Guide to the Mariette Pathy Allen Photographs and Papers, 1968-2003

Documentary photographer based in New York City. Collection contains five portfolios of Allen's work, dating from the 1960s to 2003, totaling 131 color and black and white prints that document aspects of human sexuality, gender identity, the connections between people and art, and the social life of people in Philadelphia and New Jersey suburbs and beaches. The prints are arranged into these series: Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them; The Woman Who Lives Inside: Portraits of Men as Women; NJ/PA 1968; People and Art; and the Gender Frontier. A final series consists of a group of papers and publications by and about Allen. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.

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Identifier: bv73c041b
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Duke University
Creator(s): David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Date Created: Mar. 2010
Dates Covered: 1968 to 2003
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Mariette Pathy Allen
Places: Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County > City of Philadelphia > Philadelphia
New Jersey
Topic(s): Crossdressers
Gender identity
Transgender people
Transsexuals
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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