Charles Beard and Mary Ritter Beard papers 1874-1976
DePauw University
DC 10, 572, 1021, 1292, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1579, 1686, 1799, 1800

Charles & Mary Beard Papers 1874-1976

Size: 12 containers, 4.5 linear feet

Restrictions: none

Accession #: UM87-20, UM87-52, UM88-149, UM90-38, D006.099

Provenance: donors

Processed: January 1990

Historian Charles A. Beard was born 27 November 1874 in Knightstown, Indiana. He died 1 September 1948 in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from DePauw in 1898, where he also received his master's degree in 1903. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1904. Beard was the author of some thirty books on American history.

He married in March 1900 Mary Ritter, who graduated from DePauw in 1897. Mary was born in Indianapolis, and died 14 August 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mrs. Beard collaborated on several history books with her husband, but, she also wrote some fifteen books on her own. She was also an ardent spokesperson of women's rights. In 1936, she proposed a World Center for Women's Archives, a sort of female preserve.

The Beards had a son, William, and a daughter, Mrs. Alfred Vagts.

Series I CHARLES A. BEARD

DC 10

Folder 1: American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1948

Folder 2: Articles about CAB

Folder 3: Article about CAB by Harry E. Barnes, 1940-50

Folder 4: Article about CAB by Thomas C. Kennedy, 1963-67

Folder 5: Article about CAB by John D. Millett, "Recollections of CAB", 1933

Folder 6: "Currents of Thought In Historiography" (copy)1937; article by CAB and Alfred Vagts

Folder 7: "Memorandum on the Teaching of European History in the U.S." (copy) n.d.; article by CAB

Folder 8: "On the Meaning of Life" (copy) 1932; article by CAB

Folder 9: Reprints of CAB articles

Folder 10: "Sign Posts" n.d.; article by CAB

Folder 11: "The Writing of the Constitution" (copy) n.d.; article by CAB

Folder 12: Beard Genealogy

Folder 13: Columbia U. Political Science Faculty History, 1955

Folder 14: Contracts for Books, 1900-1967

Folder 15: DePauw (Subjects taken at), 1898

Folder 16: FBI File on CAB

Folder 17: "A Glimpse at the Visit of the Beards to Japan in 1922"- Narrative 16mm film #35

Folder 18: Maps: Henry Co., Indiana - Wayne Twp., 1875 and Spiceland Township, 1893

Folder 19: Notes of CAB

Folder 20: Notes of CAB on USA in 19th Century, Chapter 1

Folder 21: Public Service Office of War Information - Radio Dialogues, n.d.

Folder 22: Recommendations for CAB

Folder 23: Ruskin College

Folder 24: World War II (letters about)

Folder 25: Photographs

DC 572

CORRESPONDENCE

Folder 1: Miscellaneous - supporting CAB's resignation from Columbia University

Folder 2: "A" Miscellaneous

Folder 3: "B" Miscellaneous

Folder 4: Barton, Bruce - 1943-48

Folder 5: Becker, Carl - 1932-38

Folder 6: Beveridge, Albert J. - 1916-25

Folder 7: Borchard, Edwin - 1913-47

Folder 8: Bowman, Isiah - 1940-41

Folder 9: Boyd, Julian - 1948

Folder 10: Brodney, Spencer - 1934-44

Folder 11: Butler, Nicholas Murray - 1913-44

Folder 12: Butterfield, Roger - 1944-45

Folder 13: "C" Miscellaneous

Folder 14: Commager, Henry Steele - 1937

Folder 15: Crane, Robert T. - 1931-41

Folder 16: Cushman, Robert E. - 1912-45

Folder 17: "D" Miscellaneous

Folder 18: Dodd, William E. - 1920-35

Folder 19: "E" & "F" Miscellaneous

Folder 20: Farlie, John A. - 1907-18

Folder 21: Farrand, Max - 1913-36

Folder 22: Flander, Ralph - 1929-31

Folder 23: Flexner, Abraham - 1923-33

Folder 24: Ford, Guy S. - 1933-46

Folder 25: Fosdick, Raymond - 1921-42

Folder 26: Frank, John - 1944-45

DC 1021

Folder 1: "G" Miscellaneous

Folder 2: Gilchrist, Huntington - 1920-25

Folder 3: Goldman, Eric - 1943-44

Folder 4: Goodnow, Frank J. - 1912-35

Folder 5: "H" Miscellaneous

Folder 6: Hart, A. B. - 1917

Folder 7: Holcombe, Arthur N. - 1933-39

Folder 8: Hoover, Herbert - 1945

Folder 9: Hopkins, Ernest N. -1921-23

Folder 10: Horn, Ernest - 1932-34

Folder 11: Huber, Richard M. - 1946

Folder 12: "I" & "J" Miscellaneous

Folder 13: "K" Miscellaneous

Folder 14: Kallen, Horace - 1920-51

Folder 15: Krey, A. C. (CAB's nephew) -1929-34

Folder 16: "L" Miscellaneous

Folder 17: Lafollette, Robert E. - 1913-43

Folder 18: Lilienthal, David - 1913-46

Folder 18a: Lindbergh, Charles A.- 1945-48

Folder 19: Lovell, Stanley P. - 1944

Folder 20: "M" Miscellaneous

Folder 21: Macmillan Company - 1930

Folder 21a: Mantz, Howard Elmer (colleague at Columbia) 1929-30

Folder 22: Mayers, Lewis - 1911

Folder 23: Mayers, Lewis - 1912

Folder 24: Mayers, Lewis - 1913

Folder 25: Mayers, Lewis - 1914-24

Folder 26: Mayers, Lewis - 1940

Folder 27: Mencken, H. L. - 1923-48

Folder 28: Moley, Raymond - 1916-48

DC 1292

Folder 1: "N" & "O" Miscellaneouos

Folder 2: "P" Miscellaneous

Folder 2a: Peek, George N.

Folder 3: "R" Miscellaneous

Folder 3a: Sandburg, Carl

Folder 4: "S" - "V" Miscellaneous

Folder 5: Vagts, Alfred (son-in-law) -1937-38

Folder 5a: Wallace, Henry A.

Folder 5b: Warren, Charles

Folder 6: Werner, Morris R. - 1917

Folder 6a: Wheeler, Burton K.

Folder 7: "W" - "Z" Miscellaneous

Series II MARY RITTER BEARD

Folder 8: Articles about MRB

Folder 9: Articles by MRB

Folder 10: Book Reviews, 1914-1954

BROADCASTS

Folder 11: "America through Mother's Eyes"

Folder 12: 1920's & 1930's

Folder 13: 1940 - 1942

Folder 14: 1948

Folder 15: 1949

Folder 16: 1950

Folder 17: 1951

Folder 18: 1952

Folder 19: 1953

Folder 20: 1954

Folder 21: 1955 & 1958

Folder 22: The Citizens Assoc. of Williamsburg and Vicinity, 1949

Folder 23: Collier Publishing Co., 1948-50

Folder 24: Honorary Degree Suggestions, 1933

Folder 25: Invitations to Speak, 1932-55

Folder 26: The National Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. - Talks - 1949-50

Folder 27: Programs, 1937-1941

Folder 28: Public Affairs, 1950-54

Folder 29: Questionnaire

Folder 30: Report of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, 1914

Folder 31: Photographs

Folder 32: Mary Ritter Beard by Jean Nielsen Berry

Folder 33: Women's History and Music Hist...by Ruth Solie

                 Sophie Drinker's History by Ruth Solie

DC 1493

Folder 1: Research Notes, n.d.

SPEECHES by MRB

Folder 2: n.d.

Folder 3: 1935-1936

Folder 4: 1937

Folder 5: 1938-1939

Folder 6: 1940

Folder 7: 1941-1944

Folder 8: Visit to DePauw, MRB's - 1935

Folder 9: World Center for Women's Archives (MRB as a member), 1940-60

CORRESPONDENCE

Folder 10: "A" Miscellaneous

Folder 11: American Association of University Women, 1935-40

Folder 12: Askanasy, A.H. - 1935-49

Folder 13: "B" Miscellaneous

Folder 14: Barrow, Mrs. Craig - c.1953

Folder 15: Briffault, Herma - 1950-55

Folder 16: Brush, Dorothy - 1948-53

DC 1494

Folder 1: Buchholz, Agnes - n.d.

Folder 2: Buchholz, Agnes - 1949-50

Folder 3: Buchholz, Agnes - 1951

Folder 4: Buchholz, Agnes - 1952

Folder 5: Buchholz, Agnes - 1953

Folder 6: Buchholz, Emily - 1954

Folder 7: "C" & "D" Miscellaneous

Folder 8: Campbell, Dorcas - 1950-55

Folder 9: Davidson, Eugene - 1948-51

Folder 10: Democracy & Laissez Faire - 1951-54

Folder 11: Drinker, Sophie - n.d.

Folder 12: "E" & "F" Miscellaneous

Folder 13: Edinger, Dora - n.d.

Folder 14: Eytel, Lola & Margaret - 1949-53

Folder 15: Faki, Fujita - 1948-55

Folder 16: Foundation of Foreign Affairs - 1950

Folder 17: "G" Miscellaneous

Folder 18: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1946-47

Folder 19: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1948

Folder 20: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1949

DC 1495

Folder 1: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1950

Folder 2: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1951

Folder 3: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1952

Folder 4: Grierson, Margaret (Smith College) - 1953-54

Folder 5: "H" Miscellaneous

Folder 6: Hani, Goro; Ishimoto, Arata - 1923-55

Folder 7: Hani, Keiko - 1951-52

Folder 8: Harris, Judia Jackson - 1952-55

Folder 9: Horinchi, Amy - 1950

Folder 10: Huber, Richard M. - 1950

Folder 11: "J" & "K" Miscellaneous

Folder 12: Key, Luella (Mrs. V.O>) - 1953

Folder 13: Klein, Dr. Viola - 1951-53

Folder 14: Knopf, Alfred - 1951-54

Folder 15: Kume, Si - 1950

Folder 16: "L" Miscellaneous

Folder 17: LaFollette, Bella Case - 1914

Folder 18: Leland, Marine - 1947-53

Folder 19: Lexington, Der Frau - 1952-53

Folder 20: "M" & "N" Miscellaneous

Folder 21: Moley, Raymond - 1941-48

Folder 22: Murota, T. - 1953

Folder 23: "O" & "P" Miscellaneous

Folder 24: Price, Alberta - 1951-54

Folder 25: "R" Miscellaneous

DC 1579

Folder 1: Robinson, Clemmy - 1951

Folder 2: Roosevelt, Eleanor - 1953

Folder 3: "S" Miscellaneous

Folder 4: Saramoto, Wasuke - 1947-51

Folder 5: Sargent, Porter - 1948-52

Folder 6: Shidzue, Kato - 1922-51

Folder 8: Steer, Margery - 1951-55

Folder 9: Stroh, Margaret - 1952-54

Folder 10: "T" - "V" Miscellaneous

Folder 11: Takagi, Yaska -1949-53

Folder 12: Tilton, Cecil G. - 1953-55

Folder 13: Tippy, Worth M. - 1951-52

Folder 14: Tomita, Nobuko - 1950

Folder 15: Tsude, Noritake - 1949-52

Folder 16: Tsurumi, Yuske - 1952

Folder 17: Von Wittek, Suzan - 1947-55

Folder 18: "W" Miscellaneous

Folder 19: Watanabe, Masaharu - 1953

Folder 20: Weed, Ethal B. - 1947-55

Folder 21: White, Marjorie - 1944-48

Folder 22: White, Marjorie - 1949

Folder 23: White, Marjorie - 1950

Folder 24: White, Marjorie - 1951

Folder 25: White, Marjorie - 1952

Folder 26: White, Marjorie - 1953-55

DC 1686

Folder 1: Whitney, Courtney - 1950

Folder 2: Women as Force in History (Letters)

Folder 3: "Y" & "Z" Miscellaneous

Folder 4: Yamakawa, Kikue - 1951

Folder 5: Correspondence about CAB - 1948-55

Folder 6: Correspondence relating to MRB as Writer, reviewer, speaker - 1932-54

SERIES III BEARD MISCELLANEOUS

Folder 7: Correspondence relating to the Beard's stay in Japan - 1922

Folder 8: Correspondence relating to the Beard's stay in Japan - 1923

Folder 9: Correspondence relating to the Beard's stay in Japan - undated

Folder 10: photographs

DC 1636

Charles and Mary Beard Photograph Album

SERIES IV BEARD CENTENNIAL

CORRESPONDENCE

Folder 1: Tributes "A" - "B"

Folder 2: Tributes "C" - "D"

Folder 3: Tributes "E" - "H"

Folder 4: Tributes "I" - "L"

Folder 5: Tributes "M" - "O"

Folder 6: Tributes "P" - "R"

Folder 7: Tributes "S" - "T"

Folder 8: Tributes "V" - "Z"

