Greetings !
Just a reminder during this holiday season that the A. J. Epstein show at the ONE Archives Gallery and Museum is continuing until Jan 10, 2010 and a reminder that our ongoing book sale at the archives in West Adams. Both of these are great
opportunities for you to find wonderful gifts and stocking stuffers for the ones near and dear but it also gives you the added benefit of supporting our work in Preserving our past and ensuring our future.
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COLLECTIONS HIGHLIGHT: The Ralph Judd Collection on Cross-Dressing in the
Performing Arts
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In the late 1970s, Ralph W. Judd (1930-2007), a former Coast
Guard Commander, began collecting materials for what became the world's largest
collection on the history of cross-dressing in the performing arts. The materials he collected focused on popular
music and vaudeville from the 1890s through the 1930s; and on film and
television throughout the 20th century. It consists primarily of sheet music
(1848-1988) and studio publicity stills of motion pictures (1900-1996) and
television productions (1950-2000) that depict cross-dressing men and women. Also included are materials on musical
theater, non-musical theater, ballet, opera, and contemporary popular
music.
The collection also includes Judd's writings-both published
and unpublished articles on cross-dressing-as well as over 100 posters of
motion pictures and theatrical performances that contain cross-dressing. In addition, a small portion of the
collection consists of sheet music, photographs and postcards relating to
musical theater and vaudeville stars of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, including Julian Eltinge, one of the most well-known female
impersonators of the 20th century.
In 1988, Judd earned a Ph.D. from Clayton University
with his thesis, Origins of Crossdressing: A History of performance en
travesty. In the following years, he
continued to publish his writings as well as pictorial books, including Drag
Gags: Fun with Female Impersonation from the Movies (1991) and Drag Gags
Return: Tongue-in-Cheek Fun with Female Impersonation from the Movies (1992.) With generous support from longtime ONE volunteers, Jim Deeton and David
Hensley, the Ralph W. Judd Collection is now available for research at
ONE Archives. Visit the "Collections"
page on our website at www.onearchives.org/collections for more
information.
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Save the Date
Final 2009 Culture Series Event
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 The final installment of our Fall-Winter Culture Series, December 20, ONE will host "Cowboys on the Cover of a Magazine."Public Historian Jeff Auer, will trace the use of gay men as cowboys on the covers of American magazines from the 1950's to the present day. Stay Tuned as next month we will reveal the line up for the first four Culture Series Events for 2010!! |
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Press Clip
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The ONE Archives Gallery and Museum were mentioned in an article on "Out and About Tours" in Sarah Witness' November 30th " L.A. Scene" Column on the After Ellen Website! See the link below.
http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/11/la-scene
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Volunteer at ONE! |
 ONE is starting on several new projects and the need for volunteers is ever-increasing. Volunteering at ONE allows you to experience GLBT history firsthand and to have a real impact on preserving that history. Stop by the archives during our open hours or send an email to askone@onearchives.org to learn more.
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Thank
you for reading our newsletter and for making our work possible. With
your help, we are able to offer our Culture Series events & can continue to create exhibits in our Gallery and Museum We can keep
our archivists working hard for you and your history. Especially in these
challenging times, we need your support to continue preserving our past and
securing our future. Please make a donation online today.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Hawkins, Ph.D
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
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