Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Special Collections and Archives
204 W. Washington St.Lexington, VA 24450
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URL: http://library.wlu.edu/specialcollections
Administrative Information
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.
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
Container List
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Theatre Scrapbook
- box: 12
Miscellaneous Scrapbooks6 VolumesScope and Contents
This box contains 6 scrapbooks: 3 not labeled, 2 labeled 'Heraldry Scrapbook', and 1 labeled 'A Memory Book'.
- box: 13
Miscellaneous Scrapbook2 VolumesScope and Contents
This box contains 2 scrapbooks. One is labeled 'Autograph Book' and the other is labeled 'Hotel cards'.
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1896 Georgia State Tax Card and related items Signed Mrs. E. J. W. Bealer1896
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E.J. W. Bealer Tax Records for 19061906
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Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Correspondence1906
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Various Work Orders for Business/Construction in Georgiabulk
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Papers regarding a dispute of title from the Law Offices of Daley, Chambers, and Smith1909-09
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Papers regarding the Southern Baptist Convention of Asheville, NC1916-05
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San Diego, California Real Estate License for P.M. Bealer1923
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Estate Papers for P.M. Bealer, executed by Carter Newman Bealer1954-09
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Scrapbook- PlaybillsScope and Contents
Envelope labeled Scrapbook-Playbills
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Playbills- Continental (Severn Duvall Gift)
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Notebooks with Playbills13 Volumes
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Playbills- Continental A-Z
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Playbills- Continental A-Z
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Souvenir Playbills (English)
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Souvenir Playbills (English)
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Souvenir Playbills (English)
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Souvenir Playbills- English and American
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Playbills- A
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Playbills- B (I)
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Playbills- B (II)
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Playbills- C
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Playbills- D-G
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Playbills- H (I)
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Playbills- H (II)
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Playbills- I
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Playbills- J
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Playbills- K-L
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Playbills- M
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Playbills- N-O
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Playbills- P
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Playbills- Q-R
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Playbills- S
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Playbills- T
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Playbills- U-Z and Autographed Playbills
- box: 5 folder: 59
Christmas Cards1885-1950
- box: 5 folder: 60
Christmas Cards1951-1955
- box: 5 folder: 61
Christmas Cards1956-1961; No Dates
- box: 6 folder: 76
Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences
- box: 6 folder: 77
Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences and Mailings
- box: 2 folder: 21
Correspondence1954-1959
- box: 2 folder: 22
Correspondence1960-01-1960-08
- box: 2 folder: 23
Correspondence1960-09-1960-12
- box: 2 folder: 24
Correspondence1961-1962
- box: 2 folder: 25
CorrespondenceNo Date
- box: 1 folder: 1
Control Folder
- box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence1905-1918
- box: 1 folder: 3
Correspondence1920-1924
- box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence1926-1927
- box: 1 folder: 6
Correspondence1929
- box: 1 folder: 7
Correspondence1930
- box: 1 folder: 9
Correspondence1932-1934
- box: 1 folder: 8
Correspondence1931
- box: 1 folder: 10
Correspondence1935-1936
- box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence1937
- box: 1 folder: 12
Correspondence1938-1939
- box: 1 folder: 13
Correspondence1940-01-1940-08
- box: 1 folder: 14
Correspondence1940-09
- box: 1 folder: 15
Correspondence1940-10-1940-12
- box: 1 folder: 16
Correspondence1941-1942
- box: 1 folder: 17
Correspondence1943-1944
- box: 1 folder: 18
Correspondence1945-1946
- box: 2 folder: 19
Correspondence1947-1949
- box: 2 folder: 20
Correspondence1950-1953
- box: 4 folder: 49
Foreign Poster Cards
- box: 4 folder: 50
Foreign Poster Cards
- box: 4 folder: 51
Foreign Poster Cards
- box: 3 folder: 41
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 42
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 43
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 44
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 45
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 45A
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 4 folder: 46
Photographs of Family
- box: 4 folder: 47
Photographs by Carter Bealer
- box: 4 folder: 48
Other Photographs
- box: 2 folder: 26
Postcard Pictures of Theatre People18th-19th centuries
- box: 2 folder: 27
French Theatre Prints
- box: 2 folder: 28
French Theatre Prints
- box: 2 folder: 29
French Theatre Prints
- box: 2 folder: 30
French and Mixed Theatre Prints
- box: 2 folder: 30A
Prints- Miscellaneous (English and Composers)
- box: 2 folder: 31
Photographs of Theatre People- most autographed
- box: 2 folder: 31A
Autographed Photos of Theatre People
- box: 2 folder: 31B
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 2 folder: 32
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 2 folder: 33
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 34
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 35
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 36
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 37
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 38
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 39
Photographs of Theatre People
- box: 3 folder: 40
Photographs of Theatre People
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Bookplates, HMS Pinafore, FDR inauguration souvenirs, Art catalog
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Opera, Music, Ballet Programs
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The Moscow Art Theatre: Theatre Guide of London; Gallery of Plays and Players; Serials; Periodicals and Misc.; Cinema Items
- box: 6 folder: 75
Miscellaneous - Blank Card Stock from Cruise Liners & Inaugural Ball Card for McKinley-Hobart Electionbulk1897-03-04
- box: 5 folder: 64
Ship Menus - Various Linesbulk
- box: 5 folder: 65
Ship Menus - United Fruit Companiesbulk
- box: 5 folder: 66
Ship Menus - United States Line1934
- box: 5 folder: 67
Ship Menus - Norwegian American Line1939
- box: 5 folder: 68
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. France1962
- box: 5 folder: 69
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Liberté1975
- box: 6 folder: 70
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Ile De France1957
- box: 6 folder: 7A
Savage Club, Other Club Programsbulk
- box: 6 folder: 71
Travel Literature - Variousbulk
- box: 4 folder: 52A
Biographies: A-E
- box: 4 folder: 53A
Biographies: F-L
- box: 4 folder: 54A
Biographies: M-Sa
- box: 4 folder: 55A
Biographies: Se-Z
- box: 6 folder: 74
Typed Biographies of Theatre PeoplebulkScope and Contents
Includes 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.
