Series VI. Press Coverage, 1979-2014, inclusive
Extent
8 Linear Feet in 4 manuscript boxes, 4 record cartons, and 3 flat boxes.
Extent
5.91 Gigabytes in 259 computer files.
Scope and Contents
Series VI. Press Coverage contains press clippings about Diane Torr's career. Clippings range from 1981 to 2014 and are published by a wide variety of international newspapers and magazines. Wherever possible, clippings about particular performances have been arranged into the performance files in Series I; therefore, this series contains clippings that pertain to Torr's career and influence more broadly. This series also contains professional portraits of Torr, as well as written and audiovisual interviews.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically with professional portraits grouped together at the beginning of the list.
Portraits, 1979-2005, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These photographs feature Diane Torr both in and out of drag. The photos in drag are grouped together by character, including Hamish McAllister, Charles Beresford, Jack Spratt, and Danny King.
Diane Torr, circa 1979-2005, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo slides, 1982-1989, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 25-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hamish McAllister, circa 1992 - 1993, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Charles Beresford, 1994
Box: 46, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jack Spratt, 1994-1995, inclusive
Box: 47, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Danny King, 1995-1997, inclusive
Box: 47, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 61, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital photographs, 2002-2011, inclusive
Digital materials
Digital photographs (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Is there life after WOW?," The Advocate, December 24, 1981
Box: 61, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"De politiek van de heupbeweging," DIVA, circa 1982
Box: 61, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
EMMA Magazine Interview, 1982
Box: 45, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interviews with Bernadette de Wit, October 25, 1982
Box: 45, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Once Upon a Time in the East," The Village Voice, February 4, 1986
Box: 45, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Flora MaCleod... Previously Hamish MaCleod," Upfront, Winter 1986-1987, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Aspiring in New York", December 23, 1987
Box: 60, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Downtown Magazine Profile, July 1988
Box: 45, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Inside a female gender-bender" by Annie Sprinkle, ADAM, 1989
Box: 45, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
DCTV Interview with Diane Torr, October 16, 1990
Box: 68, VHS: cuid43772 (Material Type: Video)
"Drag Race: Rites of Passing," The Village Voice, November 5, 1991
Box: 63, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Finding the Male Within and Taking Him Cruising: 'Drag King For-A-Day' at the Sprinkle Salon" by Shannon Bell, Bad Attitude Magazine, 1992
Box: 45, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Empowered Sex Object," Interview with Charles Barber, NYQ, March 1992
Box: 45, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Man Voor een Avond," VIVA, January 1993
Box: 45, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Girls with balls," The Boston Phoenix, April 30, 1993
Box: 63, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Why can't a woman be more like a man?," The Boston Globe, June 29, 1993
Box: 45, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 66, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Cross-Dressed for Success," The Village Voice, August 17, 1993
Box: 45, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Guise and Dolls," The Washington Post, October 12, 1993
Box: 63, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 66, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Walk Like a Man," The Guardian, May 9, 1994
Box: 63, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ontdek de man in jezelf," Opzij, October 1994
Box: 45, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mannelijk gedrag is gewoon handig," de Volkskrant, November 7, 1994
Box: 45, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Wensdroom om een keer man te zijn," Trouw, November 7, 1994
Box: 63, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Out of my way, I'm a man for a day," The Independent, November 11, 1994
Box: 63, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Yo, Professor," New York Magazine, November 14, 1994
Box: 45, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ongemanierdheid maakt de man," De Groene Amsterdammer, November 16, 1994
Box: 63, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Press Kit, circa 1994 - 2007, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"So ein penis ist Leicht gemacht," Brigitte, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Wenn frau mann wird," Annabelle, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Self Made Men," DIVA, February 1995
Box: 60, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Making Men," The Village Voice, February 28, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I loved being a man for a day... but it must be a drag for life," Daily Mirror, March 22, 1995
