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Lou Sullivan- FTM Pioneer in the US

Louis Sullivan (June 16, 1951) was a Milwaukee-born author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men and the gay community generally. He is credited as one of the first transgender men to publicly identify as gay and is largely responsible for the modern understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity as distinct concepts. Sullivan moved to San Francisco in 1975 in hopes of finding community and medical support, although he was repeatedly denied hormones/surgery because of an expectation that transgender people should be heterosexual in order to ‘correctly’ transition. This contributed to Sullivan’s life work of bringing attention to the existence and needs of both straight and gay trans men.

Sullivan was a pioneer of the female-to-male (FTM) movement and was instrumental in helping individuals obtain peer-support, counseling, endocrinological services and reconstructive surgery outside of gender dysphoria clinics. Sullivan wrote Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual for this purpose. The second edition, printed in 1985, serves as a guidebook for trans men, providing definitions of identities, tips and tricks for gender presentation, and a list of print and film sources for further study. The selections shown here comprise the history of trans men that Sullivan pieced together and interspersed throughout the guidebook.  

Sullivan was diagnosed HIV positive in 1986 and died from AIDS related complications on March 2nd, 1991. Even after his passing, Lou continues to make a significant impact on the contemporary queer community. His papers can be found at the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society.

This book can be found in the Eldon Murray UWM Manuscript Collection 256, in the UWM Special Collections, and in UWM’s Digital Collections. 

- Julia, Archives Graduate Intern

“A Bubbler of Unmatched Beauty...”

The advertisement shown is for Rundle-Spence Manufacturing Co., which is still a flourishing business here in Wisconsin. Rundle-Spence was founded in 1871 and on their website they claim to have patented a bubbler in the late 19th century.

A Bubbler is what we Wisconsinites call a water fountain or drinking fountain. There are different reasons why according to the website WhooNew and their article “Maybe we were wrong -  A closer look at why we call it a bubbler in Wisconsin.” Regardless of where the term came from, we love this localism, and we agree that the Bubbler shown above is a beaut!

This is an ad found in a promotional publication of the E. Brielmaier & Sons Co. This firm of architects started in Milwaukee in 1865. They mainly worked on churches and related facilities such as schools. There is no publisher or date of publication mentioned, but it is likely from the 1930s.

New Display Area in the Archives!

We’ve shifted some things in our reading room and now have the room to showcase some of our materials. September is National Hispanic Heritage Month, so we are displaying some books from our reference library as well as brief descriptions of just a few of our relevant archival collections.

Stop in and check it out, this display will change regularly.

We are happy to announce that Pop-Up Days are back and National Hispanic Heritage Month is the theme for the distinctive collections in the Golda Meir Library. Be sure to come out September 25-27 to see and interact with materials in the Special Collections on the fourth floor, the American Geographical Society Library on the third floor, and the Archives on the second floor.

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