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Beaman Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: spe-bea

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a 29-page photo album (1:1). A Contents by Page listing follows the Container List. The collection also includes pages clipped from the Beaman guest book (1:2) covering the months that they lived at 4022 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, 1917-1918.

Dates

  • 1915 - 1918

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.

Biographical / Historical

Daniel Walker Beaman was born in Richville, N.Y., in 1890. He graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., in 1915, and spent part of that summer at the Young Men’s Christian Association camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was here that he made a scrapbook/photo album of life in camp, and this album he presented to his fiancee, Beatrice Reynolds. Miss Reynolds was born in Brandon, N.Y. in 1890.

Daniel and Beatrice Beaman were married in Malone, N.Y., in 1917, and lived in a second-floor apartment at 4022 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago until April 1918.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (in 1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A collection of photographs from a YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Arrangement

Album is in original order as created by Beaman.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The material in this collection was donated to Chicago Public Library by Mary Ruth Beaman Judd, daughter of Daniel and Beatrice Beaman, November 1989.

Related Materials

  • Chicago Postcard Collection
  • Knowles Postcard Collection

Title
Guide to the Beaman Photograph Album
Status
Completed
Author
Original author unknown. Processed 1989. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021.
Date
1989
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center Repository

Contact:
Harold Washington Library Center, 9th Floor
Chicago Public Library
400 S. State Street
Chicago IL 60605 United States
(312) 747-4875