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0316: R. Lloyd Beck Papers, 1934-1960, Marshall University Special Collections
0316: R. Lloyd Beck Papers, 1934-1960, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about Robert Lloyd Beck and his wife Ruth Myers Beck while they were living in Huntington, West Virginia. Newspaper clippings about Robert relate to his work as a philosophy professor while newspaper clippings about Ruth primarily relate to her work in the Faculty Wives Club. Also present in the collection is a 1939 commencement program, a program for a 1965 Marshall University Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, and a November 10, 1950 letter to Robert Beck from fellow professor James B. Shouse regarding a philosophy paper or project in progress by …
0257: Martha Elizabeth Carpenter Miller Collection, 1898-1962, Marshall University Special Collections
0257: Martha Elizabeth Carpenter Miller Collection, 1898-1962, Marshall University Special Collections
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The majority of this collection consists of the handwritten and typed poetry of Martha Carpenter Miller. Many of the poems underwent multiple edits and rewrites, and her notes and corrections to her poems are included in this collection. The collection spans the years 1898-1962, with the bulk of the material from the 1930s-1950s. Miller wrote extensively, and the collection includes poems and partial poems, ideas, and short verses written on scrap paper, envelopes, paper towels, carboard, postcards, and various other types of paper. At the time of processing, original order was largely unknown. In organizing the materials, there were occasionally …
0023: Theeta Searcy Lyon Papers, 1923-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0023: Theeta Searcy Lyon Papers, 1923-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
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Marshall College home economics professor. Papers consist of prints and original drawings of costumes and dress from Grecian times to 1941. Includes student drawings executed for classes in applied arts at Marshall and a typescript copy of 'History of American Dress as Affected by Politcial, Social, and Economic Conditions,' by Anna C. Wilson.