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  1. Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1905
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Violence
    Subject: Percy Yarick
  2. Fooled the Reubens: Coldwater Boys Played Girl at Batavia Dance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 30, 1903
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Female impersonators, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Hal Johnson, James Bowersby
  3. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards
  4. 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
  5. 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
  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. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. Guide to the Mama Galore Drag Photograph Album, 1980s-1995

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
    Date: Sep. 2015
    Topics: Female impersonators, Homosexuality
    Subject: Mama Galore
    Description: Collection comprises a photograph album featuring 405 color photographs (ranging in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 4" x 6", primarily 3.5" x 5") and black-­and-­white publicity stills documenting members...
  13. Finding Aid to the Ralph W. Judd Collection on Cross-Dressing in the Performing Arts

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ONE Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Date: 2007
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Transvestism, Vaudeville
    Subject: Charles Pierce, Jim Bailey, Julian Eltinge, Karyl Norman, Ralph Judd
    Description: The collection consists of materials collected by Ralph Judd relating to the history of cross-dressing in the performing arts. The collection is focused on popular music and vaudeville from the 189...
  14. Ssshhh!: The Newsletter of the National Transgender Library & Archive Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, History, LGBTQ+ publishers, Media, Transgender culture
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Female Mimics (FM), Female Mimics International (F.M.I.), Joseph Vasta, Kim Christy, Lee G. Brewster, National Transgender Library & Archive (NTL&A), Transgender Historical Society
  15. Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: Jan. 2014
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay pride, Transgender people
    Subject: Aunt Charlie's Lounge, Forever's Gonna Start Tonight, Vicki Marlane
    Description: "The Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts document Marlane’s personal life in the 1970s and 1980s and her performance work in the 1990s. There is a small amount of material on her early career. ...
  16. West Side Club & LadyLike Magazine present Miss WSC '93-'94 (April 18, 1993)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: LadyLike Magazine, The West Side Club
    Date: 1993 to 1994
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Social activities clubs
    Subject: Bob Sweeny, Coco Vega, George Michaels, Henri David, JoAnn Roberts, LadyLike Magazine, Maryann Doud, Morgan Stevens, Wendy Bob Dubois, West Side Club