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Diamond Lil

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS994
Scope and Contents of the Records

The collection is comprised of eleven interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original audio recordings for each interview, and a CD access copy of each. The interviews with Billy Jones and Ginny Boyd are part of the Maria Helena Dolan collection (1999.142)

Dates: 1997, 2004-2005
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions

Billy Jones papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1106
Scope and Content

This collection contains magazine and news clippings collected by Mr. Jones that relate to Atlanta's gay clubs, performers, and members of the LGBTQ community. Some clippings more directly reflect Jones's participation in the community, including his judging of drag pageants. The collection also contains correspondence, personal documents, and travel brochures created and collected by Jones.

Dates: 1928-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1995
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Billy Jones papers

Billy Jones visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS419
Scope and Contents This collection includes photos of the LGBTQ+ community, events at LGBTQ+ bars and drag venues, drag queens, female impersonators, performers, male actresses, bar owners, and others. Also included are autographed photographs of actors, many of which are inscribed to Jones. Of special note are photographs of Billy Jones as Phyllis Killer and Shirley Temple Jones, the Phyllis Killer Oscar Awards, and Jones at the Atlanta Pride Parade. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted; however,...
Dates: approximately 1950-2002, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Billy Jones visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

Diamond Lil photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS486
Scope and Contents

This collection contains portraits of Diamond Lil, as well as images of performances at unidentified bars or venues.

Dates: approximately 1970-1980
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Diamond Lil photographs

Martin Padgett visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS416
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials used by Martin Padgett in research for his book A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution. Items include photos of staff and drag performers, primarily John Greenwell (1950- ) as Rachel Wells, at Sweet Gum Head, a prominent drag and gay bar at 2284 Cheshire Bridge Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1971 to 1981; a poster promoting the Phoenix Affair II, a charity show...
Dates: 1972-1983
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Martin Padgett visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

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Drag queens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Drag shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Female impersonators -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
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Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African Americans -- Segregation 1
Art and design 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Cheshire Bridge Road (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Civil rights 1
Drag kings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Drag performers 1
Florida 1
Gay activists 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 1
Gay pride parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
LGBTQ+ bars 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 1
New Orleans (La.) 1
New York (N.Y.) 1
Pageants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Performing arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Race relations 1
Religion 1
Savannah (Ga.) 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
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