Finding aid of the Judd Marmor Papers
Michael P. Palmer
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Finding aid of the Judd Marmor Papers
Collection number: Coll2007-009
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Los Angeles,
California
- Processed by:
- Michael P. Palmer
- Date Completed:
- April 18, 2007
- Encoded by:
- Michael P. Palmer
© 2007 ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives. All rights reserved.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Judd Marmor papers
Dates: 1943-1998
Collection number: Coll2007-009
Creator:
Marmor, Judd, 1910-2003
Collection Size: 4 archive boxes.
1.7 linear feet.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Correspondence, journal articles, drafts,
speeches, notes, legal papers, and subject files created by Los Angeles
psychiatrist Judd Marmor (1910-2003), a leader in the successful movement to
remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
, in the course of his research on homosexuality.
Materials include several handwritten letters from Evelyn Hooker, as well as
legal affidavits, testimony, and other materials documenting Marmor's role as
an expert witness on behalf of gay plaintiffs--most often to counter the
testimony of Charles W. Socarides, Paul Cameron, and Harold M. Voth--in several
legal cases, most importantly Baker v. Wade in Texas, and Evans v. Romer in
Colorado. The collection also includes several photographs of Marmor, together
with leading activists Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny, and masked gay
psychiatrist "Dr. H. Anonymous" at the May 1972 annual convention of the
American Psychiatric Association.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Box #, folder #, Judd Marmor papers, Coll2007-009, ONE National Gay and
Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Donor and date of gift unknown.
Processing Information
Formerly boxes 103-226 and 104-36. Collection processed by Michael P.
Palmer,
April 18, 2007
Processing this collection has been funded
by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
Biography
Judd Marmor was born in London, England, in 1910, the son of a Yiddish
scholar. He grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York, where he supported
himself through Columbia College with odd jobs and debating scholarships. He
earned his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in
1933, and went into private psychiatric practice in New York. In 1946, after
serving in the Navy during World War II, he moved to Los Angeles, where he
gained prominence as an analyst to Hollywood celebrities. He was also widely
respected as an analyst and scholar, publishing more than 350 papers and
writing or editing six books, including the classic text
Modern Psychoanalysis, first
published in 1968. He served as director of the psychiatry division at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from 1965 to 1972. From 1972 to 1980 he was Franz
Alexander Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California, and
from 1980 to 1985 adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of
California at Los Angeles.
Marmor had begun to treat homosexual patients who wanted to change their
orientation in the 1940s. Although he originally held the belief that
homosexuality was an illness, his clinical experiences with gay patients and
later his social interactions with gays who were happy with their lives and
emotionally well-adjusted convinced him that homosexuality was not
pathological. His view was supported and influenced by the Evelyn Hooker's
groundbreaking study, published in 1957, which found no measurable
psychological difference between heterosexual and homosexual men. Marmor asked
Hooker to write a chapter for his first book on homosexuality,
Sexual Inversion, published in
1965; she in turn recruited him for the National Institute of Mental Health
Task Force on Homosexuality in 1969. The two became close colleagues and
friends, often lecturing together.
The evolution of Marmor's view of homosexuality as a normal condition
coincided with the growth of gay and lesbian activism. At the 1972 annual
convention of the American Psychiatric Association in Dallas, Marmor, then Vice
President of the organization, participated in a dramatic presentation with
fellow psychiatrist Robert Seidenburg, gay activist Franklin Kameny, lesbian
activist Barbara Gittings, and a gay psychiatrist wearing a mask and
identifying himself as "Dr. H. Anonymous". The following year, Marmor played a
critical role in the campaign to remove homosexuality from the American
Psychiatric Association's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders
. The issue was so controversial that it was placed
before the full membership, which adopted the resolution to remove
homosexuality from the
Manual in a split vote in
December 1973. The removal of homosexuality from the list of mental disorders
was one of the single most important events in the modern history of the gay
movement, and by taking away part of the basis for disparaging and belittling
gays and lesbians was crucial in breaking down other barriers.
Marmor continued to see patients until shortly before his death. He also
served for many years as advisor to Abigail Van Buren, who wrote the "Dear
Abby" newspaper column and was one of the first national figures to support gay
rights. He and his wife were also serious collectors of art, lending and giving
many artworks to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 93, on
December 16, 2003, a day after the 30th anniversary of the American Psychiatric
Association's vote to remove homosexuality from its
Diagnostic Manual.
