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  1. Lived Fifteen Years as Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 10, 1908
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Emigration
    Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson
  2. Man-Woman Busy Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1905
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Occupations
    Subject: Ella Dukes, Ellen Glenn, Ellis Glenn, Stephen A. Lockwood
    Description: The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal (Norfolk, Nebraska)
  3. Mary Read and Ann Bonny First and Only Women Pirates

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 12, 1905
    Topics: Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonny, Captain Avery, Captain Johnson, Marryat J. Clarke, Mary Read, Robert Louis Stevenson, Russell Pyle, William J. Le Moyne, Wood Rogers
  4. Mid-Week

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1908
    Topics: Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: George Fostelle, Harry Le Clair, Julian Eltinge, Pittsburgh Daily Post, Richard Harlow, The Nixon Theater
    Description: A clipping from "Pittsburgh Daily Post" titled: "Mid-Week," detailing a performance by Julian Eltinge. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  5. Montauk.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 5, 1909
    Topics:  
    Subject: 100 Honey Boys, Cohan and Harris Minstrels, Earl Benham, Eddie Leonard, Forty Count Em', Frank Morrell, George Evans, George M. Cohan, George Primrose, J.H Harverly, John King, Julian Eltinge, Matt Keefe, The Belle of the Barber's Ball, Watterbury Brothers and Tenney and Rice and Provost
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to anti-Black racism. Clipping from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle talking about a minstrel show.
  6. Mysterious Paper Signed by De Raylan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 27, 1906
    Topics: Assigned gender, Death and dying, Families, Wills
    Subject: Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ)
  7. Nicolai De Raylan.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 27, 1906
    Topics: FtMs, Labour, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Hiram O. Hance, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT)
  8. Nicolai De Raylan Was a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Letters
    Subject: Baron von Schlippenbach, Nicolai De Raylan
  9. Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1905
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Violence
    Subject: Percy Yarick
  10. Passed Off as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1908
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, FtMs, Immigration, Law, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Travel
    Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  11. Police Guard for Chinese Actor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1905
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Wong Chung
    Description: Article published in the Evening News detailing the story of Wong Chung, a Chinese female impersonator. According to the article, Chung was running away from the criminal organization Hip Sing Tong...
  12. Romance Behind De Raylan Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 22, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Inheritance law, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Anne De Raylan, Baron von Schlippenbach, Harry George De Raylan, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: The Star (Reynoldsville, PA)
  13. Russian Consul Will Talk-Over the De Raylan Scandal With Ambassador Rosen at Washington

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 25, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Anna Davidson, Baron von Schlippenbach, Harry George De Raylan, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: The Stark County Democrat (Canton, Ohio)
  14. Secrets of Woman Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, Diaries, FtMs, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Adolf Devrschnitz, Anne De Raylan, Baron von Schlippenbach, Chevalier de Lemalt, Eugenie Bruchulis, Francis Bruchulis, Joseph Armstrong, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, Washington)
  15. She Masquerades as Man in Fight for Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1908
    Topics: Crossdressing, Masquerading
    Subject: Augusta Seib
    Description: Clipping from the Oakland Tribute talking about Augusta Seib and their masquerading as a man to get a job. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.