Carter Newman Bealer Papers WLU Coll. 0094

Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Special Collections and Archives

204 W. Washington St.
Lexington, VA 24450
camdent@wlu.edu
URL: http://library.wlu.edu/specialcollections

Repository

Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Special Collections and Archives

Identification

WLU Coll.0094

Title

Carter Newman Bealer Papers Inclusive 1905-1962 Bulk 1930-1950

Quantity

28.3 Linear Feet

creator

Bealer, Carter Newman

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

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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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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

Container List

Scrapbooks

Theatre Scrapbook
box: 12
Miscellaneous Scrapbooks

6 Volumes

Scope and Contents
This box contains 6 scrapbooks: 3 not labeled, 2 labeled 'Heraldry Scrapbook', and 1 labeled 'A Memory Book'.
box: 13
Miscellaneous Scrapbook

2 Volumes

Scope and Contents
This box contains 2 scrapbooks. One is labeled 'Autograph Book' and the other is labeled 'Hotel cards'.

Business and Legal Documents

box: 5 folder: 62

1896 Georgia State Tax Card and related items Signed Mrs. E. J. W. Bealer
1896
E.J. W. Bealer Tax Records for 1906
1906
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Correspondence
1906
Various Work Orders for Business/Construction in Georgia
bulk
Papers regarding a dispute of title from the Law Offices of Daley, Chambers, and Smith
1909-09
Papers regarding the Southern Baptist Convention of Asheville, NC
1916-05
San Diego, California Real Estate License for P.M. Bealer
1923
Estate Papers for P.M. Bealer, executed by Carter Newman Bealer
1954-09

Playbills

Scrapbook- Playbills

Scope and Contents
Envelope labeled Scrapbook-Playbills
Playbills- Continental (Severn Duvall Gift)
Notebooks with Playbills

13 Volumes
Playbills- Continental A-Z
Playbills- Continental A-Z
Souvenir Playbills (English)
Souvenir Playbills (English)
Souvenir Playbills (English)
Souvenir Playbills- English and American
Playbills- A
Playbills- B (I)
Playbills- B (II)
Playbills- C
Playbills- D-G
Playbills- H (I)
Playbills- H (II)
Playbills- I
Playbills- J
Playbills- K-L
Playbills- M
Playbills- N-O
Playbills- P
Playbills- Q-R
Playbills- S
Playbills- T
Playbills- U-Z and Autographed Playbills

Correspondence

1905-1962

box: 5 folder: 59
Christmas Cards
1885-1950
box: 5 folder: 60
Christmas Cards
1951-1955
box: 5 folder: 61
Christmas Cards
1956-1961; No Dates
box: 6 folder: 76
Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences
box: 6 folder: 77
Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences and Mailings
box: 2 folder: 21
Correspondence
1954-1959
box: 2 folder: 22
Correspondence
1960-01-1960-08
box: 2 folder: 23
Correspondence
1960-09-1960-12
box: 2 folder: 24
Correspondence
1961-1962
box: 2 folder: 25
Correspondence
No Date
box: 1 folder: 1
Control Folder
box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence
1905-1918
box: 1 folder: 3
Correspondence
1920-1924
box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence
1926-1927
box: 1 folder: 6
Correspondence
1929
box: 1 folder: 7
Correspondence
1930
box: 1 folder: 9
Correspondence
1932-1934
box: 1 folder: 8
Correspondence
1931
box: 1 folder: 10
Correspondence
1935-1936
box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence
1937
box: 1 folder: 12
Correspondence
1938-1939
box: 1 folder: 13
Correspondence
1940-01-1940-08
box: 1 folder: 14
Correspondence
1940-09
box: 1 folder: 15
Correspondence
1940-10-1940-12
box: 1 folder: 16
Correspondence
1941-1942
box: 1 folder: 17
Correspondence
1943-1944
box: 1 folder: 18
Correspondence
1945-1946
box: 2 folder: 19
Correspondence
1947-1949
box: 2 folder: 20
Correspondence
1950-1953

