Entertainers
Subject
Subject Source: Searslocal
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Gordon F. Baxter Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-440
Abstract
Gordon F. Baxter was born on December 25, 1923, in Port Arthur, Texas. He resided in Beaumont from 1959 until his death on June 11, 2005. During his professional career he was a writer, radio broadcaster, and a airplane pilot. He was well-known for his independent spirit and proved to be a colorful figure in his profession. These papers include personal papers and correspondence, artifacts, scrapbooks, publications, slides, and photographic negatives related to his personal life and...
Dates:
1855 - 2011
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Jefferson Amusement Company Records
Collection
Identifier: AC-049
Abstract
The Jefferson Amusement Company was founded in 1917 by Sol Gordon and Joe Clemmons. The Company's headquarters was located in Beaumont where some of the most elegant movie theaters were located including the famous Jefferson Theater which opened in 1927. This collection focuses on the maintenance of the Beaumont theaters, especially the Liberty and Jefferson theaters, film release schedules, contracts and financial correspondence, income ledgers, booking schedules, construction blue prints...
Dates:
1918 - 1980
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Jefferson Theatre Preservation Society Records
Collection
Identifier: AC-364
Abstract
The Jefferson Theatre was designed by architect Emile Weil in 1927, orignially for the Jefferson Amusement Company. The theatre closed in 1972, but reopened after an extensive restoration in 2003. This collection consists of materials originally collected by the Jefferson Theatre Preservation Society. The majority of the collection is comprised of deeds, oil leases, financial records, and correspondence related to the estates of Lena Mayer and Sol E. Gordon and their relatives. The...
Dates:
1834 - 2004
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Melody Maids Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC-633
Abstract
The Melody Maids were a girls' choir which traveled the United States and the world to perform for military bases from 1942 to 1972. Led by Eloise Rush Milam, the Melody Maids learned not just music, but also decorum and manners. This collection holds almost 200 scrapbooks made by Ms. Milam and the Maids during the group's thirty years of existence and the decades of celebrations and reunions that followed..
Dates:
1930-2013
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Morris and Concetta Cloninger Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-681
Abstract
Morris Cloninger graduated from the University of Texas in Austin and taught English at both Conroe and South Park High Schools. Concetta (nee Mazzagatti) Cloninger became interested in theatre while a student at South Park High School and then attended Lamar Junior College, where she studied under Irene Arnett. She later won a scholarship and did post graduate work at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts in Pasadena, California. Upon leaving California, Concetta took the stage...
Dates:
1926 - 2016
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Reinstra-Larcome Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-639
Abstract
Betty Rienstra was a community leader in Beaumont, Texas. She was active in various civic organizations including library associations, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Eta Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and the American Association of University Women. She was elected to a trustee position for South Park Independent School District where she served for 15 years. Her papers include business and historic records of historic and civic groups as well as newspaper clippings and...
Dates:
1917-2012
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
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