Source: Obituary by Elaine Woo,
Los Angeles Times, December 20,
2003, p. B20.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises correspondence, journal articles, drafts,
speeches, notes, legal papers, and subject files created by Marmor in the
course of his research on homosexuality. The majority of Marmor?s publications
represented in the collection date from the early 1970s, when he was a leader
in the successful movement to remove homosexuality from the American
Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders. The correspondence includes several handwritten letters from his
colleague and friend, Evelyn Hooker, as well as offprints of several of her
pioneering articles. The collection also contains legal affidavits, testimony,
correspondence, and other materials documenting Marmor?s role as an expert
witness on behalf of gay plaintiffs--most often to counter the testimony of
Charles W. Socarides, Paul Cameron, and Harold M. Voth--in several legal cases,
most importantly Baker v. Wade in Texas, and Evans v. Romer in Colorado. The
collection includes several photographs of Marmor, together with leading
activists Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny, and masked gay psychiatrist "Dr.
H. Anonymous" at the May 1972 annual convention of the American Psychiatric
Association.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Actions and defenses--Baker v. Wade
Actions and defenses--Evans v. Romer
Baker v. Wade
Cameron, Paul (Paul M.)
Evans v. Romer
Homosexuality--Law and
legislation--Colorado
Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Texas
Homosexuality--Law and legislation--United
States
Homosexuality--Psychological aspects
Homosexuality--Research
Homosexuality--Social Aspects
Hooker, Evelyn Caldwell
Marmor, Judd, 1910-2003
Socarides, Charles W.,
1922-
Box 1 : 1 - 15
Series 1.
Research
1955-1998
Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet
Series Scope and Content
This series contains correspondence, offprints, drafts, notes,
journal articles, and newspaper clippings relating to Marmor's research on
homosexuality. Marmor's correspondents include longtime lesbian activist
Barbara Gittings and researcher Charlotte C. Taylor; his correspondence with
Evelyn Hooker, which includes offprints of several of her articles from the
1950s, several handwritten letters from Hooker from the 1990s, and materials
relating to her obituary and memorial service in 1996, forms a separate file.
Most of the articles and reviews date from the early 1970s, when Marmor was a
leader in the movement to remove homosexuality from the American Psychiatric
Association's
Diagnostic Manual. Several of the
articles contain strong rebuttals of the work of Charles W. Socarides and Paul
Cameron, in particular. The files include drafts, and photocopies of sources
Marmor used. The series also includes a file of several speeches, two sets of
handwritten notes by Marmor, and a file of journal and newspaper clippings
containing references to Marmor (journal and newspaper articles by and about
Marmor are in the "Short Articles and Reviews" folder).
Box 1 : 3
NIMH Task Force on Homosexuality
1969-1972
Box 1 : 4
Homosexuality and objectivity.
SIECUS [Sex Information and
Education Council of the U.S.], vol. 6, no. 2
December
1970
Box 1 : 5
Homosexuality in males.
Psychiatric Annals, vol. 1, no.
4
December
1971
Box 1 : 6
Homosexuality--mental illness or moral dilemma?
International Journal of
Psychiatry
, vol. 10, no. 1
1972
Box 1 : 7
Etiological roots of male homosexuality
[draft]
circa 1983
Box 1 : 8
Homosexuality: nature vs nurture.
Harvard Medical School Mental Health
Letter
October 1985
Box 1 : 9
Homosexuality: is etiology really important?
Journal of Gay & Lesbian
Psychotherapy
, vol. 2, no. 4
1998
Box 1 : 10
Reply to Review by D'Elia. Draft
no date
Box 1 : 11
Short Articles and Reviews
1972-1980
Box 1 : 13
Symposia programs
1982
1987
Box 1 : 14
Handwritten Notes
no date
1987
Box 1 : 15
References to Marmor
1972-1982
Box 1 : 16 - 3 : 12
Series 2.
