Kate Bornstein Papers Finding Aid

This collection consists of the papers of Kate Bornstein, performer, playwright, author, and transgender activist who graduated from Brown University as Albert Bornstein in 1969. The collection documents Bornstein's personal and professional life and trans activism, and includes biographical information, correspondence, diaries, conference material, draft writings, writings by other authors, subject files, print material, ephemera, photographs, and electronic records dating from 1910-2018. The collection is arranged into 14 series.

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Identifier: qv33rw88g
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Brown University Library
Creator(s): Brown University Library
Contributor(s): Murphy, Mary
Pembroke Center for the Teaching and Research on Women
Date Issued: 2021
Dates Covered: 1910 to 2018
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir
Gender Odyssey
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
Kate Bornstein
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely
Nearly Roadkill
Scientology
Places: New York
Rhode Island > Providence County > City of Providence > Providence
Topic(s): Feminism
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Queer activism
Transgender archives
Transgender identity
Table of Contents: Series 1, Biographical, 1910-2017 – arranged alphabetically by record type. Series 2, Correspondence, 1977-2018 – arranged alphabetically by provenance. Series 3, Diaries and notes, 1983-2015 – arranged alphabetically then chronologically. Series 4, Conferences, 1991-2017– arranged chronologically. Series 5, Writings by Kate, 1970-2013 – arranged alphabetically by title. Series 6, Writings by other authors (unpublished), 1986-2014 – arranged alphabetically by author. Series 7, Subject files, 1988-2011 – arranged alphabetically by topic. Series 8, Print Materials, 1980-2017 – arranged alphabetically by record type then by title. Series 9, Ephemera, 1991-2005 – arranged alphabetically by object type. Series 10, Photographs, 1910-2017 – arranged alphabetically by subject. Series 11, Oversize Materials, 1940-2006 – arranged alphabetically by record type. Series 12, Electronic records, 1977-2011 – arranged alphabetically by record type. Series 13, Born-digital records Series 14, Restricted, 1990-1995 – arranged alphabetically by item.
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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