Lawrence University Archives

Scope and Contents The Warren Beck Collection contains newspaper clippings about Professor Warren Beck, publications authored by Beck, photographs, correspondence, and memoranda. Beck, a World War I veteran, taught as a Professor of English at Lawrence University from 1926 to 1968. He received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Earlham College, in 1956, and an honorary Doctor of Letters from Lawrence University in 1983. Beck died on June 29, 1986.