Arzner, Dorothy, The Wild Party, 1929, documenting early lesbian authorship and female-centered narrative in pre-Code Hollywood cinema. The material reflects LGBTQ cultural expression within the American film industry, illustrating how a lesbian director navigated studio production to foreground women’s relationships and autonomy, and offering insight into the presence of queer.....
Bussy, Dorothy. Olivia and four related works, 1949 to 1963, document the emergence of lesbian subjectivity in mid twentieth century print culture through both literary fiction and mass market pulp, providing direct evidence of how queer relationships were articulated across European and American contexts during a period of legal restriction.....
United Artists and associated studios. Dorothy Dandridge photographs, 1951 to 1958, document the career of a Black actress whose roles and public visibility marked a shift in American film representation during the mid-twentieth century. Dandridge’s performances, including her role in Carmen Jones, positioned her within leading roles at a time.....
United Artists and associated studios. Dorothy Dandridge photographs, 1951 to 1958, document the career of a Black actress whose roles and public visibility marked a shift in American film representation during the mid-twentieth century. Dandridge’s performances, including her role in Carmen Jones, positioned her within leading roles at a time.....
Columbia Pictures, The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951, documents the intersection of African American athletic culture and mid-century film production, featuring Dorothy Dandridge in one of her early screen roles alongside members of the Harlem Globetrotters. The film frames Black athletes in a narrative of social mobility and personal struggle, contributing to.....
US Actress, Dorothy Lamour; best known for her performances with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the "Road" series. Signed Check, Signed in blue with her legal married name, "Dorothy L. Howard." In excellent condition. A great example of an authentic signature on a check.
US Actress, Dorothy Lamour; best known for her performances with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the "Road" series. Signed Check, Signed in blue with her legal married name, "Dorothy L. Howard." In excellent condition. A great example of an authentic signature on a check.
US Actress, Dorothy Lamour; best known for her performances with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the "Road" series. Signed Check, Signed in blue with her legal married name, "Dorothy L. Howard." In excellent condition. A great example of an authentic signature on a check.
[Japanese American][World War II][nternment] Thomas, Dorothy S. and Nishimoto, Richard. The Spoilage: Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1946. First edition. 388 pages. Original red cloth binding with title stamped on cover and authors, title, and publisher stamped on spine in gold. No.....
Heyward, DuBose and Dorothy. Porgy: A Play in Four Acts, 1927, presenting the first theatrical adaptation of DuBose Heyward’s novel centered on Black life in Charleston, South Carolina, with particular relevance to representations of African American communities, language, and urban experience in early twentieth-century American literature and theater. The play.....
[African American][Literature] Sterling, Dorothy. Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1954. Illustrated by Ernest Crichlow. First edition. 191 pages. Original blue boards in publisher's illustrated dust jacket. 8vo. One of the earliest biographies of Harriet Tubman written for a young audiences. Freedom Train.....
Olivia [Bussy, Dorothy]. Olivia (1949) is a foundational work of lesbian fiction presenting same-sex desire between women in a mid-20th century literary context where such themes were rarely depicted with narrative centrality. The novel supports research into LGBTQ literary history, women’s writing, and queer modernist networks, particularly through its connection.....
