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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. Club Chesterfield Presents: Mr. Roby Landers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Clubs, Drag, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Club Chesterfielf, Roby Landers
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Group Photo at Mona's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    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"
  9. Group Photo of Finocchio's Performers

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
  10. Jackie Maye at Jewel Box Night Club

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Night Club, Jewel Box Revue, Toots La May
  11. Jolly Jack in Headdress

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1949
    Topics: Costume, Female impersonators, Theater
    Subject: Jolly Jack
    Description: Jolly Jack, a female impersonator, poses in front of a backdrop wearing a large headdress and a ruffled, sleeveless dress with black gloves. Inscription reads: "To Bobby & Mary, Two Grand People, H...
  12. Liberal Party Rally Flyer

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Abe Stark, Adolf A. Berle Jr., Harry Uviller, Mark A. Levien, Matthew Diserio, Newbold Morris, Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 Liberal Party flyer advertising a rally where audiences could meet and listen to the Liberal Party candidates. The rally took place at P.S. 190 on Georgia & Riverdale Avenues, in Brooklyn, NYC...
  13. Memorandum on Pauli Murray

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Liberal Party, Pauli Murray
    Description: Memorandum detailing Pauli Murray's background, education, occupational experience, written works, organization efforts, and miscellaneous awards Murray has won over their lifetime.
  14. Men dressed in drag

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1949
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Description: Men festively dressed as women are shown during an unidentified event taking place at 3rd Street and Main in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph dated November 1, 1949.
  15. Mona's Club Ashtray

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Mona's Club 440
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Ashtrays, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Smoking
    Subject: Mona's Club, Mona's Club 440