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Variety Protected Materials Department Collection
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Varsity Drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Jun. 12, 1983 Topics: Actors, Drag, Plays Subject: Cambridge University, Cambridge University Footlights, Cecil Beaton, Harry Rottenberg, Humphrey Bourne, Neville Blackburn, Phillips Holmes, Robert Hewison, Victor Stiebel Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
Vaudeville Act Dancing Together
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Couples, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows vaudeville act, one man dressed as woman in top and shorts, one man in jacket and hat with cane. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." -
Vaudeville Acts Posing as a Group
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows several of acts posing for group portrait on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Clu... -
Vaudeville Groups Walking Through Prison Yard
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows acts, spectators, guards. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." 2012-0050. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Franci... -
Vaudeville Houses.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 7, 1909 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Subject: Julian Eltinge, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Fulton Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Vaudeville Houses," detailing an upcoming performance by Julian Eltinge. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Vaudeville Performers in front of Red Light Cafe Set
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: California State Library Creator: Date: 1933 Topics: Clowns, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville Description: Shows shack decorated with graffiti, saloon doors, men dressed as women posed in front. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." -
Vaudeville–Monday and Tuesday
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 30, 1918 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows, Vaudeville Subject: Andrew Tribble Description: An advertisement in The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram for a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator. -
Vegan Transsexual
Collection: Button Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil Date: circa 1990 Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people Description: Button with black text over white and purple flower on white background. The button reads "Vegan Transsexual". -
Veiled Threat Laid on Rescuer of 'Drag Queens'
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Thompson, Jennifer L. Date: May 3, 1974 to May 9, 1974 Topics: Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag queens, Police, Violence Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hall of Justice, National Caucus of Labor Committees -
Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph Date: 1956 Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat... -
Verasphere Archive, 1995-2009
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library Date: 2013 Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS Description: The archive contains newspaper clippings, oral histories, videorecordings, and photographs that document the costumes, appearances, and photographs of Mrs. Vera, a drag persona, and her circle of f... -
Veronica Friedman Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: GLBT Historical Society Date: 2020 Topics: Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Veronica Friedman Description: "Veronica 'Ronnie' Friedman (1945-1986) was a transgender woman who lived in San Francisco. The collection consists of Friedman’s detailed and emotional diary entries, as well as drafts of letters ... -
Vesta Tilley
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Rotary Photo, E.C., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice Date: 1903 Topics: Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley Description: Tilley wearing top hat and carrying walking stick. -
Vesta Tilley
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Philco Publishing Co., Tilley, Vesta, Powles, Matilda Alice Date: 1905 Topics: Subject: Matilda Alice Powles, Vesta Tilley Description: Tilley sitting at a writing desk.