Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Carter Newman Bealer Papers
Bealer, Carter Newman
WLU.Coll.0094
/repositories/5/resources/55
28.3 Linear Feet
1905-1962
1930-1950
English
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Carter Newman Bealer Papers, WLU Coll. 0094, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Bealer estate, 1965.
Biographical / Historical
Bealer was a student at Washington and Lee University from 1918-1922.
Scope and Contents
Includes family and business correspondence and a variety of private collections, such as diaries, playbills, ship menus, as well as a significant collection of autographed photographs and letters of late 19th and early 20th century theatrical and musical performers.
Playbills
Correspondence
Autographs
Actors
Musicians
Wilcox family
Gray, Harry L.
Hayward , Ella
Peebles , L.H.
Westheimer, Milton J.
Scrapbooks/repositories/5/archival_objects/8436English.Theatre Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/3020English.Separated MaterialsThis item is located with the other playbills.
Miscellaneous Scrapbooks/repositories/5/archival_objects/29576 VolumesEnglish.12Scope and ContentsThis box contains 6 scrapbooks: 3 not labeled, 2 labeled 'Heraldry Scrapbook', and 1 labeled 'A Memory Book'.
Miscellaneous Scrapbook/repositories/5/archival_objects/29582 VolumesEnglish.13Scope and ContentsThis box contains 2 scrapbooks. One is labeled 'Autograph Book' and the other is labeled 'Hotel cards'.
Business and Legal Documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/2931English.5621896 Georgia State Tax Card and related items
Signed Mrs. E. J. W. Bealer /repositories/5/archival_objects/66881896English.Bealer , E. J. W.E.J. W. Bealer Tax Records for 1906 /repositories/5/archival_objects/67171906English.Bealer , E. J. W.Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Correspondence
/repositories/5/archival_objects/67191906English.Bealer, Pierre McFarlandVarious Work Orders for Business/Construction in Georgia /repositories/5/archival_objects/67251900-1910English.Bealer, Pierre McFarlandPapers regarding a dispute of title from the Law Offices of Daley, Chambers, and Smith /repositories/5/archival_objects/67331909-09English.Bealer, Pierre McFarlandPapers regarding the Southern Baptist Convention of Asheville, NC /repositories/5/archival_objects/67361916-05English.Bealer, Pierre McFarlandSan Diego, California Real Estate License for P.M. Bealer/repositories/5/archival_objects/67381923English.Estate Papers for P.M. Bealer, executed by Carter Newman Bealer /repositories/5/archival_objects/67421954-09English.Bealer, Carter NewmanBealer, Pierre McFarlandPlaybills/repositories/5/archival_objects/296017 BoxEnglish.Separated MaterialsThe boxes relating to playbills are located in the playbills part of the Closed Stacks.
Scrapbook- Playbills/repositories/5/archival_objects/3019English.Scope and ContentsEnvelope labeled Scrapbook-Playbills
Playbills- Continental (Severn Duvall Gift)/repositories/5/archival_objects/3015English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Notebooks with Playbills/repositories/5/archival_objects/301813 VolumesEnglish.Separated MaterialsThese notebooks are is located with the other playbills.
Playbills- Continental A-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/2979English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Playbills- Continental A-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/2980English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Souvenir Playbills (English)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2981English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Souvenir Playbills (English)/repositories/5/archival_objects/3010English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Souvenir Playbills (English)/repositories/5/archival_objects/3011English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Souvenir Playbills- English and American/repositories/5/archival_objects/3012English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Playbills- A/repositories/5/archival_objects/2962English.Playbills- B (I)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2963English.Playbills- B (II)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2964English.Playbills- C/repositories/5/archival_objects/2965English.Playbills- D-G/repositories/5/archival_objects/2966English.Playbills- H (I)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2967English.Playbills- H (II)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2968English.Playbills- I/repositories/5/archival_objects/2969English.Playbills- J/repositories/5/archival_objects/2970English.Playbills- K-L/repositories/5/archival_objects/2971English.Playbills- M/repositories/5/archival_objects/2972English.Playbills- N-O/repositories/5/archival_objects/2973English.Playbills- P/repositories/5/archival_objects/2974English.Playbills- Q-R/repositories/5/archival_objects/2975English.Playbills- S/repositories/5/archival_objects/2976English.Playbills- T/repositories/5/archival_objects/2977English.Playbills- U-Z and Autographed Playbills/repositories/5/archival_objects/2978English.Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/84291905-1962English.Christmas Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/29271885-1950English.559Christmas Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/29291951-1955English.560Christmas Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/29301956-1961; No DatesEnglish.561Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences /repositories/5/archival_objects/2948English.676Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences and Mailings/repositories/5/archival_objects/2949English.677Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28781954-1959English.221Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28791960-01-1960-08English.222Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28811960-09-1960-12English.223Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28801961-1962English.224Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/2882No