Joan Nestle

An Early Conversation about Gay and Lesbian Archives: From the Pages of The Gay Insurgent, 1979, by Jim Monahan and Joan Nestle

A conversation between Jim Monahan and Joan Nestle on preserving gay and lesbian history.

Nosey Cartoon

The Chicago Whip often commented on homosexuals' presence in the Stroll, the main street of Bronzeville. The column "Nosey Sees All Knows All," written under the pen name "Nosey," often discussed the lives of Bronzeville’s…

Magnus Hirschfeld

Invitation to a Lecture given by Magnus Hirschfield at the Dill Pickle Club in 1931. Hirschfeld’s lecture at the Dill Pickle Club in 1931 was said to have drawn a record-breaking crowd of over 300. (Newberry Library: Dill Pickle Club Records).…

Michael S. Miller

"Vermont Landscape"

"Vermont Landscape" Wesley Lea Lithograph (ca. 1938) Leo Adams Papers New York Public Library

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman Daguerreotype (ca. 1853) Oscar Lion Collection New York Public Library

Adams to Macbain, page 3

Adams to Macbain March 8, 1931 page 3

Adams to Macbain, page 2

Adams to Macbain March 8, 1931 page 2

Adams to Macbain, page 1

Adams to Macbain March 8, 1931 page 1

"The Hermit of the Shelton," page 2

"The Hermit of the Shelton" Leo Adams page 2

"The Hermit of the Shelton," page 1

"The Hermit of the Shelton" Leo Adams page 1

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde in America N. Sarony, 1882 George Eastman House Collection Courtesy of ARTstore Digital Library

Sloane House YMCA

Sloane House YMCA 356 West 34th Street New York City, New York Courtesy of Mina Rees Library The Graduate Center at the City University of New York

Do Not Disturb

The Everand Baths

The Everand Baths at 28 West 28th Street, New York City

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Riverside Drive and 89th Street in Manhattan Courtesy of nyc-architecture.com

Francis Renault as Lillian Russell

Francis Renault

Brooks Atkinson, "Bittersweet Here; Witty and Breezy"

"Bittersweet Here; Witty and Breezy" by Brooks Atkinson 'New York Times' November 6, 1929