Box: 63, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Performance arts: a self-made man," Chicago Reader, April 21, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The King and You," VOGUE, May 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Man For A Day," New Woman, May 1995
Box: 60, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Diane ist sympathischer als Danny," Gottingen, May 12, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Walk Like a Man," Scotland on Sunday, May 14, 1995
Box: 66, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Lektion mit Brustbandage," Berliner Zeitung, May 22, 1995
Box: 66, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sex, Lies and Stereotypes," Everywoman, July 1995
Box: 63, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Between the Cracks" Interview, Contact Quarterly, August 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag... They're Not All Queens," Greenwich Village Press, September 1995
Box: 60, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Se questo e un uomo," MODA, September 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Girls who wear moustaches," Independent, September 17, 1995
Box: 66, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag Kings," SF Weekly, September 27 - October 3, 1995, inclusive
Box: 61, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I am no longer Donna, I am James," The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1995
Box: 66, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"King for a Day," Time Out Amsterdam, October 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Day in the Life of the Opposite Sex Teaches About Race, Lust, and Footwear," Gannett News Service, November 21, 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"De man in jezelf," de Leesbril, Winter 1995
Box: 45, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Explosiv Magazin, December 16, 1995
Box: 79, VHS: cuid43928 (Material Type: Video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Regional encoding: NTSC
"Der Mann in der Frau," Facts, 1996
Box: 60, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ekliges Gefühl," Der Spiegel, 1996
Box: 45, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Gender and Sexual Identity in the New Dance / Performance Scene" Interview, 1996
Box: 45, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ich Bin Die," VOGUE Deutsch, February 1996
Box: 45, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag Kingdom Come," Manhattan Pride, June 1996
Box: 61, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Wie gent's denn so als mann / frau fur eine Nacht?," Allegra , November 1996
Box: 45, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Die macht der drag Kings: Eine Lektion in Patriarchat," Die Wochenzeitung, November 15, 1996
Box: 63, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Diane Torr in työpajassa ei hymyillä eikä istuta ialat ristissä: Naisen päivä kuninkaana," Helsingin Sanomat, 1997
Box: 66, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Eine Lektion in Patriarchat," Tantra, January 1997
Box: 45, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Walk like a man," Daily Record, February 9, 1997
Box: 66, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Guy Life," Scotland's Champion, June 20, 1997
Box: 63, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Women Who Live As Men," Elle, September 1997
Box: 45, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview in The Guardian, October 1, 1997
Box: 45, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Diary of a Drag King," Mohawk Beaver Zine, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Hun er drag-king kvinde forklaedt som vinder," Alt, March 1998
Box: 60, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Fancy dress or drag... and the day Barbara was transformed into Barry," Evening Standard, December 30, 1998
Box: 63, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"There's something about Marie," The Guardian, January 25, 1999
Box: 63, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Be a King for a day New Yorker Diane Torr brings her highly acclaimed...", January 31, 1999
Box: 61, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag King Konzeption und Hintergrund, Studiogespräch mit Diane Torr", February 23, 1999
Box: 45, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Girls Will Be Boys," New York Magazine, September 6, 1999
Box: 45, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"'Drag King' Shows Women How to Get More 'Space'...," The Arts Connection, January 2000
Box: 45, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Seventeen Short -- Photographs, March 2000
Box: 46, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Artist places new focus on gender roles in Japanese art," The Japan Times, March 15, 2000
Box: 66, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Many Gendered Thing," The Advocate, April 2000
Box: 46, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Jokaisessa meissa on drag king," Helsingin Sangmat, 2001
Box: 66, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Tornado is Coming!" Interview by Annie Sprinkle and Captain Barb, 2001
Digital materials
"Tornado is Coming!" Interview by Annie Sprinkle and Captain Barb (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Ole Mies!," Vihrea Lanka, February 2, 2001
Box: 63, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Henkseleita Lainaamassa: Kuningas New Yorkista," Ylioppilaslehti, February 16, 2001
