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  1. A Rather Queer Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Galveston Daily News
    Date: Feb. 5, 1887
    Topics: Gender markers, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Medical care
    Subject: Dr. H. P. Cooke, Dr. M. Singer, Dr. Wilkinson, Justice Spann, Mary Trust, Titie Luey, Titie Young, Walter James

  2. Bridgeport Items: Romance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: Jackson County News
    Date: Jun. 10, 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: 7th Ohio Cavalry, Ida Bruce
    Description: This item can be found on page 3 of the newspaper

  3. Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
    Date: May 28, 1879
    Topics: Circus, Female impersonators, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Zoyara, Omar Kingsley

  4. Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Republic Bureau
    Date: Feb. 19, 1895
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender identity, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Charles Willis

  5. In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Terra Haute Gazette
    Date: Sep. 20, 1875
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Dance, Female impersonators, Law, Minstrel shows, Music, Police, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Seigen, John Johnson, St. Leon

  6. 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

  7. Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Cleveland Leader
    Date: Mar. 17, 1855
    Topics: Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: T.L. Floyd

  8. News Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A short note announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  9. Simmon's and Slocum's Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1877
    Topics: Black people, Dance, Dancers, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: W. Henry Rice

  10. 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

  11. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...

  12. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language.

  13. This Woman Masqueraded as a Bandit

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1899
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Cowboys, Crossdressing, Outlaws
    Subject: Dick Wells, Helen Jackson, Jack Hall, Pearl Hart

  14. Under False Colors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: J.C.B.
    Date: Jul. 15, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Slavery, Transfemininity, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language, and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  15. Weekly Register

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.