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John Sterling and James Bloss, 1870-1918, by Claude M. Gruener and Rick Wagner

In 1864, John William Sterling graduated from Yale College. About 1870, in his mid-twenties, Sterling met James Orville Bloss, who was three years younger. The two formed a relationship of almost 50 years and lived together in New York City for most of that time.

A four-person team of volunteer community-based researchers provided OutHistory with the results of their voluminous research into the lives of Sterling and Bloss. Their work, published originally by OutHistory in 2016, supplements and continues the research begun by Jonathan Ned Katz on OutHistory in the feature "An Understanding. . .Held them Together."

 

 

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John William Sterling's Journal

Chronological List of Sterling Journals transcribed by the community-based research team led by Claude Gruener and Rick Wagner.

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1853

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1854

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1855

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1856

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1857

John William Sterling Journal: January-December 1858

John William Sterling Journal: January-June 1859

John William Sterling Journal: July-December 1859

John William Sterling Journal: January-July 1860

John William Sterling Journal: October - December 1861

John William Sterling Journal: January-June 1862

John William Sterling Journal: July-December 1862

John William Sterling Journal: January-June 1863

John William Sterling Journal: July-December 1863

John William Sterling Journal: January-June 1864

John William Sterling Journal: July-October 1864

See also:

OutHistory Inspires Discoveries by Community Researchers

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