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Publications created by or with the Pittsburgh Queer History Project, made available free to the public.
I Can’t Wait for You to Die” A Community Archives Critique
Apple, H. Fall 2021
Discussing the origins and revised mission of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project as a reflection of the precarious definition of community archives within the discipline and field of archival science.
Apple, H. “’I Can’t Wait For You To Die’; A Community Archives Critique.” Archivaria 92 (Fall 2021), pp 110-137.
Dedicated to the Last Pearl
Apple, H. Fall 2021
Transgender/transvestite scrapbook entry on Jojo “Josefina Larina Queen of the Congolina” Gilbert, of the Pearl Box Revue.
Apple, H. “Dedicated to the Last Pearl.” Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 8, no. 4 (November 2021), pp 537-538.
Finding Trans Context in Everyday Newspaper Archives
Apple, H. Fall 2019
While Pittsburgh continues to brand itself as the “most livable city,” the contestable record of Text Gill and the Massage Parlor War poses the question, “most livable for whom?”
Apple, H. “Finding Trans Context in Everyday Newspaper Archives.” In Haefle-Thomas, Ardel, Introduction to Transgender Studies. New York: Harrington Park Press, 2019.
The $10,000 Woman: Trans Artifacts in the PQHP Archives
Apple, H. Fall 2015
The incorporation of oral histories by trans women in the photograph archive turned what was originally indexed as a record of gay entertainment into a nuanced narration of transsexual history in 1970s Pittsburgh.
Apple, H. “The $10,000 Woman: Trans Artifacts in the PQHP Archives.” Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 4, No. 2 (November 2015).
NOW AVAILABLE: PQHP VIDEO COLLECTION
Apple, H., and Lamorte, D. SUMMER 2019
A limited run newsprint tabloid of the a/v media collections on the PQHP digital archives, made possible with support from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Jimmy Riordan and Nina Friedman.
Apple, H. and Dani Lamorte “Now Available”, 2019.
One More Time Booklet
Apple, H. Fall 2013
On October 26th 2013 at 7pm, a crowd of 70+ gathered into the warm social hall in West Homestead to honor a little known lineage in Pittsburgh. The event was a drag ball, and the honorees, a pair of senior citizen female impersonators.
Apple, H. “One More Time” October 2013.
Lucky After Dark: Catalog
Apple, H. & Haggerty, T. Summer 2015
A visual excursion through Pittsburgh’s gay world from the 1960s to the 1990s, utilizing an extensive collection of photographic images and material objects that include publications, posters, announcements, and newsletters.
Apple, H. & Haggerty, T. “Lucky After Dark: Catalog” Pittsburgh Queer History Project, 2015.
Lucky After Dark: Gallery Guide
Apple, H. and T. Haggerty 2014
An accompaniment to the exhibit “Lucky After Dark.”
Apple, H. “Lucky After Dark: Gallery Guide” Pittsburgh Queer History Project, 2014.
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