Carter Newman Bealer PapersWLU.Coll.0094

Carter Newman Bealer PapersWLU.Coll.0094


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

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Lexington, VA 24450
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Repository
Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0094
Title
Carter Newman Bealer Papers 1905-1962 1930-1950
Quantity
28.3 Linear Feet
Creator
Bealer, Carter Newman
Language
English .

Administrative Information

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.

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

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.

Container List

Scrapbooks
English.
  • Theatre Scrapbook
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000004049] box: 12
    Miscellaneous Scrapbooks
    6 Volumes
    English.
    Scope and Contents

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

  • Mixed Materials [0000004051] box: 13
    Miscellaneous Scrapbook
    2 Volumes
    English.
    Scope and Contents

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

Business and Legal Documents
Mixed Materials [0000003146] box: 5 folder: 62 English.
  • 1896 Georgia State Tax Card and related items Signed Mrs. E. J. W. Bealer
    1896English.
  • E.J. W. Bealer Tax Records for 1906
    1906English.
  • Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Correspondence
    1906English.
  • Various Work Orders for Business/Construction in Georgia
    1900-1910English.
  • Papers regarding a dispute of title from the Law Offices of Daley, Chambers, and Smith
    1909-09English.
  • Papers regarding the Southern Baptist Convention of Asheville, NC
    1916-05English.
  • San Diego, California Real Estate License for P.M. Bealer
    1923English.
  • Estate Papers for P.M. Bealer, executed by Carter Newman Bealer
    1954-09English.
Playbills
17 Box
English.
  • Scrapbook- Playbills
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Envelope labeled Scrapbook-Playbills

