photo album with soiled, cream colored leather cover with "Photo Album" on front and a sticker that reads "Holidays 1939-1949'; black paper pages; photographs and postcards, most adhered to page using black photo corners; travel to florida, new york; beach; Belonged to Patricia Anne Cohen, formerly actor Patricia English
photograph album with green, leather cover with gold writing that reads "Family Album 1949-1956" on the front cover and spine; black, paper pages; mostly black and white photographs, some in color; Belonged to Patricia Anne Cohen, formerly actor Patricia English
This 8th grade journal was an assignment for Englekirk's drama class. According to the collecting curator, "The journal was assigned to help encourage the students to become more self-aware actors. He was pretty honest in the journal and says it’s surprising looking back on it that no one ever reached out to him after reading it. But he always thought his teachers were supportive and available."
Jordan Max-Ryan Englekirk was born intersex in 1972 and because he looked like a girl, grew up as Jennifer. Englekirk has personally identified as male for most of his life and growing up struggled with this dichotomy. Often bullied in school and berated by teachers and adults in his life, Englekirk finally made the transition to male in 2012, at 40 years old. He now lives as a man but during high school, while still living as Jennifer, Englekirk became a member of the girls’ softball team and soon was a leader on the diamond. Sports was an important outlet for creating his identity. Englekirk kept sports in his life as an adult and eventually became the first woman to ump at Cooperstown Little Majors Stadium for Little League tournament games.