Box 1

Contains copies of articles, notes, letters, birth records, baptism records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, biographical information, and book excerpts relating to the members of the Beary and Swartenbroek families. Arranged chronologically.

Contains envelopes addressed to Mr. W.L. Daigle, W. Sheldon Leavitt (New York), Gustave Swartenbroek (Brussels), Jean Swartenbroek (New Orleans and Thibodaux), and Andrew T. Beary Jr. (Slidell, La.); business cards of John Van Hal Beary and J. Swartenbroek; birthday cards from Marie and "Mere;" and prayer card for Charles Michael Beary (1976).

Contains schedules of religious services, envelopes, cards, and descriptions of gymnastics routines. Arranged chronologically.

Contains routines for the ropes, the bar, floor exercises, dumb bells, pommel horse, etc. written in French.

Photographs and copies of photographs (5) of Andrew Beary.

Contains certificates (and copies of certificates) showing stock holdings of the Beary family, as well as documents relating to land ownership and a copy of John Van Hal Beary's succession. Arranged by company, then chronologically.