Digital Transgender Archive
"My Irish Colleen"
A 1911 poem by Alan Hart about his college romantic partner Eva Cushman, published in the Albany College yearbook, the Takenah. Hart wrote this poem before he began living full-time as a man, and the poem is notable for its open expression of romantic love for a woman. Dr. Alan Hart (1890-1962) was an American physician, novelist, and trans man. Hart devoted his professional life to the study and treatment of tuberculosis, particularly its diagnosis via X-ray. He was also the author of four novels on medical themes and a nonfiction book about X-rays. As a child, Hart presented as a boy when possible, and published his writing using his initials or the name Robert Allen Bamford. During his education, he wore traditionally feminine clothing before adopting a male identity permanently in his 20s. Hart began medically transitioning during medical school and lived as a man from the late 1910s until his death.
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- Identifier
- mw22v590d
- Collection
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Alan Hart Collection
- Institution
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Lewis & Clark College
- Creator(s)
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Hart, Alan
- Date Issued
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1911
- Genre
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Clippings
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Oregon
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Linn
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Albany
- Topic(s)
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Poetry
Trans men
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
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