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Dayton/Hunt Collection on Transgender Medicine at the University of Washington, 1959-2024
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Keyes, Os
- Title
- Dayton/Hunt Collection on Transgender Medicine at the University of Washington
- Dates
- 1959-2024 (inclusive)19592024
- Quantity
- 0.74 cubic feet (2 boxes included 2 flash drives)
- Collection Number
- 6520 (Accession No. 6520-001)
- Summary
- Materials relating to the University of Washington Gender Identity Clinic
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Dayton/Hunt Collection on Transgender Medicine at the University of Washington is named in honor of Barbara Dayton, the first and only publicly known patient of the UW Gender Identity Clinic, and Dr. D. Daniel (Dan) Hunt, the last psychiatrist to engage with patients. Dr. Hunt also published multiple papers regarding the clinic in the years after its closing.
The University of Washington Gender Identity Clinic was an indirectly-NIH-funded program from approximately 1967-1972. Led by Dr. John Hampson, the clinic provided sex reassignment surgery to select candidates after an initial screening and interview process, primarily focusing on male-to-female procedures for transgender women. Dr. J. William (Bill) McRoberts was the main figure on the surgical team. The committee for the clinic was comprised of numerous individuals including anthropologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, and surgeons.
Administratively, the clinic was housed within Clinic 2 of the Department of Psychiatry (located in the “Coach House” building), and the Department of Urology. Ultimately, the formal research program behind the clinic ended in 1972, due to the departure and relocation of Dr. McRoberts; some small number of procedures continued to be performed on an ad-hoc basis until approximately 1980.
The original records for the clinic were lost or destroyed as years passed. The Dayton/Hunt Collection on Transgender Medicine at the University of Washington is a curated reconstruction of records pertaining to the UW Gender Identity Clinic from various archival collections and public records. The collection also includes retrospective reports on the clinic through interviews, correspondence, and written works created by Os Keyes.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Interviews and transcripts, human resource files, publications, court documents, correspondence, and teaching slides relating to the University of Washington Gender Identity Clinic and Os Keyes’s reconstruction of these records.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Any references to patients in publications must use the preferred pseudonyms listed within the patient index.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 6 series.
- Series 1, HR Files, 1959-1972
- Series 2, Publications, 1962-1988
- Series 3, Correspondence, 1969-2024
- Series 4, Legal Material, 1972-1975
- Series 5, Clinical Patient Material, 1969-1996
- Series 6, Audio and Visual Material, 1971-2024
Acquisition Information
Materials collected or created by Os Keyes. Some materials are duplicates from other collections. Other materials are created and curated by Keyes to provide a more holistic view of the UW Gender Identity Clinic.
Os Keyes is a subject expert and scholar on the history of transgender medicine. They graduated with their PhD from the University of Washington’s Human-Centered Design and Engineering department in 2024. As part of their dissertation work, they went through numerous archives and public records to reconstruct the history of the UW Gender Identity Clinic.
Related Materials
Patient records for the UW Gender Identity Clinic may be available through UW Medical Records.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: HR Files, 1959-1972Return to Top
Human Resource documents for Professors at the University of Washington who were involved or worked at the Gender Identity Clinic. Personal Identifiable Information has been redacted. Fully redacted pages have been removed from the files.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Hampson Position Action Forms (PAF), correspondence, Service Record
Change forms, summaries of outside professional and public services, curriculum
vitae, biographical profile, and related employment documents
John L. Hampton was a Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and
Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. He was the chair of the
Gender Identity Committee, and had previously worked at Johns Hopkins, where -
in collaboration with Joan Hampson and John Money - he was responsible for
early work on the concept of "gender identity."
|
1959-1999 |
| 1/2 | McRoberts Biographical profile, report of resignation, correspondence, and
summaries of outside professional and public services
J. William McRoberts was an Associate Professor in the
Department of Urology at the University of Washington, and subsequently Chair
(and now Emeritus Professor) of Urology at the University of Kentucky. He was
the primary surgeon for the trans women treated by the Clinic.
