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

RS 25/4/51
Dorothy Kehlenbeck Bean (1912-1999)
Papers, 1953-1977, undated

Descriptive summary

creator:	Bean, Dorothy Kehlenbeck (1912-1999)
title:	Papers
dates:	1953-1977, undated
extent:	2.31 linear feet (5 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
collection number:	RS 25/4/51
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Dorothy Kehlenbeck Bean Papers, RS 25/4/51, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Dorothy Severin Kehlenbeck Bean (1912-1999) was born in Elberon and lived in Cedar Rapids before moving to Ames in 1935. She attended Coe College, and married Alfred Kehlenbeck, a young German professor at the college. After her marriage, she worked at the University of Wisconsin and Ohio Wesleyan University, but returned to Coe to finish and receive her B.A. in 1938. Dr. Kehlenbeck became the Head of the Modern Language Department at Iowa State, and Mrs. Kehlenbeck was hired as a book-keeper at the Memorial Union.

In 1953, the Alumni Achievement Fund allocated funds to organize the College History Collection, later incorporated into the Special Collection Department of the ISU Library, and Mrs. Kehlenbeck was named the Curator. She worked to classify the photographs in the University Archives, interviewed alumni and professors, answered reference questions for students and staff, and organized early manuscript and University records collections. She also compiled information on Iowa State's traditions. For Iowa State's centennial in 1958, she published Chronology of Important Events of the First 100 Years (call no. LD2543 I68x). Mrs. Kehlenbeck retired in 1973.

Kehlenbeck was a member of the Faculty Women's Club, the Mary Greeley Auxiliary, the ISU Retirees, Friends of the ISU Library, Friends of the Ames Public Library, Friends of the Coe College Library, and the Order of the Knoll.

Kehlenbeck's husband, Alfred, died in 1969. She later married Ralph R. Bean in 1974. Dorothy Kehlenbeck Bean passed away on June 1, 1999.

Collection description

This collection (1953-1977, undated) includes biographical information, news clippings, correspondence, drafts, and notes. The collection contains correspondence files regarding reference requests and the annual chronology Kehlenbeck began in 1958. There are also drafts and notes from the chronologies and a few others of her compiled works. Copies of Kehlenbeck's chronologies of Iowa State can be found by searching the library catalog.

Related materials

Related collections in the University Archives, Iowa State University Library include:

Alfred P. Kehlenbeck Papers (RS 13/11/14)

Organization

This collection is organized chronologically.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Dorothy Kehlenbeck's Historical Reports	1953-1968, undated
1	2	Correspondence: Rodney Waldron	1954-1955
1	3	General Correspondence	1954-1963, undated
1	4	News Clippings	1954-1971
1	5	Correspondence: A-F	1954-1972
1	6	Correspondence: G-P	1954-1972
1	7	Correspondence: Q-Z	1954-1972
1	8	Correspondence: Regarding George Washington Carver	1954-1972
1	9	Correspondence: The Clipper	1955
1	10	Correspondence: 1st Chronology	1957-1958
1	11	Iowa State College: "Chronology of Important Events of the First 100 Years" compiled by Dorothy Kehlenbeck	1957-1958, undated
2	1	Biographical File	1957-1973
2	2	Correspondence: Katherine Gue Leonard	1958-1965
2	3	Correspondence: General	1958-1972
2	4	Correspondence: 1958 Chronology	1959
2	5	Correspondence: Henry McAfee	1959
2	6	Correspondence: Carrie Chapman Catt	1959-1962
2	7	Correspondence: Constance Beardshear Moye	1959-1972, undated
2	8	Correspondence: 1959 Chronology	1960
2	9	Correspondence: P. Mabel Nelson	1960-1963
2	10	Correspondence: A. T. Erwin	1960-1967
2	11	Correspondence: 1960 Chronology	1961
2	12	Correspondence: Julia Stalker Swearingen	1961
2	16	Correspondence: 1961 Chronology	1962
2	14	Correspondence: Five Year Supplement (1958-1962) Chronology	1963
2	15	Correspondence: Japanese Lantern at the Knoll	1963
2	16	Allerton Park Institute: University Archives	1964
2	17	Correspondence: 1963 Chronology and Notes	1964
2	18	Correspondence: Genevieve Johnson	1964
2	19	Correspondence: Locomotive "Iowa"	1964-1968
3	1	Dorothy Kehlenbeck Interviews	1964-1968
3	2	Correspondence: 1964 Chronology	1965
3	3	Correspondence: David Lennox Jr.	1965-1966
3	4	Correspondence: 1965 Chronology	1966
3	5	Correspondence: 1966 Chronology	1967
3	6	Correspondence: 1967 Chronology	1968
3	7	Correspondence: Hazel Harwood (Mrs. H.E.) Bemis and Family	1968
3	8	"Iowa State University As Seen Through its Presidents" by Dorothy Kehlenbeck	1968
3	9	Ten Year Chronology (1958-1968) Rough Draft	1968
3	10	Correspondence: Ten Year Chronology (1958-1968)	1968
4	1	Correspondence: Ten Year Chronology (1958-1968)	1968
4	2	Position Descriptions as Curator and Archivist	1968-1972, undated
4	3	Correspondence: 1968 Chronology	1969-1970
4	4	Correspondence: 1968 Chronology and Drafts	1969-1970
4	5	1969 Chronology Rough Draft	1970
4	6-7	Correspondence: 1969 Chronology	1970
4	8	1970 Chronology Rough Draft	1971
5	1-2	Correspondence: 1970 Chronology	1971
5	3	Correspondence: General James L. Geddes	1971
5	4	Correspondence: 1971 Chronology, Rough Draft, Notes and Mailing List	1972
5	5	1972 Chronology Notes	1972-1973
5	6	Correspondence: 1972 Chronology, Rough Draft, and Mailing List	1973
5	7	Superior Service Citation	1973
5	8	Correspondence: 1973 Chronology, Rough Draft, Master Copy and Mailing Lists	1974
5	9	1973 Chronology Notes	1973
6	1	1973 Chronology Problems	1973-1974
6	2	General Correspondence	1964-1969
6	3	General Correspondence	1969-1972
6	4	General Correspondence	1970-1972
6	5	Ottsen Family History 1777-1977 compiled by Dorothy Kehlenbeck	1977
6	6	Phi Sigma Iota Certificate	undated