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  1. Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Young, Wilbur
    Date: Sep. 1938
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club
    Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light.

  2. I’m Sending A Letter to Santa Claus

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Charles A. Wenman, Gracie Fields, Lanny Rogers, Maurice Guttridge, Nellie Kolle, Sinbad the Sailor, Spencer Willaims
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "I'm Sending a Letter to Santa Claus," featuring Nellie Kolle.

  3. One for the Road

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Kolle, Nellie
    Date: 1939
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Description: A cover of the sheet music for "One for the Road," featuring Nellie Kolle.

  4. Sinbad the Sailor at the King’s

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1939
    Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Charles A. Wenman, Corrie Loders, Dan Thomas, Don Munro, Josie Kean, King's Theatre, Mike McCormack, Neck Morton, Nellie Kolle, Sinbad the Sailor, The Age Newspaper
    Description: Review of the opening night of "Sinbad the Sailor" at the King's Theatre in Australia, featuring Nellie Kolle.

  5. Walter Hart Scrapbook

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Hart, Walter
    Date: circa 1930 to 1978
    Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart
    Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...