Collection: The Apollo King Collection | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of eight series containing materials relating to drag king Apollo King.

Series I contains multimedia such as performance tracks and show tapes. Series II consists of textiles such as T-shirts and royalty sashes. Series III includes materials relating to Teri Courtney, a revered local drag queen who served as a drag mother to Apollo. Series IV comprises photographs. Series V comprises event posters & flyers. Series VI is made up of awards and certificates issued to Apollo King. Series VII contains objects such as security badges and bar signage from Diamonz. Series VIII consists of ephemera such as event calendars, pageant-related documents, brochures, maps, etc,.

Dates

undated

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research; access by appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is owned by the creators of these materials. Fair use as a matter of copyright law governs the reproduction of these materials. Contact Trexler Library archives staff for additional information.

Biographical / Historical

Apollo King is a Drag King artist that has been performing since the early 2000s, starting her journey at Diamonz Nightclub in Bethlehem, PA. After being pushed to preform by Jade, while attending a show Apollo won her first title as King of Diamonz.

A year later she joined a group called The Diamonz Dukes, and performed as a group of Drag King artists traveling to Philly and New York, as well as other cities. After that, Apollo continued performing, hosting underage shows, meeting new performers and traveling, in addition to learning new makeup ideas while always looking up to the drag queens that were some of her inspirations.