Scrapbook owned by Reginald Beane
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1939-1944
name: label: Compiled by
content: Reginald Beane, American, 1918 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Reginald Beane, American, 1918 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Frances Williams, American, 1908 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Erskine Hawkins, American, 1914 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: William Saroyan, Armenian American, 1908 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Eva Jessye, American, 1895 - 1992
notes: label: Description
content: A brown leather-bound scrapbook documenting the career of actor and pianist, Reginald "Sonny" Beane.
label: Description
content: The front and back covers of the scrapbook are constructed of brown leather on cardboard, with interior leaves of thick off-white paper. The front cover features an embossed decorative geometric design of a cross within a rose within a starburst. Materials within consist of three (3) photographs, twenty-eight (28) partial telegraph messages, four (4) letters, five (5) tickets, a typed CV, and many dozens of newspaper and program clippings mounted on 28 scrapbook leaves.
label: Description
content: Much of the content is related to Beane's performance in William Saroyan's play "The Time of Your Life," including clippings of reviews and programs, congratulatory telegrams from Ethel Waters and Frances Williams, a letter and postcard signed by Saroyan, and a photograph of Beane at his piano in a 1940 Chicago performance of the play. Other highlights include a 1939 photograph of Beane with conductor Eva Jessye; a 1943 letter from the principal of an Oakland, CA junior high school thanking Beane for his visit; a 1944 promotional card showing Beane on the bill with actor Canada Lee and trumpeter Erskine Hawkins, and more. There are no markings on the reverse of the cover.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.21.15
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather on cardboard with paper (fiber product) and cotton (fiber)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 9/16 × 12 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (37 × 31.5 × 4.2 cm)