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  1. Why "Iron Mike" Became "Miss Fluffy Ruffles"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Duzer, Winifred
    Date: Oct. 11, 1925
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Lionel Ames
  2. Visit Jimmy Slater's Happy Valley Mascots Concert Party

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Concerts, Performing arts
    Subject: Jimmy Slater
  3. Ty Bennett on Stage in Flapper Dress

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Clothing, Drag, Performing arts
    Subject: Ty Bennett
    Description: Black-and-white photograph of performer Ty Bennett on stage with another person, both wearing flapper dresses.
  4. This Story Shocked Our Lawyer. He Didn't Know Such Things Go on in Britain, 1967. But They Do. Which is Why We Print This Story NOW.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Somersett, Chris
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Homosexuality, Intolerance, Performing arts
    Subject: Danny La Rue, Danny Odell, Phyllis Star, Ricky Renee, Roy Alvis
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  5. The World of Drag

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Wilson, Des
    Date: 1980 to 1982
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Performing arts, Theatre shows
    Subject: Evadne Hinge, George Logan, Hilda Bracket, Jerry Courbrinck, Kenneth Smith, Perri St. Claire, Rhythm and Black, Rogers and Starr
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  6. The Rivals- Some Chippings From the New Splinters Dancing Troupe (1928)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Description: A 1920s drag act imitating chorus girls. M/S of what appears to be a troupe of chorus girls doing a high kick routine in the Pathe studio. There is one main dancer and six girls dancing behind. ...
  7. The Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Carter, Harold
    Date: Feb. 12, 1917
    Topics: Clothing, Cowboys, Death and dying, Female impersonators, Femininities, Friends, Male impersonators, Passing (Gender), Performing arts, Prejudices, Transphobia, Violence
    Subject: Ethel Saunders, Harry Saunders
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  8. TGIC, Butterfly, EON (September-October 1989)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Transgenderests Independence Club
    Date: Sep. 1989 to Oct. 1989
    Topics: Books, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Family members, Gatherings, Parties, Performing arts, Support groups, Television, Transgender people
    Subject: An Evening at La Cage, My Husband Wears My Clothes: Crossdressing from the Perspective of a Wife
  9. T.C. Jones Wearing a Fur Shawl on Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag, Performing arts
    Subject: T.C. Jones
    Description: Photograph of female impersonator T.C. Jones posing on stage with a fur shawl.
  10. Shannon Harrington Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lewis, AJ, Harrington, Shannon
    Date: Jul. 26, 2017
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Bars, Childhood, Discos, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Events, Friendships, Fundraising, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Labelling, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mafia, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Night life, Performing arts, Transgender community, Travel, Wigs
    Subject: Bailey House, Boy Bar, Dorian Corey, God's Love We Deliver, International Chrysis, Lee Brewster, Shannon Harrington, Wigstock
    Description: Shannon Harrington is a wig master, hair chaser, and make-up artist who has been living in New York City for over 30 years. In this interview Miss Shannon provides meaningful and nuanced insight in...
  11. Rose Wood Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Wood, Rose, Schoo, Deidre
    Date: Nov. 26, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Artists, Death and dying, Drag, Gay pride, Health care, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ parents, Performing arts, Strippers, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender identity, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: Rose Wood talks to interviewer Deidre Schoo about her experience as a performance artist in New York City. She shares information about her childhood and her family, specifically her father, and wh...
  12. Rollerena Fairy Godmother Collection

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay pride, LGBTQ+ newspapers, Performing arts, Roller skating
    Subject: ACT UP, Rollerena Fairy Godmother, Rollin' Skeets
  13. Princeton's Triangle Club Performance with Male Students Dressed as Cowboys and Dancing Girls

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930
    Topics: Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Musicals, Performing arts
    Description: Title card: "Princeton's 'Fair Sex' star in show!" / high angle view of stage with men dressed as cowboys and Latina women dancing onto stage / ground level of dancers in unison with dancing feet /...
  14. Patty Gone Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Gone, Patty
    Date: Dec. 1, 2021
    Topics: Authors, Faith, Performing arts, Transgender artists, Transgender community
    Subject: Love Life (Book)
    Description: Interview with Patty Gone, a performance artist, writer and the author of Love Life (Mount Analogue, 2019). In this interview, they discuss attending Catholic school in Harrisburg, PA. They describ...
  15. On Professional Stage: Julian D. Eltinge, Famous Impersonator of Female Roles, to Abandon Amateur Work

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1904
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Subject: Harry Lehr, Julian Eltinge