Joseph Cady calls it "a goldmine of information about earlier American gay male social life, especially during World War II and the immediate post-war years.
dʒˈoʊsəf kˈeɪdi kˈɔːlz ɪt "ɐ ɡˈoʊldmaɪn ʌv ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən ɐbˌaʊt ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ɡˈeɪ mˈeɪl sˈoʊʃəl lˈaɪf, ɪspˈɛʃəli dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː ænd ðɪ ɪmˈiːdɪət pˈoʊstwˈɔːɹ jˈɪɹz.