Beal, George Brinton
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Beal (born ca. 1887) was an editor with the Boston Sunday Post daily newspaper, a drama critic of the Emerson Quarterly, a writer and photographer, and a collector of circus materials. In 1938 he published "Through the back door of the circus".
From the description of George Brinton Beal papers for Through the Back Door of the Circus. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 715100939
George Brinton Beal (born 1888 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) was an editor with the Boston Post daily newspaper, a drama critic for the Emerson Quarterly and Boston Post, instructor at Emerson College in dramatic criticism, a writer, artist, photographer, lecturer, movie maker, and an authority on the circus and collector of circus, rodeo, and other theatrical materials.
Beal often traveled with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Combined Circus, gathering data for his writing and lectures, and taking photographs and motion pictures. In 1938 he published Through the back door of the circus with George Brinton Beal (Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlin Bros. Inc.). Along with the publication of this book, Beal delivered lectures about the circus, accompanied with his motion pictures.
From the guide to the George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)
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creatorOf | Andress, Charles, 1849-1933. Circus World Museum route book collection, 1842-[ongoing] | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives | |
creatorOf | Beal, George Brinton. George Brinton Beal papers for Through the Back Door of the Circus. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Circus collection, 1889-1988 | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Circus collection, 1889-1988 | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
creatorOf | George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Theatrical scrapbook collection, 1791-1967. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University |
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associatedWith | A. F. Donnell, photographer. |
associatedWith | A. N. Leman |
correspondedWith | Ackermann, Dodd. |
associatedWith | Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co. (Kansas City), printer. |
associatedWith | Acme Newspictures, Inc., photographer. |
associatedWith | Acme Newspictures, photographer. |
associatedWith | Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus. |
associatedWith | Adams, Marvella |
correspondedWith | Adkins, Jess |
associatedWith | Adler, Felix. |
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