn letters
Folder 116
Subject files: Missing journalists and American prisoners of war
Folder 117
Subject files: Other Vietnam War journalists
Folder 118
Publications and exhibits concerning Vietnam War and missing journalists
Folder 119
Clippings, articles, notes for Two of the Missing
Folder 120-122
Interview notes

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4. A Killing Cure, 1978-1986.

About 75 items.
Writings, legal materials, subject files, and research notes relating to A Killing Cure, about Evelyn Walker's malpractice suit alleging abuse by her psychotherapist. Legal materials relate to Evelyn B. Walker v. Zane D. Parzen, M.D., et al, including depositions, records, and documents used in the trial and associated trials. Subject files include clippings on the court case and Evelyn Walker, background research on psychiatric abuse, and files and notes on people and places related to the case. The original folder titles have been retained when possible.
Folder 123-125
"Life Sentence" manuscript by Evelyn B. Walker, July 1982, and comments
Folder 126
Proposal
Folder 127-128
Chapter II notes
Folder 129
Chapter III notes
Folder 130
Chapter V notes
Folder 131
Chapter VI notes
Folder 132
Trial chapter notes and clippings
Folder 133-136
Rough manuscript
Folder 137
Additional pages for manuscript
Folder 138-140
Evelyn Walker's annotations
Folder 141-145
Evelyn Walker's second and additional annotations
Folder 146-149
Editor Channa Taub's annotations
Folder 150
Hardcover edition
Folder 151
Deposition: Bailey, Joseph
Folder 152
Deposition: Bloom, Sidney
Folder 153
Deposition: de Reeder, Pierre
Folder 154
Deposition: Gold, Ronald
Folder 155
Deposition: Goldstein, Lester B.
Folder 156
Deposition: Hayes, Ellen
Folder 157
Deposition: Hubbard, Bruce
Folder 158
Deposition: Olenik, David A.
Folder 159
Deposition: Pirie, James, Walker's ex-husband, and letters from Pirie to Walker
Folder 160
Deposition: Pozarowski, Barbara L., and Carl M. Pozarowski
Folder 161
Deposition: Shepherd, Bettie L.
Folder 162
Deposition: Shepherd, Gary Lee, and James P. Thickstun, M.D.
Folder 163
Deposition: Walker, Evelyn Barbara
Folder 164
Deposition: Wentzel, Goetz M.
Folder 165
Deposition: Zimmerman, Elaine
Folder 166
Interrogatories to the plaintiff in Walker v. Parzens
Folder 167-171
Medical records
Folder 172
Psychiatric reports
Folder 173
Miscellaneous legal documents with notes
Folder 174
Insurance
Folder 175
Copies of Evelyn Walker's personal papers
Folder 176
Court case of Judith B. Parzen's divorce from Zane D. Parzen, 4 April 1980
Folder 177-178
Clippings about trial, Evelyn Walker
Folder 179-181
Clippings and notes: psychiatric abuse, psychiatry in America, and psychology
Folder 182-184
Notes and interviews
Folder 185
Chicago
Folder 186
Gordon, Paul
Folder 187
La Jolla
Folder 188
Neil, Mike
Folder 189
Robbins, Al
Folder 190
Shepherd, Bettie
Folder 191-192
Shepherd, Gary Lee
Folder 193
South Bend
Folder 194
Thickstun, James T., M.D.
Folder 195
Walker, Bruce

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5. Other Writings, 1975, 1980s, 2004.