Legal Consulting
1972-1993
Physical Description: 0.8 linear feet
Series Scope and Content
This series, which comprises half the collection, consists of
correspondence and legal papers relating to Marmor's role as an expert witness
on behalf of gay plaintiffs in several legal cases. The most prominent cases
are Baker v. Wade (1980-1984), a challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal
Code, which prohibited sodomy and oral sex between people of the same sex, and
Evans v. Romer (1993), a challenge to Amendment 2 to the Colorado State
Constitution, enacted in 1992, that prohibited state and local governments from
enacting any law, regulation, or policy that would, in effect, protect the
civil rights of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Marmor appeared as an expert
witness for the plaintiff in both cases, in the first to refute the testimony
of Paul Cameron, and in the second, of Charles W. Socarides and Harold M. Voth.
The papers include Marmor's correspondence with plaintiffs' counsel, affidavits
and transcripts of testimony of defendants' expert witnesses (often with
Marmor's notes), and transcripts of Marmor's own testimony and detailed
affidavits.
Box 1 : 16 - 17
Allan Lewis Rock
1972-1973
Box 1 : 17
Testimony
December 6,
1972
Box 2 : 1
Correspondence and legal papers
1980-1981
Box 2 : 2
Memorandum of opinion
August 17,
1982
Box 2 : 3
Paul Cameron testimony (Exhibit 8)
November
1982
Box 2 : 4
Motion and brief in support of motion to set aside final
judgment
April 1983
Box 2 : 5
Affidavit of Judd Marmor
May 10,
1983
Box 2 : 6
Exhibits 5 and 6
May 19,
1982
May 20,
1983
Box 2 : 7
Defendant's reply to plaintiff's brief in opposition to
motion to set aside final judgment
June 8,
1983
Box 2 : 8
Affidavit of Paul Cameron and affidavit of Judd
Marmor
July 5,
1983
Box 2 : 9
Correspondence
August, 1983
Box 2 : 10
Supplemental opinion
April, 1984
Box 2 : 12 - 16
Curran v Mt. Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of
America
1990
Box 2 : 13
Expert witness declarations
July, 1990
Box 2 : 14
Deposition of Judd Marmor
August 10,
1990
Box 2 : 15
Statement of decision
November 6,
1990
Box 2 : 16
Transcript of proceedings, volume 4
December 13,
1990
Box 2 : 17
Correspondence
August 12,
1993
Box 2 : 18
Certificates of disclosure--plaintiffs
August-September,
1993
Box 3 : 1
Certificates of disclosure--defendants
August, 1993
Box 3 : 2
Expert witness summaries and resumes.
Broadus-Knight
1993
Box 3 : 3
Expert witness summaries and resumes. Paul
Cameron
1993
Box 3 : 4
Expert witness summaries and resumes:
MacMullen-Woodard
1993
Box 3 : 5
Brief for defendants
September 27,
1993
Box 3 : 6
Deposition of Edward Eichel
October 7,
1993
Box 3 : 7
Affidavit of Anthony A. Falzarano
October,
1993
Box 3 : 8
Deposition of Robert H. Knight
October 7,
1993
Box 3 : 9
Affidavit of Charles W. Socarides
October 8,
1993
Box 3 : 10
Affidavit of Charles W. Socarides. Exhibits
A-C
October 8,
1993
Box 3 : 11
Affidavit of Harold M. Voth
October 8,
1993
Box 3 : 12
Affidavit of Harold M. Voth. Attachments C-D
October 8,
1993
Box 4:1-8
Series 3.
Subject Files
1943-1997
Physical Description: 0.5 linear feet
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises subject files compiled by Marmor in the course
of his research on homosexuality. The materials consist of journal and
newsletter articles, convention/symposium presentations, and clippings from
newspapers and popular periodicals. The series retains the titles used by
Marmor; the papers in each file are arranged chronologically.
Box 4 : 1
Homosexuality--general
1943-1959
Box 4 : 2
Homosexuality--general
1960-1969
Box 4 : 3
Homosexuality--general
1970-1979
Box 4 : 4
Homosexuality--general
1980-1989
Box 4 : 5
Homosexuality--general
1990-1997
Box 4 : 6
Homosexuality--female
1962-1982
Box 4 : 7
Transexualism/transvestism
1955-1982
Box 4 : 9
Series 4.
Photographs
1972-1998
Physical Description: 10 photographs
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises four photographs from the 1972 American
Psychiatric Association convention at Dallas, showing Marmor, Barbara Gittings,
Franklin Kameny, and the masked "Dr. H. Anonymous", and two sets of three
photographs from 1998 showing Marmor with John O'Brien and Theodore Lee
McEvoy.
