Alan Hart Archive

Description

Alan L. Hart was born Alberta Lucille Hart in Kansas in 1890. In about 1917 he transitions from Lucille to Alan. He went on to be a successful radiologist and helped to end the tuberculosis epidemic. He was also a successful author, writing about queer doctors.

A lot is known about this early transgender icon due to his success both as a doctor, and as a writer. He is also held up as a lesbian icon by many, although his wife was upset by this description when it was used after his death, as he was a man, not a lesbian.

Lewis and Clark College has a collection of documents that are itemized here. Some we have in this collection. Others we will attempt to add to this collection as time allows.

Here is a video created by Jaelyn (Super Queer Historian) telling about Alan being Outed in 1918

 

APA Bibliography is at the bottom

Further Readings and Sources

(1894)

This is an image that was published in the The… more

(1898)

This article written by Francis H. Williams, M… more

(1909)

Albany College debate team including Alan Hart… more

(1910)

Inez was Alan Harts first wife. They married… more

(1911)

Undated Yearbook. Thought to be 1911. Alan… more

(1911)

A picture of the editorial staff of Albany… more

(1911)

Picture of Eva Cushman, Alan Hart’s girlfriend… more

(1911)

Picture probably taken sometime in 1910-1911… more

(1912)

Albany College Transcript for Alan Hart (then… more

(1913)

Lewis and Clark College has this in their… more

(1917)

This is one of the earliest pictures of Alan… more

(1917)

Dr. Hart attended Oregon State University… more

(1917)

Announcement in the Oregonian that includes a… more

(1918)

This short article in the editorials section… more

(1918)

Announcement of Alan Hart, under the pseudonym… more

(1918)

Dr. Hart Does work in Male Attire – Albany… more

(1918)

Woman Hospital Interne Masquerades as a Man… more

(1918)

Dr. Alan Hart Said to be Oregon Girl from The… more

(1918)

Girl Poses as Male Doctor in Hospital from San… more

(1918)

Attire Did Not Proclaim Man from Oakland… more

(1918)

This short article announces to Salem that Dr.… more

(1918)

Article published on page 1 of the Albany… more

(1918)

Alan Hart registered for the draft. It looks… more

(1920)

In 1917 Alan Hart visited a Psychologist named… more

(1921)

In his first letter, Dr. Hart asked Mrs… more

(1921)

Alan Hart laid out his side of the story to… more

(1922)

I have not yet found where this photo is from,… more

(1933)

An article written by Alan L. Hart and Dale L.… more

(1935)

This was Dr. Hart's first fiction novel.… more

(1936)

Alan Hart's second novel. In this book we… more

(1936)

This review both praises Dr. Hart's first… more

(1937)

In the Lives of Men is Alan Hart's third novel… more

(1942)

The fourth and final novel by Dr. Hart, this… more

(1942)

Military Registration Card for Alan Hart from… more

(1943)

This book was written by Alan L. Hart. It is… more

(1943)

This advert was published under “Books… more

(1944)

Page xviii of Vol 31 No 1 (January 1944) of… more

(1951)

One of the reviews that Alan Hart wrote. This… more

(1976)

In 1976 Johnathan Katz published this book… more

(1993)

I keep running across references to this… more

(1996)

This 1996 article by Oregonian staff member… more

(2003)

This collection was edited by Brian Booth with… more

(2005)

Peter Boag wrote an article for "Western… more

(2021)

This article, published June 10, 2021 on the… more

(2023)

Video created by Jaelyn (Super Queer Historian… more

Alan Hart Bibliography - Created by Super Queer Gear

Isbell, J. [Super Queer Historian]. (2023, January 10). When Lucile Became Alan: Transgender Transition in 1918 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruxLBU0JjI

Alan Hart Bibliography - Primary Sources

The Takenah – Albany College Yearbook (1911). Super Queer History. https://superqueerhistory.com/alan-hart-young-child

Albany Collge Individual Records for A. Lucille Hart. (1908-1912). https://superqueerhistory.com/albany-college-individual-records

Dr. A. Lucille Hart Wore Male Attire. (1918, February 6). The Capital Journal, 8. 

Lucille Hart [Photograph]. (ca 1894). The Takenah – Albany College Yearbook (1911). Super Queer History. https://superqueerhistory.com/alan-hart-young-child

Williams, F. H. (1898, April 16). Some of the Medical Uses of the Roentgen Rays. The British Medical Journal, 1(1946), 1006-1007.

Alan Hart Bibliography - Secondary Sources

Bates, T. (1996, July 14). Decades ago, an Oregon doctor tried to redefine gender. Sunday Oregonian, B1, B5. 

DeLuca, L. (2021, June 10). Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives. Scientific American, 3(5). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trailblazing-transgender-doctor-saved-countless-lives/

Katz, J. (1976). Gay American history : lesbians and gay men in the U.S.A. : a documentary history (Revised edition). Meridian.

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