Beatrice MacCue

American singer (1886 – 1955)
Beatrice MacCue
A white woman with a bouffant hairstyle, wearing a dress with a square neckline
Beatrice MacCue, from a 1925 publication
BornDecember 18, 1886
Akron, Ohio
Other namesBeatrice McCue, Beatrice Clifton, Beatrice Cosgrove
OccupationSinger

Beatrice A. MacCue Cosgrove (December 18, 1886 – died after 1955), sometimes seen as Beatrice McCue, was an American singer, clubwoman, and voice teacher, most active in the 1920s and 1930s.

Early life and education

Beatrice MacCue was from Akron, Ohio,[1] the daughter of Thomas W. McCue.[2] Her father and older brother were coal dealers;[3] her father was also an inventor.[4][5] She attended Mount Notre Dame convent school in Cincinnati.[6] Herbert Witherspoon was one of her voice teachers.[7]

Career

MacCue was a contralto.[8] She moved to New York in 1901.[9] She sang at benefit concerts for the American Red Cross during World War I, and toured in France with the YMCA to entertain the troops.[10][11] She performed at New York's Aeolian Hall in 1920.[12] She taught singing from a studio on Broadway,[13][14] and performed for radio audiences, sometimes with her students.[15][16]

MacCue owned a large working farm. In 1917, she donated over 100 jars of currant jelly to the American Red Cross.[17] She was president of the entertainment unit of the Women's Overseas Service League.[10][18][19] She was active in the New York chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon.[13] In winters, she taught and performed in Miami.[7][20][21]

During World War II, as Beatrice MacCue Cosgrove, she was again active in the Women's Overseas Service League,[22] organizing fundraisers, directing "Bundles for America", a sewing workroom, and sending relief supplies to servicemen and their families.[23][24] She was also active in the Daughters of Ohio in New York, into the 1950s.[25][26]

Publications

  • "Music in New York City" (1925)[27]

Personal life

MacCue was rescued from an undertow in the ocean off Miami in 1923.[28] She married attorney Hugh Cosgrove in 1935.[2][6] She died after 1955.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Beatrice McCue Pleases Audience at Buffalo, N.Y." The Akron Beacon Journal. 1914-02-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Cosgrove -- MacCue". The New York Times. 1935-06-08. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ^ Hull, Arthur M.; Hale, Sydney A. (1918). Coal Men of America: A Biographical and Historical Review of the World's Greatest Industry. Retail Coalman. p. 316.
  4. ^ The Chicago Clinic. Chicago Clinical School. 1902. p. 95.
  5. ^ United States Patent Office (1925). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. U.S. Patent Office. p. 116.
  6. ^ a b "Beatrice McCue Famous as Singer, Returns Home". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1938-05-24. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Stone, Isabel (1924-02-07). "Vocal Training is Beneficial to All, is Belief of Miss Beatrice MacCue". The Miami Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Contralto Returns to New York". Akron Evening Times. 1920-10-03. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "An Akron Girl; Miss Beatrice McCue Singing at Daly's; She Made a Hit". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1902-09-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Overseas Women--One has D.S.M.--Three in Siberia". Evening World-Herald. 1926-06-28. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Home for Aged to Hold Tea for Service League". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1938-12-02. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Beatrice MacCue, Contralto, Sings". The New York Times. 1920-03-10. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  13. ^ a b "New York Club". The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. 19 (2): 162. February 1925.
  14. ^ "Beatrice MacCue Reopens Studio". Musical Courier. 120 (5): 10. September 1, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Radio: WEAF, New York City". The Bayonne Times. 1925-08-19. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Heard in the Studio: Beatrice MacCue". Musical Courier. 120 (8): 32. October 15, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ "Beatrice MacCue in Ranks of Successful Farmerette-Singers" (PDF). Musical America: 31. September 15, 1917.
  18. ^ "Christmas Reunion". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1933-12-11. p. 25. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "War Service Plans for Women Outlined". The New York Times. July 17, 1940. p. 23. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "Beatrice MacCue Concert". The Miami News. 1922-09-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "Sunday Night Soloist at the Flamingo Hotel; Beatrice McCue to Appear". The Miami News. 1922-02-10. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Women War Vets to Hold Memorial". Newsday (Nassau Edition). 1942-06-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Hall, Mary Frances (August 1941). "New York". Carry on. 20 (3): 55.
  24. ^ Hall, Mary Frances (April 1943). "New York". Carry on. 22 (1): 41.
  25. ^ "Daughters of Ohio to Give Yule Party". The New York Times. December 8, 1935. p. 119. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  26. ^ a b "Daughters of Ohio Elect". The New York Times. May 15, 1956. p. 21. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  27. ^ MacCue, Beatrice. "Music in New York City" The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon 19(2)(February 1925): 98-99.
  28. ^ "Singer Has Narrow Escape from Drowning; Miss Beatrice MacCue Rescued from Surf and Undertow". The Miami News. 1923-03-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-07-28 – via Newspapers.com.