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  1. Shona Works on Project at Desk

     
    Collection: "As a Woman" by Barry Kay
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Kay, Barry
    Date: 1974 to 1975
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Shona
  2. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson
  3. 'Silly Kid' Tries to Dupe Sleuths: "Female Impersonator" Objects to Being Arrested by Men Not in Uniform

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 18, 1908
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Jean D'Arville
  4. 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
  5. Singer Makes Big Switch

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Dec. 11, 1961
    Topics: Courts, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Legal status, Singers
  6. Sir Lady Java -- The Lady is a Man

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Memory Lane Supper Club, Sir Lady Java
  7. Sir Lady Java Promo Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Advertisements, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
  8. Sir Lady Java Proudly Presents The Pre Halloween Ball of the Year

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1969
    Topics: Drag balls, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: Jimmy Thompon, Sam Green, Sir Lady Java, The Tempting Harts
  9. Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 21, 1967
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights
    Subject: Redd Foxx, Redd Foxx Club, Sir Lady Java
    Description: This photograph displays Sir Lady Java and Redd Foxx standing in front of other protestors, holding a sign which reads, "Java vs. Right to Work" in front of the Redd Foxx club.
  10. Sister of Transsexual Bears Baby Boy for Her

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Seattle Daily Times
    Date: Jan. 17, 1981
    Topics: Artificial insemination, Childbirth, Children, Pregnancy, Transsexual people
    Subject: Barry Lew, Bobbie Lea Bennett
  11. 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
  12. Skip Arnold with Esther Newton (1966)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1966
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Writers
    Subject: Esther Newton, Skip Arnold
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  13. Specialist is Sometimes Needed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Reinisch, June M.
    Date: Jan. 28, 1985
    Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Transsexual people
  14. Still from Women in Revolt

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1971
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Candy Darling, Women in Revolt
    Description: A still image of Candy Darling from the Andy Warhol film, "Women In Revolt," directed by Paul Morrissey (1971).
  15. Surgeon Feels Patients Benefit From Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 21, 1968
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Mental disorders, MtFs, Physicians, Psychiatry
    Subject: John Hoopes, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic