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  1. Adam Society - Meeting Notice

     
    Collection: Adam's Word
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Adam Society
    Date: circa 1991
    Topics: Family members, FtMs, Meetings, Support groups, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Dan Riley, Steve Parent, Yvonne Cook-Riley
  2. Adam Society Meeting (February, 1991)

     
    Collection: Adam's Word
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Adam Society
    Date: Feb. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gatherings, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Dan Riley, Yvonne Cook-Riley
    Description: Handwritten note on top of poster.
  3. Fantasia Fair '96 Presents: A Fantasy Ball Flyer (October 25, 1996)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Fantasia Fair
    Date: circa Oct. 25, 1996
    Topics: Drag balls, Events, Gatherings, Musical theatre
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS), Tranzgression
  4. Fantasia Fair '98

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Fantasia Fair
    Date: 1998
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, Festivals, Theatre shows
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Fantasia Fair Fantasy Ball, Fantasia Fair Fashion Show, Fantasia Fair Follies
  5. Just Arrived: The New Dime Museum

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1880
    Topics: Dime museums, Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Essex Street, G. B. Bunnell, Irene Woodward, J. Lang, Joseph Jenny, Signor Giovanna, The New Dime Museum, The Tattooed Lady
    Description: Advertisement for a Dime Museum featuring female impersonator Joseph Jenney.
  6. Justice for Christian Paige Flyer

     
    Collection: Riki Anne Wilchins' Flyers
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Transexual Menace
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Hate crimes, Legal process, Physical violence
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Chanelle Pickett, Christian Paige, Deborah Forte, Tyra Hunter
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  7. Kiwanis Vanities of 1955

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rockwell, Norman
    Date: 1955?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Kiwanis Vanities, Norman Rockwell
    Description: Poster for what appears to be a drag show illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
  8. San Francisco Minstrels!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1874
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater
    Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo
  9. The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse
  10. The Evangeline Combination

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1877
    Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater
    Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock
    Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine.
  11. The Fascinating Widow

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Ann Kingsley, Dwight Meade, Empire Theater Players, Julian Eltinge, The Fascinating Widow, Tommie Martelle
    Description: Advertisement for the play "The Fascinating Widow" starring female impersonator Tommie Martelle in a role originated by Julian Eltinge.
  12. The Mad Hatter Party Poster

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Puerto Ricans, QTPOC, Singers
    Subject: Billie Loba, Guillermo Knight
    Description: This item is a poster for "The Mad Hatter Party" with special guest Billie Loba performing at The Haymarket in Boston, MA.
  13. The Twentysecond Annual Fantasia Fair presents: The FanFair Fashion Show, The FanFair Follies, and The FanFair Fantasy Ball

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Fantasia Fair
    Date: Oct. 1996
    Topics: Drag balls, Events, Fashion shows, Gatherings, Theatre shows
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Fantasia Fair Follies
  14. The United Novelty Company!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1800
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Alice Crouse, B. P. Poulsand, Geo. F. Ropes, Horace Coffin, Jimmie Smith, John Ryan, Lulu Coffin, Lyceum Hall, Ned Miller, Norris & Semons, The United Novelty Company, W. H. Smith, W. H. Wymond
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring female impersonator W. H. Smith