10 items.
Processing Note: See also Addition of April 2005.
Other writings include notes, news articles, letters, and writings associated with Young's proposed book, "The Trials of Police Sergeant Mitch Grobeson." In the 1980s, Sgt. Mitchell Grobeson was the first openly gay police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department.
Also included is an article in The Asheville Citizen commenting on Young's article "Goodbye, Asheville" in Harper's Magazine in March 1975 and a 2004 program for the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART) featuring Perry Deane Young and William Gregg's play Mountain of Hope.
Folder 196
Materials related to "The Trials of Police Sergeant Mitch Grobeson"
Folder 197
Materials related to "Goodbye, Asheville" and Mountain of Hope

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Addition of April 2005 (Acc. 100058).
About 2,200 items (5.5 linear feet)
Processing note: The Addition of April 2005 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.
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1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1954-2002 and undated.
About 1,500 items
Correspondence includes letters to and from writer Christopher Isherwood and between Young and his mother Rheba Stanton; letters from readers of Young's newspaper columns in The Chapel Hill Herald; and personal and business correspondence, 1987-2002. Young was encouraged by Isherwood to include the subject of his homosexuality in his book Two of the Missing. Young wrote about their friendship in a column for The Advocate in 1999, when it was announced that the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., would be receiving Isherwood's papers. Some letters have been copied from Isherwood's collection. Letters between Rheba Stanton and Young, 1954-1983, were written regularly, sometimes monthly. Included is a paper that Young wrote in eighth grade about Zebulon Vance, a historical figure Young continued to research for many years. Stanton lived in Atlanta, Ga., for much of the 1960s and wrote about civil rights and race relations there. When Young was studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he wrote to his mother about student life, his classes, and politics. Later, Young often wrote to her about his writings, travels, and daily life.
Readers' letters, 1995-1999, include emails Young received about columns he wrote for The Chapel Hill Herald. Some copies of responses from Young are also included. Subjects include geneaology, especially relating to the Young family; the death penalty; and the folk legend of Frankie Silver. General correspondence, 1987-2002, includes personal and business correspondence. Many of the same correspondents can be found in older correspondence in the original deposit of materials. Correspondents include Georgia Congressman Ben Jones, with whom Perry Deane Young was working on a biography, in 1988; Martin Duberman of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the Graduate School at the City University of New York; writer Rosemary Daniell; writer Ron Dorfman; writer David Kennerly, with whom Young worked on a screenplay for Two of the Missing; writer Florence King; David Kopay; Young's sisters Gertrude McMahan and Grace Hornowski; photographer Tim Page; writer Anne Russell; Robbie Roberston; poet Robert VanderMolen; writer Lindsy Van Gelder; writer William Wright; and Bruce Worcester of the International Executive Service Corps, who wrote extensively about his work and life in Ukraine and experiences traveling. Young often wrote about his projects, including the screenplay for Two of the Missing, a re-release of The David Kopay Story, Lesbians and Gays in Sports, and Frankie Silver.
Folder 198
Christopher Isherwood, 1973-1975, 1999
Folder 199
From Rheba Stanton: 1954-1959
Folder 200-207
From Rheba Stanton: 1960s
Folder 208
From Rheba Stanton: 1975-1976, 1980
Folder 209
From and to Rheba Stanton: Quotes and 1961 Perry Deane Young letter
Folder 210-211
To Rheba Stanton: 1957-1976
Folder 212
To Rheba Stanton: 1957-1983
Folder 213-217
Readers' Letters
Folder 218
1987-1993: A
Folder 219-221
1987-1993: B
Folder 222
1987-1993: C
Folder 223
1987-1993: D
Folder 224
1987-1993: E
Folder 225
1987-1993: F-G
Folder 226
1987-1993: H
Folder 227
1987-1993: J
Folder 228
1987-1993: K
Folder 229
1987-1993: M
Folder 230
1987-1993: N
Folder 231
1987-1993: P
Folder 232
1987-1993: R
Folder 233
1987-1993: S
Folder 234
1987-1993: V
Folder 235-236
1987-1993: W
