Ralph W. Judd collection on Cross-Dressing in thePerforming Arts 1848-circa2000

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Ralph W. Judd collection on Cross-Dressing in thePerforming Arts 1848-circa2000

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Materials collected by Ralph Judd relating tothe history of cross-dressing in the performing arts. The collection is focusedon popular music and vaudeville from the 1890s through the 1930s, and on filmand television: it contains few materials on musical theater, non-musicaltheater, ballet, opera, or contemporary popular music. The materials consistprimarily of sheet music, 1848-1988 (bulk circa 1895-1940), and studiopublicity stills of motion pictures, 1900-1996, and of television productions,circa 1950-2000, that depict men and women dressed in attire consideredappropriate to the opposite gender. The collection also contains a series ofResearch Files, arranged in a number of sub-series and consisting largely ofstudio stills, supplemented by press kits and other publicity materials,programs, reviews, photocopies, and clippings from newspapers and the popularpress. The collection includes Judd’s writings, both published and unpublished,including his columns published in the cross-dressing press, as well as over100 posters of motion pictures and theatrical performances that containcross-dressing, and the remainder of Judd’s collection of VHS videos of motionpictures that depict cross-dressing.

11 archive cartons + 2 archivehalf-cartons + 1 records box + 8 oversize boxes + 19 clamshell albums + 14albums.; (20 linear feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6655260

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