J. Warren Beck Collection

Collection — Box: 29

Identifier: SC-334

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Beck Collection consists larghely of photographs of four generations of the Beck and related families in Ohio and Indiana from ca. 1860 to 1930, with clippings relating to Warren Beck's novel "The Final Score," published in 1944.

Dates

1860-1944
Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1910
Other: Date acquired: 02/28/2012

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Biographical or Historical Information

Joseph Beck (1840-1915) was a Lutheran minister. He married Elizabeth Ziegler (1848-1932). The earliest photographs in the collections are of his parents, Jacob Beck Jr. (born 1804) and his wife Susan Kerns Beck (1805-1884) and her parents, Nicholas and Mary (Bugh) Ziegler. Also included are children and grandchildren of Joseph and Elizabeth Beck, including J. Warren Beck.

Note written by

Extent

1.00 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Material relating to the Beck family, Swiss immigrants to Ohio before the Civil War, and later residents of Richmond, Indiana, especially the family of the Rev. Joseph Beck (1840-1915), a Lutheran minister; and his grandson, J. Warren Beck (1898-1986), Earlham alumnus and long-time English professor at Lawrence University.