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  1. Incidents in Illinois

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Daily Illinois State Journal
    Date: Aug. 12, 1893
    Topics: Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Social norms, Taboos
  2. Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Oct. 19, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Body adornment, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Sentencing
    Subject: Harry Mortimer
  3. Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 25, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Masculinities, Police, Theatre
    Subject: La Nier Watts, Trixie
  4. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris
  5. Lived as Man to Help Her Friend

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 8, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Health, Marriage, Tuberculosis
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  6. Woman Dresses as Man; Other Poses as "Wife" to Earn Living for Both

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Marriage
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  7. Girl Posed Six Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Health, Marriage, Tuberculosis
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  8. Thompson Held to Grand Jury

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Jun. 28, 1923
    Topics: Clothing, Courts, Murders of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Fred Thomspon, Richard Tesmer
  9. Impersonator Found Slain

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: May 28, 1937
    Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence
    Subject: Edward F. Dolan
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  10. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.
  11. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.
  12. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (3)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.
  13. Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (4)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case
    Date: circa 1942
    Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Psychiatric institutions, Transgender people
    Subject: Mildred M.
    Description: Photographs of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic.
  14. Roberta Cowell Newspaper Clipping

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Rockford Register-Republic
    Date: Aug. 20, 1956
    Topics: Air force, Gender realignment surgery, Military, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  15. Christine's Fiancé Acts to Unsnarl Bridal Plans

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Apr. 1, 1959
    Topics: Army, Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Howard J. Knox