SpColl 1: Beauty Pageant Collection

Scope and Content

The Beauty Pageant Collection includes souvenir pageant programs, photo albums, scrapbooks of newspaper articles, and slide photography for Miss America and various other beauty pageants dating from 1940 through 2014.

Three panoramic photographs of bathing beauty contestants dating from the 1920's, as well as scrapbooks of pageants from that time period, can also be found in the Beauty Pageant Collection.

Series Description

Souvenir Pageant Programs
- Representing the years 1959-1988
Photo Albums
- Representing the years 1970-1980
- Albums contain photographs of single Miss America contestants as well as groups of contestants
Scrapbooks
- Representing the years 1923-1927 and 1960-1980
- Scrapbooks contain mostly newspaper articles
Slides
- Slides represent the years 1957-1980
Posters
- Photographs are long format showing all contestants from the years 1925-1927
- Group of contestants are labeled as "Inter-City Beauties"
Miscellaneous Print Materials
Oversize Print Materials
Realia

Inventory

Souvenir Pageant Programs

Souvenir programs include pictures of contestants along with congratulations and ads from the contestants local sponsors. The program lists all committees, officials, and sponsors associated with the pageant.

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 1

Box 1
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1949	Miss America
1952	Miss America
1954	Miss America
1955	Miss America
1956	Miss America
1957	Miss America
1958	Miss America
1959	Miss America
1960	Miss America
1961	Miss America
1962	Miss America
1962	Miss America (includes notes from one of the judges)
1963	Miss America	Miss New Jersey
1964	Miss America	"Your local or state pageant" press kit?
1965	Miss America	Miss Michigan
1966	Miss America	Miss Iowa Miss Pennsylvania
1967	Miss America	Miss California

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 2

Box 2
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1968	Miss America	Miss California
1969	Miss America	Miss California Miss Michigan Miss Ohio Miss Oregon Miss Pennsylvania
1970	Miss America (2)	Miss California Miss Illinois Miss Michigan Miss Ohio Miss Philadelphia Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Texas

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 3

Box 3
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1971	Miss America	Miss Arizona Miss California Miss Greater Philadelphia Miss Louisiana Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin
1972	Miss America (no program for national pageant)	Miss Arizona Miss California Miss Florida Miss Lousiana Miss Missouri Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 4

Box 4
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1973	Miss America (no program for national pageant)	Miss California Miss Indiana Miss New Jersey Miss New York State Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin
1974	Miss America	Miss California Miss Louisiana Miss New Jersey Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 5

Box 5
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1974	Miss America	Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin
1975	Miss America	Miss California Miss Florida Miss Louisiana Miss New Jersey Miss New York State Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 6

Box 6
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1976	Miss America	Miss Arkansas Miss California Miss Florida Miss Louisiana Miss Missouri Miss New Jersey Miss New York State Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Tennesse Miss Texas Miss Virginia Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 7

Box 7
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1977	Miss America	Miss Alabama Miss Arkansas Miss California Miss Florida Miss Louisiana Miss Minnesota Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Tennessee Miss Texas Miss Virginia Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 8

Box 8
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1978	Miss America	Miss Arkansas Miss California Miss Florida Miss Minnesota Miss New Jersey Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Texas
1979	Miss America	Miss Alabama Miss California Miss Florida

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 9

Box 9
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1979	Miss America	Miss Indiana Miss Michigan Miss Oklahoma Miss Oregon Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Tennessee Miss Virginia Miss Wisconsin
1980	Miss America	Miss California Miss Pennsylvania Miss South Carolina Miss Tennessee Miss Virginia Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 10

Box 10
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1981	Miss America	Miss Alabama Miss California Miss Florida Miss Ohio Miss Pennsylvania Miss Wisconsin
1982	No program available for national pageant	Miss Arkansas Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 11

Box 11
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1983	No program available for national pageant	Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Tennessee Miss Texas Miss Wisconsin
1984	No program available for national pageant	Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Texas
1985	Miss America

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 12

Box 12
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1985	Miss America	Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Texas
1986	Miss America	Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Texas

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 13

Box 13
Date	Major Pageants	Preliminary Pageants
1987	No program available for national pageant	Miss Ohio (2)
1988	No program available for national pageant	Miss Ohio
1989	Miss America
1992	Miss America
1993	Miss America	Miss Massachusetts
1995	Miss America
1996	Miss America (2)
1997	Miss America
1998	Miss America
1999	Miss America
2010	Miss America
2012	Miss America
2014	Miss America