|
1966-1972 |
Series 2: Publications, 1962-1988Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | Diane K. Pierce Thesis Diane K. Pierce's Doctoral Thesis for Rutgers University titled
"The Adjustment of Female Transsexuals Following Surgical and Hormonal Sex
Reassignment"
|
1977 |
| 1/4 | Notable Works Includes J. William McRoberts's "Sex Conversion Surgery for
Biological Male Transsexuals," Daniel Hunt and John L. Hampson's "Follow-Up of
17 Biological Make Transsexuals After Sex-Reassignment Surgery," D. Daniel
Hunt, John E. Carr, and John L. Hampson's "Cognitive Correlates of Biologic Sex
and Gender Identity in Transsexualism," Daniel Hunt's "Psychosocial Rating
Format for the Evaluation of Results of Sex Reassignment Surgery," and J.
William McRoberts's "Transsexual Surgery"
|
1980-1988 |
| 1/5 | Press Newspaper articles on the Gender Identity Clinic and their
sex-conversion work
|
1962-1975 |
Series 3: Correspondence, 1969-2024Return to Top
Correspondence related to the Gender Identity Clinic or people involved with the Clinic.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/6 | Clinical Research Center Correspondence with and around the Clinical Research Center -
the University of Washington Hospital unit that hosted the Gender Identity
Clinic - including the original IRB applications and minutes of the IRB
committee's discussions and reviews
Originates, in part, in Box 6 of accession 86-083
|
1969 |
| 1/7 | External Correspondence with and regarding Jennifer James, Herbert S.
Ripley, Richard M. Yarvis, Julian Ansell, and other individuals involved with
the Gender Identity Clinic
|
1969-1974 |
| 1/8 | Internal Memos from Joan Martin and listed faculty research interests for
the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
|
1982 |
| 1/9 | Retrospective Research Email correspondence between from Os Keyes, J. William
McRoberts, and Rich Kirkpatrick
|
2022-2024 |
Series 4: Legal Material, 1972-1975Return to Top
Correspondence and court cases affiliated with the Gender Identity Clinic.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Financial Misconduct Correspondence from Robert L. Van Citters to James W. Haviland
and J. William McRoberts regarding a review on the Urologic Research Fund and
to John W. Ensinck regarding a change in principal investigatorship, copies of
checks, and a list of patients and the amount of money returned to them written
by John L. Hampson and J. William McRoberts
The Urological Research Fund was established by the Gender
Identity Committee to support the Gender Identity Clinic patients. Some of
these materials originate in (and were copied from) Box 4 of accession
88-070.
Restricted
|
1972 |
| 1/10 | Financial Misconduct (Redacted) Correspondence from Robert L. Van Citters to James W. Haviland
and J. William McRoberts regarding a review on the Urologic Research Fund and
to John W. Ensinck regarding a change in principal investigatorship, copies of
checks, and a list of patients and the amount of money returned to them written
by John L. Hampson and J. William McRoberts
The Urological Research Fund was established by the Gender
Identity Committee to support the Gender Identity Clinic patients. Some of
these materials originate in (and were copied from) Box 4 of accession
88-070.
|
1972 |
| 2/2 | University of Kentucky v. McRoberts Lawsuit Lawsuit regarding financial misconduct with clinic funds
|
1989 |
| 2/3 - 2/4 | Patient Lawsuit 2 folders
Lawsuit against a physician of the Gender Identity Clinic for
medical malpractice
Restricted
|
1974-1975 |
| 1/11 | Appraisal of Coach House Complex Appraisal for buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8, 4700 Block 24th
Avenue NE Seattle, Washington documented by Leslie W. Eastman Jr.