- box: 5 folder: 58
Autographed Checks and Receipts
- box: 5 folder: 58
Autographed Checks and Receipts
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Check payable to Edward Everett signed Andrew Stevenson for $501831-12-12
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Stock certificate showing Leonard C. William is entitled to 4 shares of capital stock of the Mystic National Bank in Connecticut1870-01-24
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Signature of "Alben W. Barkley" (torn off of a check)1952
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Receipt for Mr D. Scorie for Joseph Bradley Furniture1849-11-28
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Two checks written by E. Clemens, one to Senator Max Barnboker for $1 (1955) and another to Rockwell Kent for 50 cents (1954).1954-04-201955-06-06
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Deposit slip for $550 for John Mopeley to the credit of George Hinmria from the New Haven County Bank1847-11-23
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- box: 4 folder: 52
Autographs: A-E
- box: 4 folder: 53
Autographs: F-L
- box: 4 folder: 54
Autographs: M-Sa
- box: 4 folder: 55
Autographs: Se-Z
- box: 4 folder: 56
Autographs: Letters Unidentified
- box: 4 folder: 57
Naval Autographs
- box: 7
Diaries9 Volumes1863-1960Scope and Contents
This box includes diaries from Virginia Cloud, Mary Cloud, Joseph W. Collins, Mrs. Gassett, and unidentified authors.
- box: 8
Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown11 Volumes1920-1930
- box: 9
Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown8 Volumes1931-1939
- box: 10
Diaries5 Item1940-1946Scope and Contents
This box contains diaries written by Mae Douglas Drown and Marian Drown.
- box: 11
Diaries12 Volumes1890-1958Scope and Contents
This box includes diaries written by Harry L. Gray, Ella Hayward, L.H. Peebles, Milton Westheimer, and Wilcox.
- box: 4 folder: 53B
Lillie Langtry Clippings
- box: 6 folder: 72
Miscellaneous Clippings
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Newspaper Clipping of Joe Di Maggie in Baltimore, MD
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Newspaper Clippings of Various Plays, Actors, and Playwrights in Chicago
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New York Times Book Review on WIlliam Goldhunt's Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Contemporaries"1963-07-21
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The New York Times Newspaper Photograph of Manhattan's Church of Transfiguration
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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"1956-08-05
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Philadelphia Inquirer Spread - Women's Clothing modeled by Hollywood Movie Stars on one side and drawings of the freak Pacific Weather on the reversebulk
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- box: 6 folder: 73
Miscellaneous Clippings
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Chicago Sun Newspaper Clipping on the fighter plane crash that killed Collin Kelly Written by W.L. White1913-09-07
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Chicago Tribune Newspaper Clipping - "Ten Years Ago This Week She Killed Two Friends" Article on Winnie Ruth's murder of two close friends1941-10-12
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The New York Times Newspaper Clipping - "Walking Tours of Dublin"bulk
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Newspaper Clipping of Jo Di Maggio's Regarding Ankle Injuries in Baltimore, MD.
- box: 4 folder: 57A
Cartoon Envelopes
- box: 5 folder: 63
Materials Regarding Harry Leroy Graybulk
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Series of Photographs of Harry Leroy Gray
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Collection of letters between Gray and his motherbulk
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- box: 6 folder: 78
Miscellaneous - Carter Newman Bealer's Passport, small thought journals, and hand-written newspaper1913
- box: 6 folder: 79
Miscellaneous - Various Papersbulk
- box: 14
Miscellaneous Notebooks7 Volumes1910-1933Scope and Contents
This 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).
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Barkley, Alben William
- Barnboker, Senator
- Bealer , E. J. W.
- Bealer, Carter Newman
- Bealer, Pierre McFarland
- Everett , Edward
- Gray, Harry L.
- Hayward , Ella
- Kent, Rockwell
- Mopeley , John
- Peebles , L.H.
- Stevenson, Andrew
- Stovil, D.
- Westheimer, Milton J.
- Wilcox family
- Williams, Leonard C.