MS 37
Beck, F. Paul
Papers, 1944-1964, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary

creator:

Beck, F. Paul (d. 1975)

title:

Papers

dates:

1944-1964, n.d.

extent:

1.26 linear ft.  (3 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 37

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

F. Paul Beck Papers, MS 37, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note
 

F. Paul Beck was a conservationist and independent trucker in Sioux City, Iowa. He served as vice-president and president of the Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America.

Beck died in 1975.

 

Collection description
 

The collection (1944-1964, n.d.) contains material related to F. Paul Beck's activities with the Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA).  The collection includes correspondence, resolutions, articles of incorporation, membership records, speeches, newspaper clipping files, selected copies of Outdoor America and The Iowa Waltonian, and materials on the Floyd Valley [Iowa] Watershed Association.

Related material may be found in MS 36, Izaak Walton League of America, Iowa Division, Records.

   

 Container list

Box Folder Title Dates
1 1 Correspondence: Advertisements in IWLA publications 1953
1 2 Correspondence: Beaty, Robert O. 1952-1953
1 3 Correspondence: Beck, F. Paul: Incoming correspondence 1948-1952
1 4 Correspondence: Beck, F. Paul: Incoming correspondence 1953-1958
1 5 Correspondence: Communications with state treasurer of IWLA (E.H. Ketelson) (includes three booklets of IWLA-Iowa Division Constitution and By-laws) 1951-1953
1 6 Correspondence: The Compleat Angler (purchase of 1st edition) 1953
1 7 Correspondence: Iowa Waltonian 1951-1953
1 8 Correspondence: New Chapter (within Iowa) 1953
1 9 Correspondence: Norris, Paul 1953
1 10 Correspondence: Russell, Murray 1951-1953
1 11 Correspondence: Rector, Harry E. 1951-1953
2 1 Correspondence: Smith, Arthur W. 1951-1953
2 2 Correspondence: State Directors 1952-1953
2 3 Correspondence: Tobin, John W. 1952-1954
2 4 Correspondence: Voigt, William Jr., also includes reports, minutes and resolutions 1950-1953
2 5 Projects: Missouri River Basin Material 1944-1951
2 6 Projects: Associated Missouri Basin Conservationists Conferences (includes SMBC registration list) 1951-1952
2 7 Projects: Natural Resource Conservation Conference, sponsored by IWLA-Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa Divisions 1952
2 8 Projects: Floyd Valley (Iowa) Watershed Association material 1953
2 9 Projects: State Convention resolutions 1953
3 1 IWLA organizational material: Objectives, Iowa Division articles of incorporations, installation procedures, and 1952 State Convention resolutions 1952, n.d.
3 2 IWLA organizational material: Notices and bulletins to Chapter officers 1952
3 3 IWLA Conventions: National and state programs 1948-1964
3 4 IWLA Conventions: National Convention in Sioux City, Iowa 1956
3 5 Publications: Iowa Waltonian (incomplete) 1947-1962
3 6 Publications: Outdoor America (incomplete) 1951-1961
3 7 Publications: Your Homeland (Conservation Trail Series, 1952), Young Outdoor Americans (Primary Report, sponsored by IWLA); Sport Fish Restoration; Iowa Association of County Conservation Boards (kit containing information) 1952-1957, n.d.
3 8 Publications: Recreation Leadership Notebook (Bob Beck) 1954
3 9 Publications: Miscellaneous IWLA publications and printed material n.d.

 
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 Collection description  |  Description of series/container list

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