Folder 237
1987-1993: Y
Folder 238
1987-1993: John Young and Audubon
Folder 239
1992-2002: A
Folder 240
1992-2002: B
Folder 241
1992-2002: C
Folder 242
1992-2002: D
Folder 243
1992-2002: E
Folder 244
1997-1998: Enevold, Orrin Hiram
Folder 245
1992-2002: F
Folder 246
1992-2002: G
Folder 247-248
1992-2002: H
Folder 249
1992-2002: I
Folder 250
1992-2002: J
Folder 251
1992-2002: K
Folder 252
1992-2002: L
Folder 253
1992-2002: Mc
Folder 254
1992-2002: M
Folder 255
1992-2002: N
Folder 256
1992-2002: O
Folder 257
1992-2002: P
Folder 258
1992-2002: R
Folder 259
1992-2002: S
Folder 260
1992-2002: T
Folder 261
1992-2002: U-V
Folder 262-263
1992-2002: W
Folder 264
1992-2002: Y
Folder 265
2002
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3. Two of the Missing, 1972-1991.
About 100 items
Material relates to Young's book Two of the Missing, which was published in 1975 and based on Young's experiences as a journalist during the Vietnam War. Young wrote an article for Harper's Magazine in 1972 that eventually was expanded into the book. He received several letters over the years, from the release of the book through the 1980s, in response to the article and the book from veterans of the Vietnam War and readers commenting on the book's openness about homosexuality. Also included are reviews of the book; announcements about the development of the book into a film; and articles about people in the book, including Tim Page and missing photographers Dana Stone and Sean Flynn. There is also correspondence regarding the development of a screenplay for Two of the Missing that Young was working on with David Kennerly and Jim Calio around 1986 and 1987.
Folder 266-267
Letters and reviews
Folder 268
David Kennerly: Screenplay development
Folder 269
Two of the Missing screenplay: Young's changes
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5. Other Writings, 1969-2002 and undated.
About 600 items
Drafts, letters, articles, and reviews from several of Young's projects. Material related to David Kopay includes letters Young received from readers after The David Kopay Story, written with Kopay, was published in 1977. Like Two of the Missing, The David Kopay Story, the true story of a homosexual professional football player, received comments on the openness of the book about homosexuality. After writing the book, Young and Kopay remained friends, maintaining a correspondence that can be found both in Series 1 of the original deposit and in this addition, which includes correspondence between Young and Kopay from 1983 to 2002. In 2002, Kopay and Young were working on a screenplay of the Kopay book titled Teammates.
Also included are the original book proposal, letters from readers, reviews, and articles about fundamentalist Christians and their politics relating to Young's book God's Bullies (1982); correspondence relating to the publication of Lesbians and Gays in Sports (1994); correspondence with Ken Sherman, Young's agent in the early 1990s, about several projects; and drafts, correspondence, and other material related to columns and articles Young wrote for Esquire, The Chapel Hill Herald, and other publications. Young wrote a column about Ellen Degeneris's character revealing her homosexuality on the television program Ellen in 1997. After reading the column, Degeneris called Young to thank him, an experience about which he also wrote.
Folder 270-272
David Kopay: Screenplay, letters, articles
Folder 273
God's Bullies: Book proposals
Folder 274-275
God's Bullies: Reviews, articles, letters
Folder 276
Chelsea House: Gays and Lesbians in Sports
Folder 277
Ellen Degeneris columns
Folder 278
"Gay Snapshots from a Vietnam Memory Book"
Folder 279
"The Great Spence"
Folder 280-282
"Junior Johnson"
Folder 283
"The Long Cruel Hoax"
Folder 284
"An Old Queer..."
Folder 285-287
Ken Sherman, 1991-1993
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6. Other Papers, 1993, 1997-1998.
About 15 items
Materials not related specifically to Young's writing projects, including articles about and a program for the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993; articles on gay topics; and a program for Pride 98, in Asheville, N.C., at which Young taught a writing workshop.
Folder 288
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Equal Rights and Liberation, 25 April 1993
Folder 289
Articles on gay topics for a speech by Young, 1997-1998
Folder 290
Pride 98, Asheville, N.C., 5-7 June 1998

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