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

MS 37
F. Paul Beck (d. 1975)
Papers, 1944-1975, n.d.


Descriptive summary

creator:

Beck, F. Paul (d. 1975)
title:

Papers
dates:

1944-1975, 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 (1944-1975, 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.

3

10

Publications: "Some Odd Lot Stories About H-Speed Motor Express"

1975