  • Playbills- Continental (Severn Duvall Gift)
    English.
  • Notebooks with Playbills
    13 Volumes
    English.
  • Playbills- Continental A-Z
    English.
  • Playbills- Continental A-Z
    English.
  • Souvenir Playbills (English)
    English.
  • Souvenir Playbills (English)
    English.
  • Souvenir Playbills (English)
    English.
  • Souvenir Playbills- English and American
    English.
  • Playbills- A
    English.
  • Playbills- B (I)
    English.
  • Playbills- B (II)
    English.
  • Playbills- C
    English.
  • Playbills- D-G
    English.
  • Playbills- H (I)
    English.
  • Playbills- H (II)
    English.
  • Playbills- I
    English.
  • Playbills- J
    English.
  • Playbills- K-L
    English.
  • Playbills- M
    English.
  • Playbills- N-O
    English.
  • Playbills- P
    English.
  • Playbills- Q-R
    English.
  • Playbills- S
    English.
  • Playbills- T
    English.
  • Playbills- U-Z and Autographed Playbills
    English.
Correspondence
1905-1962English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003146] box: 5 folder: 59
    Christmas Cards
    1885-1950English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003146] box: 5 folder: 60
    Christmas Cards
    1951-1955English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003146] box: 5 folder: 61
    Christmas Cards
    1956-1961; No DatesEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006826] box: 6 folder: 76
    Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006826] box: 6 folder: 77
    Miscellaneous - Various Correspondences and Mailings
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 21
    Correspondence
    1954-1959English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 22
    Correspondence
    1960-01-1960-08English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 23
    Correspondence
    1960-09-1960-12English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 24
    Correspondence
    1961-1962English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 25
    Correspondence
    No DateEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003051] box: 1 folder: 1
    Control Folder
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003051] box: 1 folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1905-1918English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003053] box: 1 folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1920-1924English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003055] box: 1 folder: 4
    Correspondence
    1926-1927English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003057] box: 1 folder: 6
    Correspondence
    1929English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003059] box: 1 folder: 7
    Correspondence
    1930English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003066] box: 1 folder: 9
    Correspondence
    1932-1934English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003062] box: 1 folder: 8
    Correspondence
    1931English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003064] box: 1 folder: 10
    Correspondence
    1935-1936English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003067] box: 1 folder: 11
    Correspondence
    1937English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003068] box: 1 folder: 12
    Correspondence
    1938-1939English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003070] box: 1 folder: 13
    Correspondence
    1940-01-1940-08English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003071] box: 1 folder: 14
    Correspondence
    1940-09English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003072] box: 1 folder: 15
    Correspondence
    1940-10-1940-12English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003073] box: 1 folder: 16
    Correspondence
    1941-1942English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003074] box: 1 folder: 17
    Correspondence
    1943-1944English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003075] box: 1 folder: 18
    Correspondence
    1945-1946English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 19
    Correspondence
    1947-1949English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003079] box: 2 folder: 20
    Correspondence
    1950-1953English.
Photographs and Prints
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003120] box: 4 folder: 49
    Foreign Poster Cards
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003121] box: 4 folder: 50
    Foreign Poster Cards
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003122] box: 4 folder: 51
    Foreign Poster Cards
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003109] box: 3 folder: 41
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003110] box: 3 folder: 42
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003111] box: 3 folder: 43
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003112] box: 3 folder: 44
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003113] box: 3 folder: 45
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003114] box: 3 folder: 45A
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003116] box: 4 folder: 46
    Photographs of Family
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003117] box: 4 folder: 47
    Photographs by Carter Bealer
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003118] box: 4 folder: 48
    Other Photographs
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003085] box: 2 folder: 26
    Postcard Pictures of Theatre People
    18th-19th centuriesEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003087] box: 2 folder: 27
    French Theatre Prints
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003088] box: 2 folder: 28
    French Theatre Prints
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003090] box: 2 folder: 29
    French Theatre Prints
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003091] box: 2 folder: 30
    French and Mixed Theatre Prints
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003092] box: 2 folder: 30A
    Prints- Miscellaneous (English and Composers)
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003093] box: 2 folder: 31
    Photographs of Theatre People- most autographed
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003094] box: 2 folder: 31A
    Autographed Photos of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003095] box: 2 folder: 31B
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003100] box: 2 folder: 32
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003099] box: 2 folder: 33
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003101] box: 3 folder: 34
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003102] box: 3 folder: 35
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003103] box: 3 folder: 36
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003104] box: 3 folder: 37
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003105] box: 3 folder: 38
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003107] box: 3 folder: 39
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003115] box: 3 folder: 40
    Photographs of Theatre People
    English.
Ephemera
English.
  • Bookplates, HMS Pinafore, FDR inauguration souvenirs, Art catalog
    English.
  • Opera, Music, Ballet Programs
    English.
  • The Moscow Art Theatre: Theatre Guide of London; Gallery of Plays and Players; Serials; Periodicals and Misc.; Cinema Items
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006830] box: 6 folder: 75
    Miscellaneous - Blank Card Stock from Cruise Liners & Inaugural Ball Card for McKinley-Hobart Election
    1930-19401897-03-04English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006835] box: 5 folder: 64
    Ship Menus - Various Lines
    1895-1940English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006831] box: 5 folder: 65
    Ship Menus - United Fruit Companies
    1930-1940English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006839] box: 5 folder: 66
    Ship Menus - United States Line
    1934English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006834] box: 5 folder: 67
    Ship Menus - Norwegian American Line
    1939English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006833] box: 5 folder: 68
    Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. France
    1962English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006836] box: 5 folder: 69
    Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Liberté
    1975English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006837] box: 6 folder: 70
    Ship Menus - French Line, S.S. Ile De France
    1957English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006838] box: 6 folder: 7A
    Savage Club, Other Club Programs
    1915-1935English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006832] box: 6 folder: 71
    Travel Literature - Various
    1920-1950English.
Biographies
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003124] box: 4 folder: 52A
    Biographies: A-E
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003126] box: 4 folder: 53A
    Biographies: F-L
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003130] box: 4 folder: 54A
    Biographies: M-Sa
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003136] box: 4 folder: 55A
    Biographies: Se-Z
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006841] box: 6 folder: 74
    Typed Biographies of Theatre People
    1930-1950English.
    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
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003138] box: 5 folder: 58
    Autographed Checks and Receipts
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003139] box: 5 folder: 58
    Autographed Checks and Receipts
    English.
    • Check payable to Edward Everett signed Andrew Stevenson for $50
      1831-12-12English.
    • Stock certificate showing Leonard C. William is entitled to 4 shares of capital stock of the Mystic National Bank in Connecticut
      1870-1-24English.
    • Signature of "Alben W. Barkley" (torn off of a check)
      1952English.
    • Receipt for Mr D. Scorie for Joseph Bradley Furniture
      1849-11-28English.
    • Two checks written by E. Clemens, one to Senator Max Barnboker for $1 (1955) and another to Rockwell Kent for 50 cents (1954).
      1954-04-201955-06-6English.
    • Deposit slip for $550 for John Mopeley to the credit of George Hinmria from the New Haven County Bank
      1847-11-23English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003123] box: 4 folder: 52
    Autographs: A-E
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003125] box: 4 folder: 53
    Autographs: F-L
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003129] box: 4 folder: 54
    Autographs: M-Sa
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003131] box: 4 folder: 55
    Autographs: Se-Z
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003133] box: 4 folder: 56
    Autographs: Letters Unidentified
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003135] box: 4 folder: 57
    Naval Autographs
    English.
Diaries
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000004042] box: 7
    Diaries
    9 Volumes
    1863-1960English.
    Scope and Contents

