Beer family.

Alice Baldwin Beer was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1887. She graduated from Vassar College in 1910. From 1919-1927 she was a member of The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Beer ran a private antique textile business from 1928-1944, when she joined the staff of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. She died in New York City in 1981.

Linus Caleb Baldwin was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 2, 1831. He engaged in cattle ranching and breeding in Wyoming, and died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1910.

Richard Cameron Beer was born in Yonkers, New York, on October 8, 1893. He served in the United States Consular Service from 1917-1925. He became a writer and painter and died in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1959.

Thomas Beer was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on November 22, 1889. He graduated from Yale in 1911 and attended Columbia University Law School. He wrote several novels, short stories, and articles. Beer died in New York City in April 18, 1940.

William Collins Beer was born in Bucyrus, Ohio on January 23, 1863. He involved himself in a number of private business interests, including companies in Cuba, the Philippine Islands, and Latin and South America. He became a political lobbyist in the early 1900s for several companies and the government of Italy. He died in Nantucket, Massachusetts on October 8, 1916.

From the description of Beer family papers, 1740-1981 (inclusive), 1827-1981 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153336