Little has been written about Calomiris to date.

In 2009, a play was written and performed based on the life of Calomiris at New Paltz State University of New York.¹ The playwright, Jack Wade, is the nephew of Melva Wade, the executrix of Calomiris’ estate following her death.

In 2017, Lisa E. Davis published the biography, Undercover Girl: The Lesbian FBI Informant Who Took Down the Communist Party.² Since the publication of Davis’ book, Calomiris has taken a unique position in popular media, often the subject of disapproval. In 2017, Britni De La Cretaz posted the article, “This FBI Snitch Loved Selling Out Her Communist Friends” on Vice, characterizing Calomiris as “dishonest, manipulative, conniving, hypocritical, and hungry for fame.” In another 2017 article, “Secrets and Lies,” in Provincetown Magazine, Jeanette de Beauvoir called Calomiris a “culprit,” writing her off as an acquisitive betrayer.

Calomiris’ papers live at the the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. A careful look at her archive suggests there are many missing pieces of her story told to date. In my thesis project, Mining the Masquerade: Angela Calomiris, Queerness and the Cold War, I explore some of these many absences. I am excited to continue my research on Calomiris, and hope that my work will serve as a foundation to which future scholars will return.