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Francine Logandice collection
2002-04  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Francine Logandice collection
    Dates: 1923-1998
    Collection Number: 2002-04
    Creator/Collector: Logandice, Francine
    Extent: 5 cartons, 59 boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders (29.9 linear feet)
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: Francine Logandice was a transgender entrepreneur who owned a resort on the Russian River and a number of successful bars in San Francisco – the 222 Club on Hyde, the Black Rose, The Depot in the Outer Mission, Francine’s, Elaine’s, Déjà Vu and Café San Marcos. The collection contains correspondence, books, book lists, notes, and research related to Logandice's passion project, the Bibliography of Impersonation, Transvestism and Transexualism.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research, with the exception of Logandice’s rolodexes, which are restricted until January 1, 2022. Funding for processing this collection was provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Francine Logandice collection. Collection Number: 2002-04. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Francine Logandice in March 2002

    Biography/Administrative History

    Francine Logandice was an entrepreneur who owned a resort on the Russian River and a number of successful bars in San Francisco – the 222 Club on Hyde, the Black Rose, The Depot in the Outer Mission, Francine’s, Elaine’s, Déjà Vu and Café San Marcos. Logandice was born in New Jersey in 1928, joined the merchant marine at age 14 during World War II, and relocated to California in the mid-1960s before gender transitioning in 1969. Logandice was a prolific collector of transgender-related materials, compiling them into a document she called the Bibliography of Impersonation, Transvestism and Transexualism. She also wrote about and lectured on the topic of transgender identity.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Francine Logandice collection contains correspondence, books, book lists, notes, and research related to her passion project, the Bibliography of Impersonation, Transvestism and Transexualism. Historian and sexologist Vern Bullough called Logandice’s work “a labor of love and devotion” and recommended it as a scholarly resource. The majority of the collection is comprised of books listed in Logandice’s bibliography; publications and periodicals related to transgender and S&M communities; subject files; ephemera; scrapbooks; news clippings; and photographs. Logandice has identified many of the people in the photos. The collection also contains a small amount of financial records related to the businesses Logandice owned. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000130; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000384; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001236; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008517

    Indexing Terms

    Transgender people
    Kink
    Nightlife
    Trans women

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