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  1. Soldiers Who Were Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 24, 1890
    Topics: Military, Military discharge--United States
    Subject: Charles D. Fuller, Frances Day, Franklin Thompson, L. M. Blaylock, Miss Seelye, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Company, Sergeant Frank Mayne
    Description: Democratic Northwest (Napoleon, Ohio)
  2. A Fatal Accident which Revealed a Mystery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Bulletin
    Date: Jun. 16, 1890
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Sailors
    Subject: Hans Brandt
    Description: The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
  3. The Burglary that Led to the Chinese Battle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Lee Low
    Description: An article in the Los Angeles Herald that mentions Lee Low, a Chinese female impersonator.
  4. A Bogus Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1890
    Topics: Debt, Families, Gender, Gender role, Imprisonment, Marriage, Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: Johnstown Weekly Democrat (Johnstown, PA)
  5. She Played Her Part

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Clothing, Debt, Gender identity, Imprisonment, Marriage, Masculinities, Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
  6. Won't Stop Being a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 28, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Debt, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Washington Critic (Washington, DC)
  7. A Chinese Fight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1890
    Topics: Boxing, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Foo Jung, John L. Sullivan, Swintien Lok Company
    Description: This item is an article in the North Dakota newspaper Bismarck Daily Tribune about a staged fight between boxer John L. Sullivan and Ah Giang, a Chinese female impersonator.
  8. A Chinese Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Mr. Ah Gian
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.
  9. A Photograph of Woman Dressed in Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Roberts, G. Walter
    Date: 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transmasculinity
    Description: A photograph of a woman dressed in men's clothing.
  10. Chinese John L. Sullivan His Name is Ah Giang and He Downed Foo Jung in

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New York Evening Sun
    Date: 1890
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Ah Giang, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company
    Description: Article published in the Omaha Sunday-World Herald about a fight between Foo Jung, an acrobat, and Ah Giang, a female impersonator.
  11. The Della Fox Little Trooper March

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Johnson, W. O.
    Date: circa 1890
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Della Fox
  12. A Woman Marries a Woman.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1889
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Soldiers
    Subject: Ladislans Vay, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: Herald and News (West Randolph, VT)
  13. "Ellis Glenn" in Jail

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1, 1889
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Clothing, Crossdressing, Forgery, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Siblings
    Subject: Ella Dukes, Ellis Glenn, Nellie Dukes
  14. Women in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1889
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, History, Navy, Prisoners, Wars, Women
    Subject: Harriet Muir, Henry James Muir
  15. Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgie Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Greenville Times
    Date: Sep. 28, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Greenville advertising a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring The Great Gauze, a female impersonator.
  16. Romance of a Poor Young Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 19, 1889
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Labour
    Subject: Frank James, Jesse James, Joseph Cox, Josephine Cox, Marshel Chappel
    Description: The Bottineau Pioneer (Bottineau, ND)
  17. Mourning for His Cat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 16, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article published in The Boston Herald that explains shows featuring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator, have been canceled because Wing is sick.
  18. The Costumer is the Boss

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Foo, Wong Chin
    Date: Aug. 23, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Chinese, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Staunton Vindicator about the costuming of the Swintien Loh theater troupe mentioning Taka Wing, a female impersonator.
  19. Ta Ka Wing and the Whole Chinese Dramatic Troupe are Doomed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article in The Evening World about female impersonator Taka Wing.
  20. Mott Street's Sharp Critics

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 9, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.
  21. New York Deserted

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 6, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from The Evening Star mentioning Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.
  22. A Chinese Play

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Moo Sung Lee, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing
    Description: Article published in The St. Louis Republic about a performance by Taka Wing, "the great female impersonator of China".
  23. China Stars Are Here

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: White, Charley
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Moo Sing Jee, Taka Wing
    Description: An article in The Evening World interviewing Chinese American female impersonator Taka Wing about a performance.
  24. High Jinks for Chinatown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Koong Ming, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing
    Description: This item includes a clipping from the Boston Herald detailing a performance starring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.
  25. In Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1889
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mme. Libert, Palace of Justice
    Description: The Lafayette Advertiser (Lafayette, LA)
  26. Announcements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Billy Gauze
    Description: An article in the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Billy Gauze, a female impersonator of color.
  27. Go-Won-Go Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier
    Date: Mar. 19, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play)
    Description: A clipping from the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier about Gowongo Mohawk's performance in the play "The Indian Mail Carrier," as a male impersonator.
  28. A Strange Career: The Remarkable Dual Existence of a Former Belle of Sandusky, O.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: San Francisco Dispatch
    Date: Jan. 19, 1889
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Charlotte Parkhurst, Frank Parkhurst, Peter Elehebarne
  29. A Comedy of Murder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Chinese Theatrical Company, Taka Wing, Two Unfortunate Maidens
    Description: Article published in The New York Herald about a performance by Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.
  30. "A Dark Conspiracy" in Chinese

