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Hart-Stark marriage announcement

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Alan Hart and Inez Stark's 1918 marriage announcement. Hart was married under the name Robert Allen Bamsford, which he had also used to publish his writing in his teens and twenties. Hart and Stark would divorce in 1925. 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. Hart began medically transitioning during medical school and lived as a man from the late 1910s until his death.

Item Information:

Identifier
tq57nr39s
Collection
Alan Hart Collection
Institution
Lewis & Clark College
Publisher
San Francisco Examiner
Date Issued
Feb. 10, 1918
Genre
Clippings
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s)
Marriage
Physicians
Trans men
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
Rights
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