Souvenir Pageant Programs Box 14

Box 14
Date	Pageant
1969	America's Junior Miss
1970	America's Junior Miss
1971	America's Junior Miss
1972	America's Junior Miss
1988	Miss Freetown (Masschusetts)
1992	Miss New Bedford (Massachusetts)
1969	Miss New England Pageant
1968	Miss U.S.A.
1970	Miss U.S.A.
1971	Miss U.S.A.
1967	Miss Universe
1968	Miss Universe
1969	Miss Universe
1970	Miss Universe
1971	Miss Universe

Photo Albums

These photo albums contain what appear to be photographs taken of each of the top ten Miss America contestants for each year represented. There are a number of group photos as well as photos of the contestants out and about in Atlantic City.

Photo Albums Box 15

Box 15 - Photo Albums 1970-1971
Album	Year	Title
1	1970	Miss America Miss South Carolina Miss Pennsylvania Miss Florida Miss Indiana
	1971	Miss America
2	1970	Miss California Miss Michigan Miss Wisconsin Miss Delaware Miss Ohio Miss Mississippi Miss Utah Miss Nevada
3	1970	Miss Nevada Miss West Virginia Miss Virginia Miss South Dakota Miss Massachusetts Miss Maine Miss Minnesota Miss New Hampshire
4	1972 1971	Miss Idaho Miss Pennsylvania Miss Massachusetts Miss Virginia Miss Wisconsin Miss Arizona Miss Tennessee Miss Colorado

Photo Albums Box 16

Box 16 - Photo Albums 1972-1974
Album	Year	Title
5	1972	Miss New York Miss California Miss New Jersey Miss Connecticut Miss Maryland Miss Oklahoma Miss Utah Miss Florida Miss Louisiana
6	1972 1973 1972	Miss America Miss America Miss North Carolina Miss Pennsylvania Miss Texas Miss Indiana Miss Ohio Miss New York
7	1973	Miss Texas Miss Washington Miss Florida Miss Utah Miss Connecticut Miss Kentucky Miss New York Miss Virginia
8	1974 1973	Miss America Miss Wisconsin Miss New Jersey Miss Louisiana Miss Pennsylvania Miss California Miss Illinois Miss Oklahoma

Photo Albums Box 17

Box 17 - Photo Albums 1972-1975
Album	Year	Title
9	1972 1973 1974 1973 1974	Miss South Carolina Miss Tennessee Miss West Virginia Miss Missouri Miss New Mexico Miss South Carolina Miss West Virginia Miss North Carolina
10	1974	Miss Indiana Miss Pennsylvania Miss New Jersey Miss Wisconsin Miss Florida Miss Georgia Miss Ohio
11	1975 1974	Miss America Miss California Miss Illinois Miss Kentucky Miss Louisiana Miss Tennessee Miss Indiana
12	1974 1975 1974 1975	Miss Iowa Miss Wyoming Miss Maryland Miss South Carolina Miss Pennsylvania Miss Missouri Miss New York Miss Massachusetts

Photo Albums Box 18

Box 18 - Photo Albums 1975-1977
Album	Year	Title
13	1976 1975	Miss America Miss North Carolina Miss California Miss Ohio Miss Arizona Miss Florida Miss Texas Miss South Carolina
14	1975 1976 1977	Miss Arkansas Miss Wisconsin Miss Louisiana Miss North Carolina Miss Maryland Miss Ohio Miss New Jersey Miss North Carolina
15	1977 1976	Miss America Miss South Carolina Miss Texas Miss California Miss New York Miss Pennsylvania Miss Virginia Miss Delaware

Photo Albums Box 19

Box 19 - Photo Albums 1978-1980
Album	Year	Title
16	1978 1977 1972	Miss America Miss Indiana Miss South Carolina Miss New Jersey Miss Florida Miss Pennsylvania Miss America
17	1979 1978 1977 1980 1979 1970-72	Miss America Miss Alabama Miss Georgia Miss Ohio Miss Texas Miss Tennessee Miss California Miss Nebraska Miss New York Miss America Miss Pennsylvania Miss North Carolina Miscellaneous Photos of Pageant