Photographs and Prints

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 People
18th-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

Ephemera

Bookplates, HMS Pinafore, FDR inauguration souvenirs, Art catalog
Opera, Music, Ballet Programs
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 Election
bulk1897-03-04
box: 5 folder: 64
Ship Menus - Various Lines
bulk
box: 5 folder: 65
Ship Menus - United Fruit Companies
bulk
box: 5 folder: 66
Ship Menus - United States Line
1934
box: 5 folder: 67
Ship Menus - Norwegian American Line
1939
box: 5 folder: 68
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. France
1962
box: 5 folder: 69
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Liberté
1975
box: 6 folder: 70
Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Ile De France
1957
box: 6 folder: 7A
Savage Club, Other Club Programs
bulk
box: 6 folder: 71
Travel Literature - Various
bulk

Biographies

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 People
bulk
Scope 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.

Autographs

box: 5 folder: 58
Autographed Checks and Receipts
box: 5 folder: 58
Autographed Checks and Receipts
- Check payable to Edward Everett signed Andrew Stevenson for $50
  1831-12-12
- Stock certificate showing Leonard C. William is entitled to 4 shares of capital stock of the Mystic National Bank in Connecticut
  1870-01-24
- Signature of "Alben W. Barkley" (torn off of a check)
  1952
- Receipt for Mr D. Scorie for Joseph Bradley Furniture
  1849-11-28
- 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
- Deposit slip for $550 for John Mopeley to the credit of George Hinmria from the New Haven County Bank
  1847-11-23
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

Diaries

box: 7
Diaries

9 Volumes
1863-1960
Scope 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 Drown

11 Volumes
1920-1930
box: 9
Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown

8 Volumes
1931-1939
box: 10
Diaries

5 Item
1940-1946
Scope and Contents
This box contains diaries written by Mae Douglas Drown and Marian Drown.
box: 11
Diaries

12 Volumes
1890-1958
Scope and Contents
This box includes diaries written by Harry L. Gray, Ella Hayward, L.H. Peebles, Milton Westheimer, and Wilcox.

Clippings

box: 4 folder: 53B
Lillie Langtry Clippings
box: 6 folder: 72
Miscellaneous Clippings
- Newspaper Clipping of Joe Di Maggie in Baltimore, MD
- Newspaper Clippings of Various Plays, Actors, and Playwrights in Chicago
- New York Times Book Review on WIlliam Goldhunt's Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Contemporaries"
  1963-07-21
- The New York Times Newspaper Photograph of Manhattan's Church of Transfiguration
- 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
- Philadelphia Inquirer Spread - Women's Clothing modeled by Hollywood Movie Stars on one side and drawings of the freak Pacific Weather on the reverse
  bulk
box: 6 folder: 73
Miscellaneous Clippings
- Chicago Sun Newspaper Clipping on the fighter plane crash that killed Collin Kelly Written by W.L. White
  1913-09-07
- Chicago Tribune Newspaper Clipping - "Ten Years Ago This Week She Killed Two Friends" Article on Winnie Ruth's murder of two close friends
  1941-10-12
- The New York Times Newspaper Clipping - "Walking Tours of Dublin"
  bulk
Newspaper Clipping of Jo Di Maggio's Regarding Ankle Injuries in Baltimore, MD.

Miscellaneous

box: 4 folder: 57A
Cartoon Envelopes
box: 5 folder: 63
Materials Regarding Harry Leroy Gray
bulk
- Series of Photographs of Harry Leroy Gray
- Collection of letters between Gray and his mother
  bulk
box: 6 folder: 78
Miscellaneous - Carter Newman Bealer's Passport, small thought journals, and hand-written newspaper
1913
box: 6 folder: 79
Miscellaneous - Various Papers
bulk
box: 14
Miscellaneous Notebooks

7 Volumes
1910-1933
Scope 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).

Artifacts

Stamp, Ace, and Coin Collection

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.