DateEnglish.225Control Folder/repositories/5/archival_objects/2858English.11Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28591905-1918English.12Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28601920-1924English.13Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28611926-1927English.14Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28631929English.16Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28651930English.17Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28661932-1934English.19Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28641931English.18Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28671935-1936English.110Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28681937English.111Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28691938-1939English.112Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28701940-01-1940-08English.113Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28711940-09English.114Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28721940-10-1940-12English.115Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28731941-1942English.116Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28741943-1944English.117Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28751945-1946English.118Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28761947-1949English.219Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/28771950-1953English.220Photographs and Prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/8430English.Foreign Poster Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/2910English.449Foreign Poster Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/2911English.450Foreign Poster Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/2912English.451Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2901English.341Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2902English.342Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2903English.343Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2904English.344Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2905English.345Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2906English.345APhotographs of Family/repositories/5/archival_objects/2907English.446Photographs by Carter Bealer/repositories/5/archival_objects/2908English.447Other Photographs/repositories/5/archival_objects/2909English.448Postcard Pictures of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/288318th-19th centuriesEnglish.226French Theatre Prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/2884English.227French Theatre Prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/2885English.228French Theatre Prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/2886English.229French and Mixed Theatre Prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/2887English.230Prints- Miscellaneous (English and Composers)/repositories/5/archival_objects/2888English.230APhotographs of Theatre People- most autographed/repositories/5/archival_objects/2889English.231Autographed Photos of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2890English.231APhotographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2891English.231BPhotographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2893English.232Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2892English.233Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2894English.334Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2895English.335Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2896English.336Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2897English.337Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2898English.338Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2899English.339Photographs of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/2900English.340Ephemera/repositories/5/archival_objects/8431English.Bookplates, HMS Pinafore, FDR inauguration souvenirs, Art catalog/repositories/5/archival_objects/3016English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Opera, Music, Ballet Programs/repositories/5/archival_objects/3014English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
The Moscow Art Theatre: Theatre Guide of London; Gallery of Plays and Players; Serials; Periodicals and Misc.; Cinema Items/repositories/5/archival_objects/3017English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.
Miscellaneous - Blank Card Stock from Cruise Liners & Inaugural Ball Card for McKinley-Hobart Election/repositories/5/archival_objects/29471930-19401897-03-04English.675Ship Menus - Various Lines /repositories/5/archival_objects/29331895-1940English.564Ship Menus - United Fruit Companies /repositories/5/archival_objects/29341930-1940English.565Ship Menus - United States Line /repositories/5/archival_objects/29351934English.566Ship Menus - Norwegian American Line/repositories/5/archival_objects/29381939English.567Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. France /repositories/5/archival_objects/29401962English.568Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Liberté/repositories/5/archival_objects/29391975English.569Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Ile De France /repositories/5/archival_objects/29411957English.670Savage Club, Other Club Programs/repositories/5/archival_objects/29421915-1935English.67ATravel Literature - Various /repositories/5/archival_objects/29431920-1950English.671Biographies/repositories/5/archival_objects/8432English.Biographies: A-E/repositories/5/archival_objects/2914English.452ABiographies: F-L/repositories/5/archival_objects/2916English.453ABiographies: M-Sa/repositories/5/archival_objects/2919English.454ABiographies: Se-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/2921English.455ATyped Biographies of Theatre People/repositories/5/archival_objects/29461930-1950English.674Scope and ContentsIncludes biographies of the Incorporated Stage Socety, Fritzi Scheff, Frances Star, Sir William Bruce, Neil Hamilton, Barbara Bel Geddes, James A. Michener, Edith Fellows, and Glenda Farrel.
