Beeson created one or more scrapbooks for several of his major works:Hello Out There,The Sweet Bye and Bye,Lizzie Borden,My Heart's in the Highlands,Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines,Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth,Cyrano,Sorry, Wrong Number, andFour Forbidden Songs. There is also a scrapbook for an abandoned opera concept,Burr vs. Burr. The majority of the materials in these scrapbooks is comprised of research materials, correspondence, programs, publicity materials, and reviews pertaining to each of the works. Materials pertaining toLizzie Borden, Beeson's most frequently performed work, occupy seven scrapbooks.
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Hello Out There scrapbook, 1954-2000
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The Sweet Bye and Bye scrapbook, 1957-1999
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Lizzie Borden I scrapbook, 1965-1967
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Lizzie Borden II scrapbook, 1967-1976
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Lizzie Borden III scrapbook, 1976-1992
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Lizzie Borden IV scrapbook, 1992-1996
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Lizzie Borden V scrapbook, 1996-1999
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Lizzie Borden VI scrapbook, 1999-2000
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Lizzie Borden VII scrapbook, 2000-2008
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My Heart's in the Highlands I scrapbook,, 1969-1970
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My Heart's in the Highlands II scrapbook,, 1970-2008
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My Heart's in the Highlands III scrapbook,, 1988
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Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines I scrapbook,, 1975
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Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines II scrapbook,, 1976-2009
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Burr vs. Burr scrapbook, circa 1976-1986 (compiled 2009), 1976-1986
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Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth scrapbook,, 1977-2004
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Cyrano de Bergerac (play) scrapbook, 1980-2008
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Cyrano scrapbook, 1993-2007
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Sorry, Wrong Number scrapbook, 1996-2008
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Four Forbidden Songs scrapbook, 1998-2008
Beeson created the "JB" scrapbooks to collect materials related to his life, activities, general interests, and his friends and colleagues. These scrapbooks contain correspondence, programs, photos, news clippings, and published articles about Beeson and about other topics. The "JB" scrapbooks also document performances and reviews of works by Beeson that do not have an individual work scrapbook in Series V.1.
The first "JB" scrapbook, which contains materials from 1929-1965, was compiled by Beeson in 1995.
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JB to '65 scrapbook, 1929-1965 (Compiled in 1995), 1929-1965
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JB I scrapbook, 1965-1976
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JB II scrapbook, 1976-1984
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JB III scrapbook, 1984-1991
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JB IV scrapbook, 1991-1996
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JB V scrapbook, 1996-2000
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JB VI scrapbook, 2000-2002
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JB VII scrapbook, 2002-2006
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JB VIII scrapbook, 2007-2008
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JB IX scrapbook, 2009-2010