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Chinese drama, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: A Dark Conspiracy, Asian people, Chinese People, Koong Ming, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald reporting on the performance of "A Dark Conspiracy" featuring Taka Wing, a female impersonator.
  31. Chinese Actors At The Windsor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: Article published in the New York Tribune about Tak-a-Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. It talks about the feminine clothing and calls Tak-a-Wing a "he-she".
  32. Joy Reigns In Chinatown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Taka Wing, The Swintien Lok Chinese Dramatic Company, Troupe
    Description: Article published in the New-York Tribune about a performance by Taka Wing, a famous Chinese female impersonator.
  33. Just Like in Pekin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language.
  34. Portrait Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  35. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  36. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  37. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  38. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Central Music Hall, Ella Wesner, Harrison Collection
  39. Portrait of Ella Wesner

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870 to 1908
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
  40. Three Chinese Get In

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, City of Alexandria (steamship), Fong, Chu, Yi, Chin
    Description: A newspaper article from the New York Herald detailing the arrest of a Chinese female impersonator.
  41. Neil Burgess (Amusements)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1888
    Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess, Vim
  42. A Rathmines Romance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 4, 1888
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Femininities, Masculinities, Role behavior, Roleplay, Transgender people, Widowed people
    Subject: Aouth Kensington School of Art, Freeman's Journal
  43. Disguised her Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 28, 1888
    Topics: Assigned gender, Death and dying, Family members, Passing (Gender)
    Description: Daily Globe, St. Paul Minnesota.
  44. I Play the Part

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1888
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Portrait prints, Stipple engraving, English, Theatre, Visual arts
    Subject: Constant Couple, George Farquhar, Margaret Woffinton, William Hogarth
    Description: Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple.
  45. Mr. or Miss?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Jun. 8, 1887
    Topics: Drag kings, Male impersonators, Opera, Weddings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Belle Kinsman, Charles Hindle, E.H. Brooks
  46. A Femenine Jehn

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 26, 1887
    Topics: Assigned gender, Death and dying, FtMs, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Charlotte Parkhurst, Frank Parkhurst, Peter Elehebarne
    Description: The McCook Tribune (McCook, Nebraska)
  47. 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
  48. Owl Pharmacy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 1887
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Description: Article in The Abilene Reflector about "the best colored female impersonators in the business."
  49. A Woman Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 13, 1886
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Passing (Gender), Retirement benefits, Soldiers, Veterans
    Subject: Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, Franklin Thompson, Joseph Allen, S. E. Seelye
    Description: Wessington Springs Herald (Wessington Springs, South Dakota)
  50. Not A Tenderfoot: A Female Jehu Who Passed for Thirty Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 1886
    Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Gold mines and mining, Passing (Gender), Postmasters, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Charlotte Parkhurst, Frederick M. Parkhurst, Lottie Parkhurst
  51. Mrs. S. E. Seelye

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 17, 1886
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: The Grenada Sentinel (Grenada, MS)
  52. There is a Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1886
    Topics: Army, Civil wars, Crimes, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Military, Soldiers
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Edmonds, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ)
  53. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, on the condition of the Indians in the Indian Territory, and other reservations, etc. In two parts. Part I.

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1886
    Topics: BIPOC, Indian agents, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, Transgender people of color, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch
    Description: List of names for land lease on Crow Reservation. Includes Osh-Tisch, "Finds-them-and-kills-them."
  54. Fifteen Years in Man's Attire.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1885
    Topics: Appearance, Businesses, Crossdressing, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Frank Gray
  55. Yesterday’s Concerts.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Koster & Bial's
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Yesterday’s Concerts." Details a performance given by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  56. The Petersburg Guard in Providence

