Broussais C. Beck papers 1919-1961 (bulk 1919-1934)

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Broussais C. Beck papers 1919-1961 (bulk 1919-1934)

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Correspondence, reports, minutes, notes, clippings, memoirs, manuscript, ephemera, and broadsides, 1919-1961. The papers encompass three accessions, one of which contains material that Beck collected during his monitoring of labor activity and his career with the Bon Marche, including spy reports, newspaper articles, broadsides, and other material relating to the Industrial Workers of the World and local labor union and cooperative movement activities, 1919-1920. The other two accesions contain materials that deal with Beck's interest in rowing, including correspondence with individuals who played a role in the early development of rowing, the manuscript to Beck's book, Rowing at Washington, documents on UW rowing touching upon the early history of UW sports in general, newspaper clippings (Seattle Times articles from 1960 about the Lake Washington Rowing Club), and memoirs. None of the three accessions deals to any significant degree with the internal functioning of the Bon Marche, the Luminous Tube Corporation, or Beck's personal life unrelated to athletics. Major correspondents include Frederic W. Allen, Andrew J. Balliet, Grace Conibear, Carroll (Ky) M. Ebright, Darwin Meisnest, and Dean Witter.

2.15 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

University of Washington. Libraries

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University of Washington. Libraries

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University of Washington

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Conibear, Grace.

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Beck, Broussais C.

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Seattle businessman, rowing enthusiast, and manager of the Bon Marche department store. Born 1886 in Walla Walla, Wash., Beck attended the University of Washington and was on the UW varsity crew from 1907-1910, where he won outstanding honors as an oarsman. Beck received his degree in electrical engineering at Yale in 1911 but returned to Seattle and became an executive at the Bon Marche department store. He remained a staunch supporter of rowing and became chairman of t...

Witter, Dean, Mrs.

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Balliet, Andrew J.

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Allen, Frederic W.

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Bon Marche (Seattle, Wash.)

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Ebright, Carroll M.

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Meisnest, Darwin.

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Darwin Meisnest was the graduate manager of the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) from 1920 to 1928 and a member of the university's athletic department from 1926. During his time with the ASUW, he played a key role in procuring funds for the construction of the University of Washington stadium in 1920 and the athletic pavilion in 1926. From the description of Darwin Meisnest photograph collection, 1907-1927 [graphic]. 1907-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...