Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

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.

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections staff to verify the appropriate format.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Actors
• Autographs
• Correspondence
• Gray, Harry L.
• Hayward , Ella
• Musicians
• Peebles , L.H.
• Playbills
• Westheimer, Milton J.
• Wilcox family