Collection Dates:
(Bulk Dates: 1966 -- 1968)
1.5 linear ft.
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Posted to Internet: 2000
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.
Newspaper Clippings
March 1968
April 1968
May 1968
June 1968
Box 2
Newspaper Clippings
July 1968
August 1968 (2 folders)
Political Advertising Material, 1968.
1981 Addendum
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.
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