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Freeman
    Date: Jun. 13, 1885
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Burlesque, C. Henry Brenan, Merchant of Venice, Petersburg Guard, Thomas Doyle, Virginius
    Description: This item is an article in The New York Freeman newspaper Vol. 1 No. 30 that discusses Mr. C. Henry Brenan as a female impersonator and burlesque artist.
  57. A Photograph of Person Wearing A Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1885
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Portrait photography
    Description: A photograph of a person (given the time likely a performer) posing in a photography studio wearing a dress.
  58. Ella Wesner Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sarony, Napoleon
    Date: circa 1870 to circa 1900
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A postcard of Ella Wesner in men's formal attire holding a top hat.
  59. Footlight Flickerings.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Indianapolis Sporting Life
    Description: A clipping from "Indianapolis Sporting Life" titled: "Footlight Flickerings," discussing the closure of Ella Wesner's co. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  60. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: 48th Congress, 2nd Session
    Date: 1885
    Topics: BIPOC, Indian agents, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Crow Reservation, Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch
    Description: Letter from the secretary of interior leasing Crow land. It names Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch, who was an Indigenous trans person.
  61. Fredonia Times

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fredonia Times
    Date: Oct. 16, 1884
    Topics: Civil wars, Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, FtMs, LGBTQ+ partners, Military, Military leaves and furloughs, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Sarah E. Seelye
    Description: Phillipsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, KS)
  62. Mrs. E. E. Seeyle the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Fredonia Times
    Date: Oct. 16, 1884
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Combat, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Battle of Bull Run, Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, E. E. Seelye, Franklin Thompson, Sanitary Commission
    Description: Phillpsburg Herald (Phillipsburg, Kansas)
  63. A Masquerading Musketeer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 26, 1884
    Topics: Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Infection, Military, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, William R. Morse
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, WI)
  64. "Franklin Thompson's" Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Washington Cor. Detroit Free Press
    Date: Mar. 7, 1884
    Topics: Appearance, Conduct of court proceedings, Military, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Colonel Dillmann, Company F. Second Regiment Michigan Infantry, Franklin Thompson, Nurse and Spy, Orlando M. Poe, Sarah E. E. Seeley
    Description: Iowa County Democrat (Mineral Point, Wisconsin)
  65. "Franklin Thompson's" Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1884
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Government, Hospitals, Politics, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Franklin Thompson, Orlando M. Poe, Sarah E. E. Seeley
    Description: Iowa County Democrat (Mineral Point, WI)
  66. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.
  67. Annie Hindle Drawing

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1880 to 1889
    Topics: Drawings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Male impersonators
  68. Wisconsin's Wonder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, S. J. Hudson
    Description: The News and Herald (Winnsboro, S. C.)
  69. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender segregation in labour, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Smoking
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, S. J. Hudson
    Description: Wood River Times (Hailey, Idaho)
  70. History of the Woman Claiming to be a Man and Marrying Another Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1883
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Meetings
    Subject: Delia Derthick, Frank Dubois, Tribune
    Description: The Benton Weekly Record (Benton, Montana)
  71. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 9, 1883
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Painting, Passing (Gender), Separation
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, H. L. Morrison, S.J. Hudson
    Description: Cooperstown Courier (Cooperstown, ND)
  72. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 9, 1883
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, FtMs, Interviews, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Stealth (Transgender)
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, H. L. Morrison
    Description: Press and Daily Dakotaian (Yankton, Dakota Territory, SD)
  73. A Sorry Plight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 6, 1883
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Pregnancy
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Fuller, S. J. Hudson
    Description: Daily Evening Bulletin (Marysville, KY)
  74. Married, Not Mated

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Denver Republican
    Date: Oct. 30, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage
    Subject: Frank Dubois
  75. STAGE WHISPERS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Alma Stuart Stanley, Blanche Selwyn, Ella Wesner, St. George Hussey, The National Police Gazette
    Description: A clipping from "The National Police Gazette" titled: "STAGE WHISPERS," discussing a performance of Ella Wesner and other male impersonators. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  76. It's Dudish, You Know!

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Reed, Charlie
    Date: 1883
    Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Carroll Johnson, Chas. D. Blake & Co., Sam Devers
    Description: Sheet music for "It's Dudish, You Know!" by Charlie Reed. Cover art features a man accompanied by the speech bubble "Dear Boys don't cher know Our style's all the go."
  77. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language (Vol. IV. Scream--Zythum)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ogilvie, John
    Date: 1883
    Topics: Transfemininity, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Sir Thomas Browne
    Description: On page 414, the words "Transexion" and "Transfeminate" are defined. Both terms are attributed to "Sir T. Browne" in reference to the physician and influential writer Sir Thomas Browne’s Pseudodoxi...
  78. Wisconsin's Wonder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1882
    Topics: Gossip, Marriage, Painting, Passing (Gender), Step parents
    Subject: Frank Dubois, Gertrude Dubois, Gertrude Fuller
    Description: The News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC)
  79. Hyde & Behman’s Theater.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1882
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Davene's Colossal Allied Attractions, Ella Wesner, Hyde & Behman's Theater, St. George Hussey, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Hyde & Behman’s Theater." Detailing the acts at Hyde & Behamn's Theater, including Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  80. A Remarkable Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1882
    Topics: Appearance, Essentialism, Heteronormativity, Intersex people, Love, Marriage, Masculinities, Separation, Surgery
    Subject: Burnham Novelty Company, Major W. L. Powell, St Paul Pioneer Press, Tribune
  81. A Strange Metamorphosis

