Content Description
Scrapbooks covering her career from her debut through the 1940s; several hundred contracts and receipts from various theatrical agencies and variety halls; a passport; photographs; and other ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1896-1971
Creator
- Beadell, Eily (Person)
Extent
.3 linear feet (1 box)Biographical / Historical
Eily Kathleen Beadell (1890-1971) was an English music hall performer. In 1945, she and her friend Nelly Tollerton wrote a song, "Crusing Down the River", which won first prize in a contest promoted by Hammersmith Palais Ltd; the song became a hit, producing royalties for the two women.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018MT-29. Purchased with funds from the Frank E. Chase Bequest, 2017 July 14.
Creator
- Beadell, Eily (Person)
- Title
- Beadell, Eily. Eily Beadell papers, circa 1896-1971 (MS Thr 1683): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Melanie Wisner
- Date
- 2017 September 11
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02838
Repository Details
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