The Gender Identity Clinic moved to the Coach House from the
University of Washington Hospital Clinic Two around 1967.
|
undated |
Series 5: Clinical Patient Material, 1969-1996Return to Top
Materials identifying patients from the Gender Identity Clinic
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/5 | Patient Index Provisional index of patients reconstructed by Keyes
Restricted
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undated |
| 2/6 - 2/15 | Patient Files 10 folders
Includes name change forms, marriage documents, correspondence,
and publications relating to or by patients of the clinic or prospective
patients
Restricted
|
1970-1996 |
| 1/12 | Example Medical Record Redacted example medical record file that provides the basic
format used for the clinic
This example record was created by Keyes for educational
purposes and is not tied to any one patient.
|
1969-1972 |
Series 6: Audio and Visual Material, 1971-2024Return to Top
Photographs, teaching slides, and videos and accompanying transcripts.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/13 | Unknown Portrait Photograph taken at the University of Washington. Text with
photograph states, "TRANSVESTISM, Genetic female living as a male; Normal
female genitalia, Reduction mammoplasty"
Original negatives can be found in box 5 of collection
89-053
|
undated |
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Hampson's Teaching Slides 50 TIF files; 713,568 KB
Teaching slides, figures and diagrams, and images of surgical
procedures.
These digital files are reproductions of negatives from
Accession No. 89-053 Box 5. Reproductions were curtesy of University of
Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
|
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/17 | Interview Audio Files 1 flash drive
Audio and video files containing the copies of the Erikson
Education Foundation meeting, the Okura video, and the interviews Keyes
completed
Restricted
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| 2/17 | Clinic Documentary Film on Transgender
Surgery 1 flash drive
Film documents the interview and surgical processes for the
clinic
These digital files are reproductions of the original 16 mm film
Reel #114 from Accession No. 94-003.
Restricted
|
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| 1/14 | Candidate Redacted Interview Transcript Transcript for the clinic's documentary film on transgender
surgery; Reel 5
|
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| 1/14 | Surgery Narration Transcript Transcript for the clinic's documentary film on transgender
surgery; Reel 6
|
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| 2/16 | Candidate Interview Transcript Transcript for the clinic's documentary film on transgender
surgery; Reel 5
Restricted
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| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Erikson Educational Foundation meeting, New
Orleans MP3 file; 6.4 MB
Hampson and people working at other Gender Identity Clinics
within the United States share their experiences working with transgender
patients
The original recording of this meeting can be found at the
University of Southern California’s Reed L. Erickson papers (Collection
2010-001). A digital copy of the recording is available at:
https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-1582
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Erikson Educational Foundation meeting, New Orleans
Transcript |
1971 |
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Okura Video MKV file; 1.6 GB
Interview with a transsexual woman who lived in Eastern
Washington completed by a graduate student of Gary Atkins for his book "Gay
Seattle"
Restricted
|
approximately 1975 |
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Wyman Interview M4A file; 25.1 MB
Keyes interviews a nurse involved with the clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Wyman Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and Wyman Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Soderstrom Interview WAV file; 404 MB
Keyes interviews a former gynecology surgeon involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Soderstrom Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and Soderstrom Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Schwartz Interview M4A file; 23.4 MB
Keyes interviews a former sociologist involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Schwartz Interview Transcript |
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and James Interview WAV file; 528.3 MB
Keyes interviews a former anthropologist involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and James Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and James Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Ferguson Interview WAV file; 410.3 MB
Keyes interviews a former psychiatry resident involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Ferguson Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and Ferguson Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Patient Interview WAV file; 536.1 MB
Keyes interviews a former patient of the clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Patient Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and Patient Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Coe Interview WAV file; 145.1 MB
Keyes interviews a former medical student involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Coe Interview Transcript |
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Clemmens Interview MP3 file; 62.8 MB
Keyes interviews a former secretary for John Hampson and John
Carr
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Clemmens Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes and Clemmens Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes, Carr, and Hunt Interview WAV file; 607.9 MB
Keyes interviews former psychiatrists involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes, Carr, and Hunt Interview Redacted
Transcript |
|
| 2/16 | Keyes, Carr, and Hunt Interview Transcript Restricted
|
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Hunt Interview WAV file; 622.5 MB
Keyes interviews a former psychiatrist involved with the
clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Hunt Interview Transcript |
|
| Box | ||
| Electronic_File | Keyes and Chin Interview WAV file; 148.6 MB
Keyes interviews a former nurse involved with the clinic
Restricted
|
approximately 2024 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Keyes and Chin Interview Redacted Transcript |
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| 2/16 | Keyes and Chin Interview Transcript Restricted
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
