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  1. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Campaign Final Remarks

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Springer, Maida
    Date: Dec. 1, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Helen Wishnofsky, Pauli Murray, Sam Curtis, Sidney Laitman
    Description: 1949 letter written by Maida Springer on behalf of the Pauli Murray city councilor campaign reflecting on the election results. Springer remarks that while Murray lost, they still managed to win ov...

  2. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Letter of Support

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Murray, Pauli
    Date: Oct. 28, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 letter from the Pauli Murray city councilor campaign. The letter urges Murray's community to respond to the letter asking for feedback on how they'd like Murray to act as a city councilor, as ...

  3. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Post Office Application Notice

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Springer, Maida
    Date: Oct. 3, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 Letter from Maida Springer, Pauli Murray's city councilor campaign manager, written to the Stuyvesant Station superintendent (located in Brooklyn, New York City). The letter details the Murray...

  4. City Scoop Column

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Reddus, Luther
    Date: Nov. 26, 1949
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ritz Lounge, Valda Gray
    Description: A clipping from the Chicago World publication mentioning Valda Gray's "The Valda Gray Show."

  5. Collection of Pauli Murray Newspaper Clippings from 1949

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1949 to Oct. 29, 1949
    Topics:  
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: Collection of Pauli Murray-related newspaper clippings dated from between October 24th-29th 1949. The clippings from several newspapers like The Pittsburgh Courier, The New York Post, and N.Y Amste...

  6. Cops and Robbers II: Transsexuals and the Police

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
    Creator: Pacifica Radio Archives
    Date: 1924 to Oct. 2006
    Topics: Gay rights, Identity, Law enforcement, Legal status, LGBT, Police, Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration, Transsexual people
    Subject: Conversion Our Goal (C.O.G.), Elliot Blackstone, Herb Kutchins, San Francisco Bail Project, San Francisco Police Department
    Description: Three transsexuals discuss police problems and their work as members of C.O.G., Conversion our Goal, with Police Community Relations Officer Elliot Blackstone of the San Francisco Police Department...

  7. Countess Estelle as a brunette

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Countess Estelle, Garden of Allah
    Description: Photograph of Countess Estelle standing in front of a curtain wearing a sleeved dress with a long pleated skirt, dangly earrings, black heels, and a dark fur piece draped around both wrists.

  8. Countess Estelle posing with two unknown femmes at a party

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Subject: Countess Estelle
    Description: A photograph of Countess Estelle posing with two unknown femmes holding drinks at a party. They are all wearing jewelry. One of them is in a fur coat and light top, and the other two are in dark to...

  9. Countess Estelle with two unknown femmes in dresses

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Subject: Countess Estelle
    Description: Photograph of Countess Estelle posing with two unknown femmes at a party. One is in a black fur coat and various accessories. The other two are in hats.

  10. "Dances that Differ" poster featuring Cleo Stafford

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Lowell Studio
    Date: circa 1946 to circa 1956
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Cleo Stafford
    Description: Poster featuring four pictures of Cleo Stafford in drag and one picture out of drag. The text reads, "Presenting Mr Cleo Gordon Stafford in dances that differ."

  11. Female impersonator Shuug Au Sing

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC
    Subject: Shuug Au Sing
    Description: Photograph of Shuug Au Sing in a floor length dress and large, elaborate headdress posing in front of curtains.

  12. Femme posing with white feathered hairpiece

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1940 to 1959
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of femme posing with a feathered hairpiece, a white dress, and a black cardigan in front of a floral wallpaper.

  13. Francis Russell, promotional photograph

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Francis Russell
    Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell smiling in a sleeveless, black sequined mermaid dress, a layered necklace, and above the elbow, black fingerless gloves.

  14. Ginny Knuth Family Album

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1930 to 1998
    Topics: Allies, Cisgender women, Gender non-conforming people, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Ginny Knuth
    Description: A family photo album from the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's partner identified as a crossdresser an...

  15. Group Photo at Mona's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (Pre-1950)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940 to circa 1949
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Butch Minton, Jan Jansen, Jimmy Reynard, Kay Scott, Mona's Club
    Description: Picture taken at Mona's; standing (L to R) "Butch", Jan Jansen, Kay Scott, Jimmy Reynard; seated (L to R) "Mike", Beverly Shaw, unidentified, "Mickey"