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  1. A black chevalier...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Star
    Date: Jul. 28, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Lizzie
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  2. A Black Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity
    Subject: Dick Montgomery
  3. A Celebrated Case of Rebel Outrage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1876
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressing
  4. A Colored Man Who Successfully Passed as a Woman for 27 Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Milan Exchange
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from The Milan Exchange about Frances Thompson's life, following her death in 1876.
  5. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 24, 1876
    Topics: Change of name, Marriage, Secrecy
    Subject: James Han
  6. A Lady Surgeon in the Army

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1876
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Femininities
    Subject: Hart's Annual Army List, James Barry
    Description: National Republican (Washington, DC)
  7. A London Correspondence

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Times
    Date: Aug. 26, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Arthur Clinton, J.S. Fiske, The New York Times
    Description: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, VT)
  8. A Mask Lifted

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 11, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), 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.
  9. A Strange Life History

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1879
    Topics: Arrests, Books, Crossdressing, Hunting, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater, Marie Louise Perry Wilson, Mary Slater
    Description: The Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN)
  10. A Strange Life History: The Death of a Modern Diana-Lucy Slater's Thrilling Adventures

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The New York Times
    Date: Oct. 8, 1879
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Health, Hunting, Marriage, Social classes
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, George Slater, Joseph Israel Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater, Marie Louise Perry Wilson
  11. A Wild Woman's Story

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 26, 1878
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Firearms, Hunting, Marriage, Occupations, Social classes, Trapping, Woods
    Subject: Female Hunter of Long Eddy, Harry Slater, Joseph Lobdell, Lucy Ann Lobdell, Mary Ann Slater, Mrs.Wilson
    Description: The Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, PA)
  12. A Woman-Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1875
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Secrecy
  13. About a Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1871
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender role
    Subject: Samuel Buck
  14. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1874
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Academy of Music, Ella Wesner
    Description: A clipping from "The Chicago Daily Tribune" titled: "ACADEMY OF MUSIC," discussing Ella Wesner's performance at the Academy of Music. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  15. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1875
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Performing arts, Physical characteristics, Role behavior
    Subject: Ernest Byne, Swiss Bell Ringers
    Description: The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE)