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  1. The Memphis Riots

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 21, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  2. The Memphis Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1875
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Plays
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Milton Nobles
    Description: Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee)
  3. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Cosmetics, Courts, Crossdressing, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Arthur Clinton
    Description: Alexandria Gazette (Alexandra, D.C.)
  4. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Secrecy
  5. The Morality of Masquerading

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Watts, James
    Date: Oct. 15, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender
  6. The Sentinel

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Chain gangs, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  7. The Southern Outrages Incredible Radical Stories

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  8. The Spirit of Democracy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Spirit of Democracy
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Witnesses
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: An article from the The Spirit of Democracy discussing the testimony of Eliza Pinkston in relation to the New Orleans race riots. Frances Thompson is also mentioned.
  9. The Third Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1878
    Topics: Army, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Femininities, Fencing, Gender identity, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XV, Louis XVI, National Assembly
    Description: Staunton Spectator (Staunton, VA)
  10. The Vodoo Profession

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 1873
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Voodoo
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that talks about the case of the State vs. Frances Thompson involving Voodoo.
  11. The Woman in Battle: the adventures, exploits, and travels of Madame Loreta Juaneta Velasquez

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1876
    Topics: Military, Soldiers, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
    Subject: Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Loreta Juaneta Velasquez
    Description: Brochure advertising the publication of the book "The Woman in Battle" by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who claims to have masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Includes highli...
  12. Theatre Comique

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Bennett, James Gordon
    Date: Mar. 30, 1874
    Topics: Femininities, Gender identity, Masculinities, Theatre
  13. Theatre Comique: Ernest Byne

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 29, 1874
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Femininities, Theatre
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Gerard Byne, Josh Hart
    Description: The New York Herald (New York, New York)
  14. Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: American Civil War, Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  15. Thompson's Joke

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.