Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Logandice, Francine
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 5 cartons, 59 boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 oversize folders (29.9 linear feet)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Francine Logandice collection. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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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
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Francine Logandice in March 2002
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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Francine Logandice collection. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455