- Collection:
- Cutler Collection
- Title:
- Letter, New York, New York, to Bessie Beamer, 1923 May 26
- Creator:
- Keith, Dora Wheeler, 1856-1940
- Date of Original:
- 1923-05-26
- Subject:
- Keith, Dora Wheeler, 1856-1940--Correspondence
Beamer, Bessie Baker, 1864-1955--Correspondence
Cutler, Hazel Beamer, 1901-1980
Mothers and daughters--Georgia--Thomasville
Entertainers--New York (State)--New York
Haggin, Ben Ali, 1882-1951 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville, 30.83658, -83.97878
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letter written by illustrator, portrait artist, and muralist Dora Wheeler Keith (1856-1940), dated May 26, 1923, to Eva Elizabeth "Bessie" Baker Beamer (1864-1955). In the letter, Keith discusses the success of "Du Barry" that is being produced by stage designer Ben Ali Haggin, III (1882-1951). Mrs. Beamer's daughter Hazel Beamer (before she took the married surname of Cutler, and who lived from 1901-1980), had a solo role in the production, and Keith describes Hazel's performance as "exquisite," noting "everyone is enchanted with her." Keith notes that "Du Barry" will be soon be heading on the road to tour and that Hazel has been a "good little sport." Dora Wheeler Keith and her husband, New York lawyer and reformer Boudinot Keith (1859-1925) were Hazel Beamer's hosts and guardians in New York City, where Hazel Beamer attended college and performed as a dancer before she married.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-07
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-07
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/tchs_cutcol_tchs6129-03-06-07/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Thomasville History Center
- Rights:
-
May 26th 1923 33 West 67th Street New York City Dear Mrs. Beamer I cannot let this week close with out writing you three ladies & letting you abt it. The Dr Barry act of Bin Ohio has been a one of the most beautiful series of Tableaux he has ever produced, & Hazel has made her bit in turn. She is sequestered in her dorm a real artist & the prettiest thing you ever saw. Every one is somehow with her. Of course this is her first real show & has shown her for what she is. It is the beginning of a successful career I hope & believe because she has impressed all the professional people fabously & that is the main themes. She finishes tonight. tonight. After this week we dont you know what will happen If will be put on here or go on the road but what soon happens you know we are all fast after it & the child is looked after as well as any pro can he. I just want you to know how perfect it has been, when commendations Hazel has [???] & what a good little spout she is at [???] paint. She is well, too Success makes one well, always. I think, tomorrow, being her day off she is going camping for the day with a boy we think very much of. He has a canoe & taken her up the river & they find some nice spot & cook their dinner In [???] her worlds of good after-hr works Lord work. I mailed you her professional photographs yesterday & I know you will be crazy abt them we are! [???] heaps of [???] & congratulations to you (& me too) I am your very suthuerest friend Dora W Kent