COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
A group of personal and professional photographs of Billy Tipton, including one photo album, four 8x10", two 5x7", and loose photos from albums. The locations of these photos appear to be Roseburg and Medford, OR, Spokane, WA, and Reno, NV. One is labeled "At the Simons Home - Spokane, 1953."
Dates
- circa 1950s.
Creator
- Tipton, Billy, 1914-1989 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Billy Lee Tipton, born Dorothy Lucille Tipton on December 29, 1914, was an American jazz musician and bandleader who lived as a man for nearly 50 years. Tipton died on January 21, 1989.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
A group of personal and professional photographs of Billy Tipton.
Physical Description
Photographs
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Lara Blas
- Date completed:
- July 2010
- EAD encoding:
- Lara Blas, July 2010
NOTES
Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Lara Blas
- Date
- July 2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu