Thomas P. Beall [RG3553.AM]

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RG3553.AM:  Thomas Paul Beall, 1872-1960

Papers:  1925, 1948-1960

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska:  Teacher; writer

Size:  0.5 cu.ft.; 1 box

BACKGROUND NOTE

Born in Virginia in 1872, Thomas Paul Beall came to Nebraska with his family in 1879.  He graduated from the University of Nebraska and Columbia University.  Beall spent more than forty years teaching and in administration, holding posts at Diller, Edison, Max and Wheeler County in Nebraska, Nodaway and Essex, Iowa, and Wakonda, South Dakota.  After retiring in 1948 he became a prolific writer, mostly writing for church-related publications.  He wrote various articles, short stories, poems, etc. that were used in publications such as Front Rank, The Young People, Lutheran Youth, The Lutheran Companion and Classmate.  On occasion he was published under the name Malcolm Bonner.  Thomas P. Beall died at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, on September 10, 1960.  He was survived by his wife, Lulu, and two daughters, Mrs. F.D. Young and Mrs. Estella MacDoniels.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one box of manuscript material relating to Thomas P Beall’s writing career.  The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts and published versions of his writings.  Many of the manuscripts were written for a proposed book by Beall entitled, Lights of the Centuries: Christian Statesmen, Leaders and Reformers, which apparently was never published (folders 2 through 4).  Also included is one folder containing correspondence, mostly from publishers relating to various articles he had published.

INVENTORY

Box 1

Folder

1. 1. Correspondence, 1925, 1948-1960

1. 1. “Lights of the Centuries” manuscripts, including:
      
      Title page, introduction, preface, contents, index
      
      Adolphus, Gustavus
      
      Anthony, Susan B.
      
      Augustine, Saint
      
      Bradford, William
      
      Bryan, William Jennings
      
      Calvin, John
      
      Campbell, Alexander
      
      Channing, William Ellery

1. 1. Constantine
      
      Cromwell, Oliver
      
      Garfield, James A.
      
      Gladstone, William Ewart
      
      Hopkins, Mark
      
      Luther, Martin
      
      Mann, Horace
      
      Penn, William

1. 1. Roosevelt, Theodore
      
      Victoria, Queen
      
      Washington, Booker T.
      
      Washington, George
      
      Wesley, John
      
      Willard, Frances E.
      
      Williams, Roger
      
      Winthrop, John
      
      Wycliffe, John

1. 1. Other manuscripts including:
      
      Three Scholarly Presidents [John Quincy Adams, James A. Garfield, Woodrow Wilson]
      
      Reminiscences of Fifty Years Ago
      
      Is There a Bureaucracy in England?
      
      The Significance of the Aristocracy in English Constitutional Government
      
      John Foster Dulles
      
      The Problems of Second Chamber Reforms
      
      Was the Labor “Safety Valve” a Fallacy?
      
      The Wage Earner and the Western Migrations
      
      Gutzon Borglum
      
      Millais
      
      The River Jordan
      
      A Layman’s View of the Church
      
      An Unsung Heroine of Early Religious Experience in Nebraska [Rosalthe Brink Ayer]
      
      Indians, a Battle-Canyon, and a Monument
      
      Utility and Ornamental Yard Fencing of Rural and Urban Homes, and How I Constructed My Own Yard Fence
      
      The Gardener [poem]
      
      Aunt Edna’s Story
      
      What Phyllis Overlooked (by Mary Elizabeth Gahens)
      
      Untitled/incomplete manuscript

1. 1. Published writings, 1948-1960

Subject headings:

Authors — Nebraska

Beall, Thomas Paul, 1872-1960

Educators — Nebraska

Teachers — Nebraska

DDS/cr                 11-18-1970

Revised TMM      09-27-2018