Beck, Elizabeth A. Nelson, 1898-1939

Abstract Elizabeth A. Nelson was born in Chesterton, Indiana in 1898. She was valedictorian of her class at Augustana College in 1921 and taught English there for one year until she married Rev. Victor E. Beck in 1922. When her husband was called to pastor a church in Mankato, Minnesota, Mrs. Beck continued her church and community service work there until her death in 1939. She had four children. The Elizabeth A. Beck papers, 1921-1922 and undated, includes four folders of writings, largely...