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  1. Sir Lady Java New Years Eve Show Advertisement

     
    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: D'Jon Ballroom, Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer advertisement for a New Year's Eve dance and show featuring Sir Lady Java in the D'Jon Ballroom.
  2. Sir Lady Java Newspaper Coverage

     
    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: Bobbie Blue Bland, Sir Lady Java, Variety Magazine
    Description: Community bulletin from The Metro Atlanta featuring stories about Sir Lady Java's protests and performance journey. Bobby "Blue" Bland, another performer, is also covered.
  3. Sir Lady Java Photo Advertisement

     
    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: Five black and white photos of Sir Lady Java in various outfits and poses, with body descriptions and measurements noted below.
  4. Sir Lady Java Posed Photograph

     
    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: Sir Lady Java poses for a photograph in a two-piece set and shiny high heels. She holds both arms above her head and smiles.
  5. Sir Lady Java Profile

     
    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 profile of Sir Lady Java briefly covering her development from high school up to her nightclub performance at a Los Angeles nightclub, which the writer reflects upon complimentarily.
  6. Sir Lady Java Promotional Card with Three Photos

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Three-photograph card of Sir Lady Java in a two-piece set and dark cape with a tulle headpiece.
  7. Sir Lady Java Promotional Flyer

     
    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: Flyer of a posing Sir Lady Java with text "World's Loveliest Female Impersonator".
  8. Sir Lady Java Promotional Photo

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Promotional card for Sir Lady Java including logo for Bobby Bryant as her personal management.
  9. Sir Lady Java Wearing a Tulle Cape and Feathered Headpiece

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: A black and white photograph of Sir Lady Java posing in a textured costume with a large black feather head piece.
  10. Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 21, 1967
    Topics: African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, Female impersonators, 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.
  11. "SpeakOut - Voices for Recovery" Event Footage

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
    Date: May 11, 2000
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, Trans men
    Description: Footage of a question-and-answer session following a panel at The Center titled, "Speak Out - Voices for Recovery." This panel was aimed toward LGBTQ+ individuals recovering from substance use.
  12. Staff from Club Universe in Dolores Park in 1994

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1994
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, LGBTQ+ people of color, Parks, Photography, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Club Universe
  13. STONEWALL STORIES PART I OF II

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry
    Date: Jun. 11, 1989
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites
    Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer
    Description: A collection of stories and remembrances from the Stonewall riots and 1969. Writers comment on memory, inclusion, and what the riots mean as a symbol. Originally published on pages 14 through 17 of...
  14. Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1988
    Topics: Black lesbians, Black LGBTQ+ people, Butches, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ activists, Racially mixed people
    Subject: Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie standing and holding a microphone, printed on beige paper with the caption "Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box"
  15. Sunday Night Cabaret at JR.'s Bar and Grill (1986)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1986
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cabaret, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Dione Martell, JR’s Bar & Grill, Kandi Delight, Naomi Sims, Tiger LIl