"An Understanding...Held Them Together": John Sterling and James Bloss, 1870-1918, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Biography

Family, Intimacy, and Relationships

Education and Intellectual Life

Family, Intimacy, and Relationships

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. What kind of relationship was this? Answering that question is a work in progress. Katz's pioneering work on Sterling and Bloss is supplemented by the voluminous research of several volunteer content creators Claude M. Gruener and Rich Wagner at: http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/gruener-wagner

1800s

1900-1920

Katz, Jonathan Ned

Bloss, James

Sterling, John

Connecticut

New York

New Haven, CT

New York City, NY

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