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Creator:
Clairmook, Jean  Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Greeting cards
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Correspondence
Clippings
Date:
1930-1932
Scope and Contents:
One homemade scrapbook documenting the radio career of young Jean Clairmook. The book contains letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The creator of the scrapbook is unknown.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Biographical / Historical:
Jean Claire Rian was born March 22, 1925 in Redwood City, California to Monte and Claire Rian. She began her musical career at an early age singing on the radio as Jean Clairmook. At the age of two and one-half years of age she sang at a Shriners' luncheon at the Palace Hotel which was broadcasted. Clairmook married William Henry Blasser and had four children. She died on December 3, 2016 at the age of ninety-one in Cupertino, California. Source: Broadcast Weekly, March 28, 1931
Related Materials:
Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History Ed Jackson "Book of Radio Personalities" Scrapbook NMAH.AC.0861 George H. Clark Collection Radioana Collection NMAH.AC.0055 Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Radio NMAH.AC.0060 National Bureau of Standards Radio Collection NMAH.AC.0217
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Radio programs, Musical  Search this
Singers -- 1930-1950  Search this
Radio -- 1930-1940  Search this
Genre/Form:
Greeting cards -- 1920-1940
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1930-1940
Correspondence -- 1920-1930
Clippings -- 1930-1950
Citation:
Jean Clairmook Radio Scrapbook, 1930-1932, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0674
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8150575f0-86c0-4a6b-a37d-9d167374675a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0674