Elizabeth A. Beck papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 64

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth A. Beck papers, 1921-1922 and undated, contains four folders of writings, largely consisting of class notes and assignments Beck completed while studying at Augustana College. Included in the collection are ten handwritten book reviews that may have been class assignments; lecture notes taken in Epic Art, Romanticism, Literary Criticism, Philosophy of Style, Esthetics (all taught by Dr. E.F. Bartholomew), History of Education and School Administration (taught by Dr. A.R. Wallin), and Dramatic Art; six essays; sixteen speeches given by Beck to various church and community groups, and four loose pages of notes on Queen Victoria.

Dates

Creation: 1919-1921 and undated

Creator

Beck, Elizabeth A. Nelson, 1898-1939 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder.

Historical Note

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. He served as a Lutheran pastor for several years in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where Elizabeth was an officer of the Iowa Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society and a board member of the Y.W.C.A. 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.

Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet (/ 1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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 consisting of class notes and assignments she completed while studying at Augustana College.