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 28, 1882
    Topics: FtMs, Marriage, Separation, Transgender people
    Subject: Dubuque Times, E. W. Burnham, Major Powell, Tribune
  82. Duluth News-Tribune

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 17, 1882
    Topics: Divorce, Essentialism, FtMs, Marriage, Transgender people
  83. A Woman Was Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 20, 1882
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs
    Description: Daily Globe (St. Paul, MN.)
  84. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 5, 1882
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Grand Opera House, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "GRAND OPERA HOUSE," advertising a performance featuring Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  85. A Crack Shot

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1881
    Topics: Abduction, Arrests, Books, Crossdressing, Gender role, Hunting, Marriage
    Subject: Benjamin K. Bortree, David Fortnam, George W. Slater, Henry W. Shouse, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Mary Perry, Mary Slater
    Description: Butler Citizen (Butler, PA)
  86. A Crack Shot: The Story of the Female Hunter of Long Eddy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1881
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, George W. Slater, Lucy Ann Lobdell
    Description: Butler Citizen (Butler, PA)
  87. OUR VARIETY ARTISTS.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1881
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, The Cincinatti Enquirer
    Description: A clipping from "The Cincinnati Enquirer" discussing the salaries of performers including Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  88. Brooklyn Park Theater.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 10, 1881
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Brooklyn Park Theater, Ella Wesner, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Brooklyn Park Theater," advertising a performance featuring Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  89. BROOKLYN PARK THEATER.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1881
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Brooklyn Park Theater, Ella Wesner, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "BROOKLYN PARK THEATER," advertising a performance of Ella Wesner at the Brooklyn Park Theater. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  90. The Idyl of Wild Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 3, 1880
    Topics: Almshouses, Cave dwellers, Crossdressing, Hunting
    Subject: George Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Marie Louise Perry
    Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, Wisconsin)
  91. A Woman's Strange Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 18, 1880
    Topics: Almshouses, Cave dwellers, Crossdressing, Hunting, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Marie Louise Perry Wilson, Mary Slater
    Description: The Sun (New York, NY)
  92. North Carolina News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 30, 1880
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, BIPOC, Black people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ parents, Transmasculine people
    Description: A clipping from the Yorkville Enquirer mentioning a "colored woman who was raised as a boy."
  93. Charley Parkhurst

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 24, 1880
    Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Celibacy, Criminal occupations, Death and dying, Harassment, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Rheumatism, Smoking, Stealth (Transgender), Transportation occupations, Voting
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: The Princeton Union (Princeton, Minnesota)
  94. Hard on the Stalwarts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: May 21, 1880
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Night riding (Racial violence), Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and racial violence.
  95. Thirty Years in Disguise

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1880
    Topics: Cancer, Death and dying, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: Centre Democrat (Bellefonte, PA)
  96. A Queer Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Providence Press
    Date: Feb. 7, 1880
    Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Death and dying, Harassment, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Rheumatism, Transportation occupations, Travel
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, VA)
  97. Charley Parkhurst

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1880
    Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Death and dying, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Rheumatism, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst
    Description: The Vancouver Independent (Vancouver, Washington)
  98. The Life Secret of Charley Parkhurst, a Famous California Stage-Driver

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1880
    Topics: Death and dying, Firearms, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Hank Monk
    Description: The Northern Pacific Farmer (Wadena, Minnesota)
  99. The Vallejo Chronicle Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 29, 1880
    Topics: Butchers (Persons), Death and dying, Parenthood
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Stockton Herald
    Description: Morning Appeal (Carson City, Nevada)
  100. Charley Parkhurst

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 17, 1880
    Topics: Alcohol, Crossdressing, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charles H. Child, Charley Parkhurst, Ebenezer Balch, Frank Stevens, James Burch, Liberty Childs, Providence Journal, William Hayden
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)