    This box includes diaries from Virginia Cloud, Mary Cloud, Joseph W. Collins, Mrs. Gassett, and unidentified authors.

  • Mixed Materials [0000004043] box: 8
    Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown
    11 Volumes
    1920-1930English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000004045] box: 9
    Diaries of Mae Douglas Drown
    8 Volumes
    1931-1939English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000004046] box: 10
    Diaries
    5 Item
    1940-1946English.
    Scope and Contents

    This box contains diaries written by Mae Douglas Drown and Marian Drown.

  • Mixed Materials [0000004048] box: 11
    Diaries
    12 Volumes
    1890-1958English.
    Scope and Contents

    This box includes diaries written by Harry L. Gray, Ella Hayward, L.H. Peebles, Milton Westheimer, and Wilcox.

Clippings
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003128] box: 4 folder: 53B
    Lillie Langtry Clippings
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003162] box: 6 folder: 72
    Miscellaneous Clippings
    English.
    • Newspaper Clipping of Joe Di Maggie in Baltimore, MD
      English.
    • Newspaper Clippings of Various Plays, Actors, and Playwrights in Chicago
      English.
    • New York Times Book Review on WIlliam Goldhunt's Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Contemporaries"
      1963-07-21English.
    • The New York Times Newspaper Photograph of Manhattan's Church of Transfiguration
      English.
    • 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"
      1956-08-05English.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer Spread - Women's Clothing modeled by Hollywood Movie Stars on one side and drawings of the freak Pacific Weather on the reverse
      1940-1950English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003163] box: 6 folder: 73
    Miscellaneous Clippings
    English.
    • Chicago Sun Newspaper Clipping on the fighter plane crash that killed Collin Kelly Written by W.L. White
      1913-09-07English.
    • Chicago Tribune Newspaper Clipping - "Ten Years Ago This Week She Killed Two Friends" Article on Winnie Ruth's murder of two close friends
      1941-10-12English.
    • The New York Times Newspaper Clipping - "Walking Tours of Dublin"
      1963-07-28English.
  • Newspaper Clipping of Jo Di Maggio's Regarding Ankle Injuries in Baltimore, MD.
    English.
Miscellaneous
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000003137] box: 4 folder: 57A
    Cartoon Envelopes
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006840] box: 5 folder: 63
    Materials Regarding Harry Leroy Gray
    1920-1960English.
    • Series of Photographs of Harry Leroy Gray
      English.
    • Collection of letters between Gray and his mother
      1890-1910English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006828] box: 6 folder: 78
    Miscellaneous - Carter Newman Bealer's Passport, small thought journals, and hand-written newspaper
    1913English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006829] box: 6 folder: 79
    Miscellaneous - Various Papers
    1918-1950English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000004052] box: 14
    Miscellaneous Notebooks
    7 Volumes
    1910-1933English.
    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
English.
  • Stamp, Ace, and Coin Collection
    English.