Box: 63, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Liz Gilbert in Drag, GQ, April 9, 2001
Digital files
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Video recording -- Tape 1
Box: 71, Betacam_SP: cuid43607 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- Tape 2
Box: 71, Betacam_SP: cuid43608 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- Tape 3
Box: 75, Betacam_SP: cuid43609 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- Tape 4
Box: 75, Betacam_SP: cuid43610 (Material Type: Video)
Video recording -- Tape 5
Box: 75, Betacam_SP: cuid43611 (Material Type: Video)
"My Life As a Man," GQ, August 2001
Box: 46, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Diane Torr: King Ambassador to the World," Kingdom Magazine, Winter 2001
Box: 46, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Power Dressing," The Scotsman, April 6, 2002
Box: 46, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 63, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Im Copyshop der Männlichkeit," Die Tageszeitung, July 25, 2002
Box: 63, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag kings push boundaries," Chicago Tribune, August 7, 2002
Box: 66, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mit dem Körper denken," Geschlechter, September 13, 2002
Box: 61, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 66, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Body Politic," City Newspaper, October 16 - 22, 2002, inclusive
Box: 60, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Man What a Drag!," Centrepoint, December 2002
Box: 46, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"It's Reigning Men," Sunday Herald, April 6, 2003
Box: 66, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Read Our LIPS... Lesbians in Peer Support," Glasgow Women's Library News, Spring 2003
Box: 46, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Es ist nicht leicht, ein Mann zu sen," Suddeutsche Zeitung, June 2, 2003
Box: 66, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Q&A, Metro, November 10, 2003
Box: 46, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Die Krone und Ich Drag King Magazin, Issues 2 and 3, 2003-2004, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 9, 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview with Rebecca Patterson and Sonya Sobieski of The Queen's Company, 2004
Box: 46, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Lust und leid am rummel," Der Standard, 2004
Box: 63, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"In Conversation: Diane Torr, King of Drag and Rebecca Patterson of the Queen's Company with Sonya Sobieski," The Brooklyn Rail, September, 2004
Box: 63, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag-Kings: Die geburt einer neuen spezies," Kulturhaus, 2006
Box: 46, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dress Sense of the Crossed Variety," Today Magazine, March 24, 2006
Box: 46, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Reyes por un dia," El Pais, July 9, 2007
Box: 63, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Steel True, Blade Straight" Portrait, 2009
Box: 46, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag King' bihurtzeak izugarri hobetu dit bizitza, aukerak zabaldu dizkidalako," Berria, 2008
Box: 63, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Und dann Werden wir behaart," Taz Zwei, June 12, 2008
Box: 66, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview for Spectrum, November 14, 2010
Box: 61, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Diese Frau ist en Kerl," Berliner Zeitung, July 28 - 29, 2012, inclusive
Box: 66, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The photographs are not men," Modern Times, January 2, 2013
Box: 63, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Worauf haben Frauen Lust?," Die Sonntaz, March 8 - 9, 2014, inclusive
Box: 66, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mach mir den Larry!," der Freitag, April 30, 2014
Box: 66, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Auf der anderen Seite," Berliner Zeitung, June 5, 2014
Box: 66, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chicago Public Radio interview on The Undergrad, undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Chicago Public Radio interview on The Undergrad (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Deconstructing Sex and Politics with Go-Go Danang" by Sheri Marendiuk, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
DIVA Magazine Interview, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dragking Workshop" O.R.G.I.A, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Fake It Like A Man", undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Geen Man, Geen Vrouw," COC - magazine XL, undated, inclusive
Box: 63, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Gender Blender" Interview, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Girls just wanna have one," Manso, undated, inclusive
Box: 60, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Kind Of A Drag," First, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Man For A Day," Glamour Magazine, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Miranda Sawyer Takes It Like A Man," Time Out, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Travestie alleen voor vrouwen...," Randstad, undated, inclusive
Box: 66, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Unleashing The Inner Male," Working Woman, undated, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
