Andrew M. Schwartz Collection on
Cross-Dressing
Michael P. Palmer
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
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Los Angeles, California 90007
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Andrew M. Schwartz Collection on Cross-Dressing
Collection number: Coll2008-060
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Los Angeles,
California
- Processed by:
- Michael P. Palmer
- Date Completed:
- November 6, 2008; revised October 20, 2009
- Encoded by:
- Michael P. Palmer
© 2008 ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives. All rights reserved.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Descriptive Summary
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
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Publication Rights
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).
Preferred Citation
Andrew M. Schwartz collection on cross-dressing, Coll2008-060, ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Andrew M. Schwartz, October 25, 2008, and October 17, 2009.
Processing Information
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.
Biography
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.
Indexing Terms
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
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 1
Alex et Demary. Postcard of studio photograph of "Alex et
Demary, Danseuses Cosmopolites"
circa 1905
Physical Description: 1 postcard ; studio: Cliché FOCO, 5, Carrefour de
l'Odéon, Paris.
Box 1 : 2-3
Eltinge, Julian
c1917-1919
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1 : 2
Studio publicity still of Julian Eltinge in
The Clever Mrs. Carfax (Paramount
Pictures)
c1917
Physical Description: 1 studio publicity still ; 8 x 9.75
inches.
Box 1 : 3
Program for the Julian Eltinge Vaudeville Review, Mason
Opera House
week beginning August
4, 1919
Box 1 : 4
Grandsart, Émile. Postcard of photograph by Ernest Marteau
of Émile Grandsart, "The French Fregoli", "original transformist"
circa 1890
Physical Description: 1 postcard.
Box 1 : 5
Marina. Postcard of "Marina, transformiste"
1919
Physical Description: 1 postcard ; autographed by the
subject.
Box 1 : 6
Wilde, Oscar. Advertising cards satirizing oscar Wilde and "Aesthetics"
1882-circa 1892
Physical Description: 9 advertising cards : col.
Box 1 : 7
Unidentified (?)woman in checked trousers, plaid
jacket with oversize buttons, and high-crowned hat, holding long unidentified
object
circa 1880
Physical Description: 1 studio photograph ; 6.75 x 4.5 inches ; studio: M.
Obler, 1262 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn.