Autographs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8433English.Autographed Checks and Receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/2925English.558Autographed Checks and Receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/2926English.558Check payable to Edward Everett signed Andrew Stevenson for $50
/repositories/5/archival_objects/66521831-12-12English.Everett , EdwardStevenson, AndrewStock certificate showing Leonard C. William is entitled to 4 shares of capital stock of the Mystic National Bank in Connecticut /repositories/5/archival_objects/66541870-1-24English.Williams, Leonard C. Mystic National Bank (Connecticut)Signature of "Alben W. Barkley" (torn off of a check) /repositories/5/archival_objects/66551952English.Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956Receipt for Mr D. Scorie for Joseph Bradley Furniture /repositories/5/archival_objects/66571849-11-28English.Stovil, D. Joseph Bradley Furniture Two checks written by E. Clemens, one to Senator Max Barnboker for $1 (1955) and another to Rockwell Kent for 50 cents (1954). /repositories/5/archival_objects/66581954-04-201955-06-6English.Kent, RockwellBarnboker, Senator Deposit slip for $550 for John Mopeley to the credit of George Hinmria from the New Haven County Bank /repositories/5/archival_objects/66591847-11-23English.Mopeley , JohnNew Haven County BankAutographs: A-E/repositories/5/archival_objects/2913English.452Autographs: F-L/repositories/5/archival_objects/2915English.453Autographs: M-Sa/repositories/5/archival_objects/2918English.454Autographs: Se-Z/repositories/5/archival_objects/2920English.455Autographs: Letters Unidentified/repositories/5/archival_objects/2922English.456Naval Autographs/repositories/5/archival_objects/2923English.457Diaries/repositories/5/archival_objects/8434English.Diaries/repositories/5/archival_objects/29519 Volumes1863-1960English.7Scope and ContentsThis box includes diaries from Virginia Cloud, Mary Cloud, Joseph W. Collins, Mrs. Gassett, and unidentified authors.
Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown/repositories/5/archival_objects/295311 Volumes1920-1930English.8Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown/repositories/5/archival_objects/29548 Volumes1931-1939English.9Diaries/repositories/5/archival_objects/29555 Item1940-1946English.10Scope and ContentsThis box contains diaries written by Mae Douglas Drown and Marian Drown.
Diaries/repositories/5/archival_objects/295612 Volumes1890-1958English.11Scope and ContentsThis box includes diaries written by Harry L. Gray, Ella Hayward, L.H. Peebles, Milton Westheimer, and Wilcox.
Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/8435English.Lillie Langtry Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/2917English.453BMiscellaneous Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/2944English.672Newspaper Clipping of Joe Di Maggie in Baltimore, MD /repositories/5/archival_objects/7025English.Newspaper Clippings of Various Plays, Actors, and Playwrights in Chicago/repositories/5/archival_objects/7026English.New York Times Book Review on WIlliam Goldhunt's Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Contemporaries" /repositories/5/archival_objects/70271963-07-21English.The New York Times Newspaper Photograph of Manhattan's Church of Transfiguration /repositories/5/archival_objects/7028English.The New York Times Book Review on Richard Church's 1956 Autobiography- "Suddenly I Was Armed with a Weapon: A Distinguished Author Relives His Boyhood and His Discovery that Poetry Was a Sword" /repositories/5/archival_objects/70291956-08-05English.Philadelphia Inquirer Spread - Women's Clothing modeled by Hollywood Movie Stars on one side and drawings of the freak Pacific Weather on the reverse /repositories/5/archival_objects/70301940-1950English.Miscellaneous Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/2945English.673Chicago Sun Newspaper Clipping on the fighter plane crash that killed Collin Kelly
Written by W.L. White /repositories/5/archival_objects/70311913-09-07English.Chicago Tribune Newspaper Clipping - "Ten Years Ago This Week She Killed Two Friends"
Article on Winnie Ruth's murder of two close friends /repositories/5/archival_objects/70321941-10-12English.The New York Times Newspaper Clipping - "Walking Tours of Dublin" /repositories/5/archival_objects/70331963-07-28English.Newspaper Clipping of Jo Di Maggio's Regarding Ankle Injuries in Baltimore, MD. /repositories/5/archival_objects/7024English.Miscellaneous/repositories/5/archival_objects/8437English.Cartoon Envelopes/repositories/5/archival_objects/2924English.457AMaterials Regarding Harry Leroy Gray/repositories/5/archival_objects/29321920-1960English.563Series of Photographs of Harry Leroy Gray/repositories/5/archival_objects/7017English.Collection of letters between Gray and his mother/repositories/5/archival_objects/70181890-1910English.Miscellaneous - Carter Newman Bealer's Passport, small thought journals, and hand-written newspaper /repositories/5/archival_objects/29501913English.678Miscellaneous - Various Papers /repositories/5/archival_objects/29521918-1950English.679Miscellaneous Notebooks/repositories/5/archival_objects/29597 Volumes1910-1933English.14Scope and ContentsThis box contains 7 notebooks. 1 Account book from 1910, 1 catalog of bell collection, 1 notebook titled 'Art Motis', 1 notebook from 1916, 1 notebook labeled 'English Drama', 1 black album labeled 'Photos', and 1 brown album labeled 'Photos'. The brown album has photos of family, friends, and Dash (referenced in Control Folder).
Artifacts/repositories/5/archival_objects/8438English.Stamp, Ace, and Coin Collection/repositories/5/archival_objects/3013English.Separated MaterialsThis box is located with the other playbills.