| Dates: | 1915-1918 |
| Size: | 0.25 linear feet in 1 box |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe.bea |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | The material in this collection was donated to Chicago Public Library by Mary Ruth Beaman Judd, daughter of Daniel and Beatrice Beaman, November 1989. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Beaman Photograph Album [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown. Processed 1989. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021. |
Abstract
A collection of photographs from a YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Biographical/Historical
Daniel Walker Beaman was born in Richville, N.Y., in 1890. He graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., in 1915, and spent part of that summer at the Young Men’s Christian Association camp in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was here that he made a scrapbook/photo album of life in camp, and this album he presented to his fiancee, Beatrice Reynolds. Miss Reynolds was born in Brandon, N.Y. in 1890.
Daniel and Beatrice Beaman were married in Malone, N.Y., in 1917, and lived in a second-floor apartment at 4022 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago until April 1918.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a 29-page photo album (1:1). A Contents by Page listing follows the Container List. The collection also includes pages clipped from the Beaman guest book (1:2) covering the months that they lived at 4022 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, 1917-1918.
Arrangement
Album is in original order as created by Beaman.
Subjects
- Beaman, Daniel Walker
- Beaman, Beatrice Reynolds
- Lake Geneva (Wis.)
- Young Men's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Materials
Collection Inventory
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 1 | Dan Beaman | 1915 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 1 | Williams Bay [Wisconsin] train station | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 1 | Postcard: "Overlooking Lake Geneva, Wisconsin" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 2 | Lake Geneva aquatics | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 2 | Lake Como | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 2 | Postcard: "Before the winds--Lake Geneva" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 2 | Postcard: "Holiday Home--Lake Geneva" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 3 | Two photos, unidentified [Lake Geneva] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 4 | Three photos: View of Lake Geneva | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 4 | 5 men in a sailboat, identified | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 4 | Same 5 men swimming | 1915 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 5 | Two photos of Dan Beaman at Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 5 | Postcard: "The Athletic Field, YMCA Camp, Lake Geneva" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 5 | Postcard: "Interior of Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 6 | Photograph, unidentified [Lake Geneva] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 6 | Postcard: "Along the Shore, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 6 | Postcard: "Lewis Auditorium, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 7 | Two photographs of swimmers on wharf | 1915 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 7 | Postcard: "Tenting under the trees at YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 7 | Postcard: "A favorite view at YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 8 | Dan Beaman, standing on beach | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 8 | Mr. Worley | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 8 | Postcard: “Lewis Auditorium, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 8 | Postcard: “Athletic Field, YMCA, Lake Geneva, Wis." | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 9 | Unidentified photograph, 12 men, posed at Lifeguard perch | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 9 | Postcard: "The Dining Hall, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 9 | Postcard: "I.E. Brown Hall, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 10 | Five swimmers, posed at Lifeguard perch; Dan Beaman identified | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 10 | Postcard: "The Terrace, Weidensall Hall, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 10 | Postcard: "Dining Room Annex, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 11 | Two photographs of seaplane landing and landed on Lake Geneva | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 12 | Photograph of campers’ tent, with four campers in beds | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 12 | Postcard: "Tents and Cottages, YMCA Camp" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 13 | Three unidentified photographs, Lake Geneva, Steamboat "Majestic" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 14 | Two unidentified photographs, Lake Geneva | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 15 | Two unidentified photographs, [Beaman’s tent?], Lake Geneva | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 16 | Postcard: "The Young Men’s Christian Association of Chicago--Division Street Department, 1621 West Division Street" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 16 | Postcard: "YMCA College, 5315 Drexel Avenue, Chicago, June 19, 1915" [Shows building in process of construction] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 17 | Two unidentified photographs, [Dan Beaman’s bedroom in Chicago?] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 18 | Postcard: Art Institute of Chicago | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 18 | Two unidentified postcards | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 19 | Seven unidentified photographs [Lincoln Park Zoo?] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 20 | Three unidentified photographs, ski resort | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 21 | Three unidentified photographs, ski resort | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 22 | [Daniel Beaman and Bea Reynolds?] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 22 | [Daniel Beaman and one other swimmer] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 22 | [Daniel Beaman and two other swimmers] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 22 | [Daniel Beaman and friend] | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 23 | Two photographs, July 4th, Tremont, Indiana | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 23 | Two unidentified photographs | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 24 | Two unidentified photographs, one showing beachside campers having a mean | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 25 | Blank | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 26 | Postcard: "Quadrangle Club, University of Chicago" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 26 | Postcard: "Just a Spin at Twilight on Lake Geneva" | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 27 | Photograph of living room/bedroom, 4022 W. Irving Park Boulevard | 1917-1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 28 | Page covered with "North-West Side Booster Week" stamps | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Page 29 | Page covered with "North-West Side Booster Week" stamps | [1915] |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Guest book pages--4022 W. Irving Park Boulevard | 1917-1918 |
