Beverly Shaw papers
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GLBT Historical Society
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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
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item]. Beverly Shaw papers. Collection Number: 2021-11. GLBT Historical Society
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.
Lesbians
Music
Drag
Nightlife