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Beverly Shaw papers
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Beverly Shaw papers
    Dates: circa 1938-1955
    Collection Number: 2021-11
    Creator/Collector: Shaw, Beverly
    Extent: 1 linear foot (1 manuscript box and 1 suit jacket and skirt)
    Repository: GLBT Historical Society
    San Francisco, California 94103
    Abstract: Material related to Beverly Shaw, a nightclub singer who performed at a number of lesbian clubs in the 1940s and 1950s, including Mona’s in San Francisco. She purchased her own club, Club Laurel, in Los Angeles in the 1950s. The collection includes: Shaw’s LP record “Songs tailored to your taste” autographed to her son; a record dated March 15, 1938 titled “Little Lady Make Believe for my Little Daughter Sheila Lynn Shaw sung by her mother Beverly Shaw Hollywood Cal”; publicity and family photographs; ephemera and newspaper clippings, including drawings on cocktail napkins and Club Laurel cocktail napkins; a Jewel Box Revue promotional booklet and photographs; a gold suit jacket and skirt worn by Shaw; a family photograph album and correspondence; and a flash drive of digitized material including photographs, oral histories with Shaw’s children, and Shaw’s recorded music.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. Published material may still be under copyright. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Beverly Shaw papers. Collection Number: 2021-11. GLBT Historical Society

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Jacqueline Margolis, August 2021.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Material related to Beverly Shaw, a nightclub singer who performed at a number of lesbian clubs in the 1940s and 1950s, including Mona’s in San Francisco. She purchased her own club, Club Laurel, in Los Angeles in the 1950s. The collection includes: Shaw’s LP record “Songs tailored to your taste” autographed to her son; a record dated March 15, 1938 titled “Little Lady Make Believe for my Little Daughter Sheila Lynn Shaw sung by her mother Beverly Shaw Hollywood Cal”; publicity and family photographs; ephemera and newspaper clippings, including drawings on cocktail napkins and Club Laurel cocktail napkins; a Jewel Box Revue promotional booklet and photographs; a gold suit jacket and skirt worn by Shaw; a family photograph album and correspondence; and a flash drive of digitized material including photographs, oral histories with Shaw’s children, and Shaw’s recorded music.

    Indexing Terms

    Lesbians
    Music
    Drag
    Nightlife