Guide to the 1930s Michigan Lesbian Snapshot Album,
1930-1939

Collection Number: 7675

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
Date completed:
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor
Peter Martinez, Oct. 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
1930s Michigan lesbian snapshot album, 1930-1939.
Collection Number:
7675
Quantity:
1 v.
Forms of Material:
Photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Small, intimate snapshot album of Till and Esther. Twenty-one photographs chronicle their relationship beginning with their high school graduation pictures. Seven photographs feature the two women together, one in a passionate kiss. Early pictures show them in skirts and dresses, while later pictures show them in pants and baggy shirts. Other people in the photographs include two men, possibly Hilma's brothers, one of whom was named Matthew; and Hilma with her and Ralph Tweedie's daughter, Marilyn, as a baby. Also included is a 7x9 1/2" photograph portrait, probably of Esther, 5 loose photographs, and 1 negative.
Language:
Collection material in English

From the estate of a woman in Alma, Michigan, who was the daughter of a woman named Hilma Tweedie. Esther was possibly Hilma's sister.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Small, intimate snapshot album of Till and Esther. Twenty-one photographs chronicle their relationship beginning with their high school graduation pictures. Seven photographs feature the two women together, one in a passionate kiss. Early pictures show them in skirts and dresses, while later pictures show them in pants and baggy shirts. Other people in the photographs include two men, possibly Hilma's brothers, one of whom was named Matthew; and Hilma with her and Ralph Tweedie's daughter, Marilyn, as a baby. Also included is a 7x9 1/2" photograph portrait, probably of Esther, 5 loose photographs, and 1 negative.
SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Lesbians--Ashley, Michigan--United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
1930s Michigan lesbian snapshot album, #7675. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting Program: Human Sexuality Collection.
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