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  1. "A Change of Pace" Poster

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: A poster advertising "A Change of Pace" fashion and floor show featuring Sir Lady Java at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

  2. America's Lovliest Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1967
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: News article on Sir Lady Java's performances. Presents various pictures and her dance shows.

  3. Bette Midler with Drag Queens at Studio One

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Celebrities, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gay discotheques
    Description: Bette Midler with drag queens at Studio One. 1978.

  4. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java

  5. Buddy Fisher, the Nation’s Joy-Boy, and Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Hollywood Filmograph
    Date: Jul. 30, 1932
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts
    Subject: Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Francis Renault, Myrna Kennedy, Treg Brown
    Description: A newspaper clipping including a photo of Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown as they entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault.

  6. Carroll Revue: America's Foremost Female Impersonators (1956)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wallace, Ruth
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Blue Note Night Club, Finnochio's, Latin Quarter, Rendevous Club, Solomon's Club, Starlite Room, Tivoli Circuit, Tivoli Theatre, Tropics Room

  7. Charley Foy's Supper Club, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 20, 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Drag, Female impersonators, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Lynn Carter

  8. Clippings

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Cannes FIlm Festival, Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, The Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—including corresponde...

  9. Club Flamingo Hollywood (1947)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Flamingo
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Carroll Davis, Carroll Wallace, Chris Bailey, Francis Blair, Francis Stillman, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jan Vidra, Johnny Mangum, Mickey Mercer

  10. Club Laurel Matchbox

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Laurel
    Date: 1965?
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Club Laurel

  11. Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ Christians
    Subject: Amazing Grace, Corwin Anthony Hawkins, Deidra Hawkins, It's a Low Down Dirty Shame, John L's, Joyce Hawkins, Miss Gay South, Miss Gay Southwest, Miss Gay Texas, National Entertainer of the Year, Phoebe Hawkins, Texas Entertainer of the Year, Wilber, Jr. Hawkins, Wilbur Hawkins
    Description: An obituary for "Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace." Describes the titles Grace won and their most recent work in Hollywood.

  12. Exotics International 1.1 1983

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1983
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ photographers
    Subject: The Queen Mary
    Description: Exotics International magazine featuring photography from a night at The Queen Mary, including images of Drag performers and Go-go Dancers.

  13. Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 2 Summer 1979

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Christy, Kim
    Date: Summer 1979
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Female impersonators, FtMs, LGBTQ+ magazines, Title contests, Trans women, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites
    Description: Female Mimics edition featuring letters to the editor about the magazine and writers' journeys as female impersonators, an article and photography related to transitioning and coming out, and image...

  14. Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 3 Fall 1974

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Female Mimics, Christy, Kim
    Date: Autumn 1974
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag balls, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Friendship, Kinks and fetishes, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ magazines, LGBTQ+ people in the workplace, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: C'est La Vie cabaret, Empress LaRey's Universal Ball, Uba's TV Botique
    Description: Female Mimics edition featuring photographs of a visit to Uba's TV Boutique, a fiction piece, photographs of a female impersonators, interviews with transsexual and transvestite people, photographs...

  15. Female Mimics Vol. 7 No. 2

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Female Mimics
    Date: Spring 1976
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag pageants, Drag queens, Erotica, Female impersonators, Gender expression, Kinks and fetishes, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transfemininity, Transvestites
    Description: Female Mimics edition with photo features of female impersonators and drag queens in casual settings and at the California Drag Bash, an animated comic of nylon and leather scenes, and photography ...