Photo Albums Box 20

Box 20
Album	Year	Description
unnumbered	[1979 or 1980]	Miss America pageant

Photo Albums Box 21

Box 21
Album	Year	Description
unnumbered	[1974?]	photo album/scrapbook by a young Black pageant contestant
unnumbered	1940-1970	Don D'Carlo (talent scout, Pittburgh, Pennsylvania) beauty pageant photographs and ephemera

Scrapbooks

These scrapbooks include newspaper articles and photographs of Miss America Pageant contestants in their home state, their arrival at the pageant, what the special interest categories are, past winners and where they are now, and the winners of the individual categories. There are also photos that chronicle the pageant's activities; including parades, the boardwalk parade, and the pageant competition itself.

Scrapbooks Box 22

Box 22
Scrapbook	Date
1	1923 thru 1927, cutouts of pageant contestants

Scrapbooks Box 23

Box 23
Scrapbook	Date
2	approximately 1960-1969, pp.1-84
3	approximately early 1970 , pp. 1-54

Scrapbooks Box 24

Box 24
Scrapbook	Date
3	approximately early 1970s, pp. 55-112
4	approximately early 1970s, pp. 55-112

Scrapbooks Box 25

Box 25
Scrapbook	Date
4	approximately early 1970s, pp. 56-95
5	approximately early 1970s, pp. 1-67

Scrapbooks Box 26

Box 26
Scrapbook	Date
5	approximately early 1970s, pp.68-146
6	approximately early 1970s, pp. 1-17

Scrapbooks Box 27

Box 27
Scrapbook	Date
6	approximately early 1970s, pp. 18-114
7	approximately early 1970s, pp. 1-8

Scrapbooks Box 28

Box 28
Scrapbook	Date
7	approximately early 1970s, pp. 9-123

Scrapbooks Box 29

Box 29
Scrapbook	Date
7	approximately early 1970s, pp. 124-129
8	approximately early-mid 1970s, pp. 1-107

Scrapbooks Box 30

Box 30
Scrapbook	Date
8	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 108-end
9	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 1-81

Scrapbooks Box 31

Box 31
Scrapbook	Date
9	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 82-122
10	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 1-60

Scrapbooks Box 32

Box 32
Scrapbook	Date
10	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 61-130
11	approximately mid 1970s, pp. 1-34

Scrapbooks Box 33

Box 33
Scrapbook	Date
11	approximately late 1970s, pp. 35-124
12	approximately late 1970s, pp. 1-14

Scrapbooks Box 34

Box 34
Scrapbook	Date
12	approximately late 1970s, pp. 15-end

Slides Box 35

Box 35
Slides (1957-1980)
Items	Date
Boxes of slides (color)	1957 - 1980

Photographs Box 36

Box 36
Photographs, Panoramic (1925-1927)
Photograph	Date
1	Miss America (1925)
2	Miss America (1926)
3	Miss America (1927)

Print Materials, Miscellaneous Box 37

Box 37
Miscellaneous Print Materials
Folder	Description
1	Form, Fellowship Alliance Network Registration
2	Periodical, The Official International Mary Ann Mobley Fan Club (December 1965, v.2 no.2)
3	Photograph, Miss Florida (1937)
4	Photograph, Miss America (1938)
5	Photographs (3), Miss America (1939)
6	Photograph, Miss Pennsylvania (1970)
7	Photographs (3), Miss California (1975)
8	Postcard, Atlantic City Pageant ((September 7-8, 1921)
9	Postcards, Miss Universe (1953)
10	View-master Reel (1957)
11	Miscellaneous Printed Material

Print Materials, Oversize Box 38

Box 38
Oversize Print Materials
Folder	Description
1	Newspaper, Kokomo Morning Times, July 22, 1964
2	LP, Miss America, Field Presentation (1965)
3	Photograph, Miss Dixie (1958)
4	Press Book, Miss Universe Pageant (1954)
5	Press Book, Miss Venus Pageant (1971)

Realia Box 39

Box 39
Realia
Item	Description
1	Pinback button
2	Trophy plates

Realia Box 40

Box 40
Realia
Item	Description
1	Trophies

Updated: 12/18/2024 08:52AM