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Andrew M. Schwartz Collection on
Cross-Dressing
Coll2008-060
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Title: Andrew M. Schwartz collection on
cross-dressing
Dates: circa
1880-1919
Collection number: Coll2008-060
Creator:
Schwartz, Andrew M.
Collection Size: 1 archive half-carton.
0.2 linear foot.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Postcards, photographs, and other materials, the
majority portraying cross-dressing in entertainment. The materials include a
series of advertising cards, 1882-circa 1892, satirizing Oscar Wilde and
"Aesthetics", a 1917 publicity still of Julian Eltinge in the film
The Clever Mrs. Carfax, a 1919 program for
his Vaudeville Review, a postcard autographed in 1919 by "Marina,
transformiste", and an undated postcard of Émile Grandsart, "The French
Fregoli" and "Original Transformist".
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Andrew M. Schwartz collection on cross-dressing, Coll2008-060, ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Gift of Andrew M. Schwartz, October 25, 2008, and October 17, 2009.
Collection processed by Michael P. Palmer,
November 6, 2008; revised
October 20, 2009.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
To be provided later.
Scope and Content of Collection
Postcards, photographs, and other materials, the majority portraying
cross-dressing in entertainment. The materials include a series of advertising
cards, 1882-circa 1892, satirizing Oscar Wilde and "Aesthetics", a 1917
publicity still of Julian Eltinge in the film
The Clever Mrs. Carfax, a 1919 program for
his Vaudeville Review, a postcard autographed in 1919 by "Marina,
transformiste", and an undated postcard of Émile Grandsart, "The French
Fregoli" and "Original Transformist". The materials are arranged alphabetically
by personal name, as given.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cross-dressing--France
Cross-dressing--United States
Eltinge, Julian,
1883-1941
Female impersonators--France
Female impersonators--United
States
Male impersonators--France
Male impersonators--United
States
Transvestism in motion
pictures
Wilde, Oscar,
1854-1900