Manuscript Register
PAPERS
OF ROBERT K. BECK
Collection Dates: 1938 -- 1968
(Bulk Dates: 1966 -- 1968)
1.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: 2000
Acquisition
Note: Robert
K. Beck gave his papers to the University of Iowa in 1980 and 1981.
Access
and Restrictions: This
collection is open for research.
Photographs: Box 3
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BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE
Robert
K. Beck was born in Centerville, Iowa on July 17, 1915. He graduated from
Iowa Wesleyan College in 1937. In 1943, Beck became the editor/publisher on
the Daily Iowegan and Citizen in Centerville. He was also an owner
of the Centerville radio station KCOG. In 1967 he added the Weekly Corydon
Times-Republican to his newspaper holdings. From 1943 to 1965, Beck was
involved in various newspapers in California. A past president of the Iowa
Press Association, he was awarded their Iowa Master Editor-Publisher in 1963.
Beck
was active in Republican politics in the state. He served in the state legislature
for one term in the 1950s and twice sought the party's gubernatorial nomination
in the 1960s. He was a member of the Iowa Highway Commission from 1955 --
1965. In 1972, Beck was named chairman of Iowans for Right to Work.
SCOPE
AND CONTENT
The
papers of Robert K. Beck consist of three boxes (1.5 linear feet) of correspondence,
subject files, clippings, speeches, etc. relating primarily to Republican
politics in Iowa. There is also information about the newspaper business,
Rathbun Dam, and Beck's father (Jesse M. Beck). The correspondence is arranged
chronologically and includes letters from: Gerald Bogan, James Bromwell, John
M. Henry, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Leo Heogh, Karl LeComple, Thomas E. Martin,
Jack Miller, and Jack Schroeder.
Box
List
Box
1
Correspondence
January -- March
1966. Including letters from W. Earl Hall, William Nicholas, Gerald Bogan
Sherry R. Fisher, John M. Henry, and Sue Reed.
April
1966. Including letters from: Jack Miller, Donald E. Johnson, Cy Douglas,
J. B. Morris, Willard Archie, Clarence W. Moody, Leo A. Hoegh, John M. Henry,
and James E. Bromwell.
May
1966. Including letters from: James E. Bromwell, Margaret McDonald, John
C. McDonald, and Helen Virden.
June -- July
1966. Including letters from: Paul G. Norris, Jr., William G. Murray, and
Lew Warren.
August
1966. Including letters from: Dan W. Turner and John M. Henry.
September 1966. Including letters from: Whitney Gillilland and John M. Henry.
Undated.
1981
Addendum
Box
3
Beck,
Jesse M., 1939. Including letters from: Lloyd Thurston, Karl Le Compte, and
George A. Wilson.
Correspondence,
1953 -- 1966. Including letters from: Fred Schwengel, Gerald Bogan, Thomas E.
Martin, Leo A. Hoegh, John M. Henry, Norman A. Erbe, Jack Schroeder, Jack
Miller, and Harold E. Hughes.
Miscellaneous,
1946 -- 1966.
Newspaper
clippings, 1954 -- 1980.
Photographs.
