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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Jack McDonald, Zelden Letrovinski

  4. City: San Francisco's Magazine, June 1981

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Romo, Ricardo
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Drag shows, Female impersonators
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: City magazine edition featuring pictures of drag performers at the tourist-friendly drag bar Finocchio's, and a list of recommendations for events and recommended activities around San Francisco.

  5. 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...

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Cops Slam Door at a Swinging Spot

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 13, 1965
    Topics: Criminalization of cross-dressing, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Transfemininity, Transgender community
    Description: Newspaper article titled "Cops Slam Door At a Swinging spot" describes the police raid and arrest of patrons at the Chukker Club (misidentified as the "Checker Club") in San Francisco, California; ...

  9. 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.

  10. Divine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Divine, Holland, David
    Date: Nov. 13, 1976
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender identity in the theater, Motion pictures, Off Off-Broadway theater, Theater
    Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Babs Johnson, Divine, Female Trouble, Gay Community News, John Waters, Multiple Maniacs Mondo Trasho, Museum of Modern Art, Pink Flamingos, Roman Candles, Shakespeare, Tom Eyen, Women Behind Bars
    Description: An interview with Divine, the drag queen and actor. Originally printed on page 9 of Volume 4, number 2 of Gay Community News. Photography by Deborah Irmas.

  11. Dorian Corey Is Dead

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 31, 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning, Sally's Hideaway, Sally's II
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times about the death of Dorian Corey, a Black trans woman.

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. Farewell Performance of Verdi's Aida

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Thayer, Chuck
    Date: Jan. 8, 1967
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: A program for a drag performance at The Black Cat Cafe, also including a description of the club, performances, and drag artists. This was one of drag performer José Sarria's opera parody performan...

  15. Female Impersonator and Other Patrons Inside the 527 Club

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1973
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Night life, Photography
    Subject: 527 Club, Miracle Mile
    Description: Written on back: "527 Club, Folsom/3rd St. Female impersonator on 'Miracle Mile,' 10 blocks of gay bars."