Newcomb Archives
Drag King Collection
07-004
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Title
- Drag King Collection
- ID
- 07-004
- Date [inclusive]
- 1914-2007
- Extent
- 3.0 Cubic feet three boxes
- Language
- English
Scope and Contents note
Collection covers drag king culture in New Orleans, in the United States, at Tulane and Newcomb, includes photos of drag shows, event posters, zines, magazines,etc. relating to queer life. In addition, the collection includes select chapters from a book on drag culture, information from a presentation on drag culture, and documents relating to the research protocol for the book on drag culture.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in three boxes with labelled subject folders. Materials have been arranged in folders in accordance with their purpose and subject matter. Materials have been unfolded and all paperclips removed.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Burlesque
- Drag Culture
- Lesbians
- Performances
- Transsexuals
Collection Inventory
Box 1 of 3 |
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Loose Contents General noteCD Rosana Interviews on Lesbian Community and Drag king shows [no date provided] CD titled “Bibliography for drag kings” [no date provided] Floppy Disk titled “kings” with unknown content [no date provided] |
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Folder 1: “Drag King Book/ Presentation Info.” General notePhotocopy of reference page from “The Drag King Book” Talk by Alana Kumbier “Drag Kinging: Politics, Performance, and Community”- March 15, 2005 Notes by Bea Calvert presenting the Drag King Collection - June 14, 2010 PowerPoint printout about the New Orleans Drag King Project - June 10, 2010 (three copies, one with notes) Oral history interview handout Proposed schedule for questions for the oral histories in the New Orleans Drag King Collection (two copies) and handwritten additions Email from Alana Kumbier to Cristina Hernandez with questions about the New Orleans drag king scene- May 6, 2006 Email to Cristina Hernandez with Hullaballoo index entries for keywords: Mr. Sophie Newcomb, Mr. H. Sophie Newcomb, Miss Paul Tulane, and Drag Daily schedule of American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006 About LGBT Religious Archives Network (two copies) Introduction (two copies) Chapter 5- Archiving from the Ground Up Drag Kings of New Orleans: Documenting Cultural History ALA Presentation (two copies)- June 25, 2006 Building a Core Collection for Drag King Research Discussion on Starting NODKP (two copies) |
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Folder 2: Drag King Book/ Presentation Info. Continued General noteIntroduction “Mackdaddy, Superfly, Rapper: Gender, Race, and Masculinity in the Drag King Scene” “Oh Behave! Austin” |
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Folder 3: Drag King Research Protocol General noteThe cost of doing oral history Forms for request for expedited IRB Review (two copies) Signed consent forms for taped oral histories Signed consent forms for written responses to oral history interview questions Blank consent forms Letter exempting the research from the federal policy for Protection of Human Subjects (two copies) Consent forms from The Ohio State University (five copies) |
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Folder 4: New Orleans drag king troupes info. General noteFe-Male Trouble drag show photos (six)- Nov. 2000 Fe-Male Trouble drag show photos (six)- Oct. 27, 2000 King of Fools photos- April 1, 2001 at The A.R.K Fe-Male Trouble debut photos- Oct. 25, 2000 at The Mint Who’s Ya Daddy? photos- June 17, 2001 at The Shim Sham Fe-Male Trouble photos (35)- no date Boys will be girls, girls will be boys coloring book Troupe history sheet Email about a performance Gender Bending Ball “The Fe-Male Trouble Drag King Troupe”- by Alana Kumbier “History of the Kingdom Come Drag King and Variety Show”- by Stevie Dicks |
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Box 2 of 3 General noteBag of oral history cassette tapes Drag king collection fliers (three copies) Collection bibliography (21 copies) Drag kings suggested readings Fe-Male Trouble posters (three copies) The Carnival Kings poster Bag of publications Five folders containing fliers, posters, and notes |
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Box 3 of 3 General noteTwo folders of fliers, posters, and notes |
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