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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Jean Clairmook Radio Scrapbook
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0674
- Creators:
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Clairmook, Jean
- Dates:
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1930-1932
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.3 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Scope and Contents
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
Arrangement
1 series.
Biographical / Historical
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
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Jean Clairmook Radio Scrapbook, 1930-1932, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
Related Materials
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
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Greeting cards -- 1920-1940 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks -- 20th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Radio programs, Musical | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1930-1940 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence -- 1920-1930 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Singers -- 1930-1950 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Radio -- 1930-1940 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Clippings -- 1930-1950 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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