Folder 9: Tributes Telegrams

Folder 10: Acknowledgements to tributes for CAB

Folder 11: Beard, William with DePauw University President's Office, 1917-1958

Folder 12: Beard, William & President Humbert, 1958-62

Folder 13: Beard, William - 1958, 1960-63

Folder 14: Beard, William - 1966-67

Folder 15: Braeman, John - Address, Resume

Folder 16: Commager, Henry Steele - Address, Resume

DC 1800

Folder 1: Genovese. Eugene D. - Address, Resume

Folder 2: Vagts, Detlev - Address, Resume

Folder 3: Banquet

Folder 4: CAB's Centennial of his Birth, 1974

Folder 5: Braeman Article on CAB

Folder 6: clippings

Folder 7: Committee Material

Folder 8: Committee Minutes

Folder 9: Copyright & Correspondence

Folder 10: Expenses

Folder 11: Invitations

Folder 12: Letters, 1974

Folder 13: Letters, 1975-76

Folder 14: Pamphlets

Folder 15: Programs

Folder 16: Schedule of Events

Folder 17: Thank-you notes

Folder 18: President's Office - Working Material

Folder 19: Beard Centennial Photographs

Knightstown UMC - Ch. Hist. v.f. -- Record of Baptism and Membership

Conferences - DC #344
Program of College Women's Congress. Mrs. Mary Ritter Beard spoke Nov. 21, 1935, at this congress sponsored by DePauw Association of Women Students.

Dunlavy, Ed. - DC #475 (End of folder "Misc. corres.") Letter to D. K. Searles, Sept 4, 1944, -brief mention.

Ehrmann, Max E. - DC #20, Folder 18 -- A letter from Beard thanking Ehrmann for Christmas card.

Humbert, Dr. Russell J. - DC #271 -- Letter to William Beard, Sept. 5, 1958.

Judah Leib Magnes Papers 1890-1948, in Ginzei Am Olam (The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem). File No. 52, Charles A. Beard, N.Y. 1922.

Kurtz, Wilbur G. - DC #522, Folder 1A
Interview with Charles A. Beard on "Founding Fathers" St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 5, 1936. Newspaper clippings."The Stream of Tendencies in American Government" by Charles A. Beard. St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dec. 11, 1938.

Longden, Dr. Henry B. - DC #58, Folder 2 -- (Original of letter in DC #10, Folder 15) Miscellaneous Material.

Longden, Henry B. - DC #665 - Folder 1 -- Letters to Longden by Charles Beard (1941) and Mary (1939). Copies in DC #10, Folder 4 & 19.

Mirage - 1899 pages 245, 264, 276, 288 / 1945 page 130- pictures of C.A.B. and M.R.B.

Nadal, T. W. - DC #317, Folder 2
The Earlhamite, April 17, 1897, for Beard's part in the Earlham debate of 1897; text of speech on Unions.

Phillips, Dr. Clifton - DC #11
Letters with information about C.A.B., written by his classmates at DePauw

Tippy, Dr. Worth M. - DC #382
Letters between Tippy and William Beard dated: 1951, 1952, 1956, and 1957.

Tucker, Glen - DC #331 -- "The Beards in North Carolina" by Dorothy Thomas Tucker.

University of Wyoming - has some Beard papers.

Books on Shelves:

National Institute of Arts and Letters - 1948

Tributes - American Academy - 1942-51

E 175.5 .B37R3x Arch. Ratcliff, Richard P.  Charles A. Beard, 1874-1948: A Native of Henry County, Indiana  

Map Cabinet - Drawer 26, Beard Centennial Poster

Microfilm #139 - Beard Material sent by William Beard and Miram B. Vagts. (positive)

Movie Film #35 - "A Glimpse at the Visit of CAB and MRB to Japan, 1922"

Phonograph Disc - "Build Your Own Town" by Charles A. Beard while in Japan, 1922. 33 1/3 L.P. located in the AV section.

DC 2047, Item #117 - DePauw University Diploma, Doctor of Laws, June 6, 1917

CHARLES & MARY BEARD COLLECTION

CHRONOLOGY

1874 BORN AT KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA, NOV. 27

1880 MOVED TO SPICELAND, INDIANA AND ENTERED SCHOOL.

1891 GRADUATED FROM KNIGHTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

1891-95 CHARLES AND HIS BROTHER, CLEARANCE, PUBLISHED NEWSPAPERS.

1895 ENTERED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

1898 GRADUATED FROM DEPAUW, PH. B. AND PHI BETA KAPPA.

1898-99 GRADUATE STUDIES IN OXFORD; CO-FOUNDER OF RUSKIN HALL.

1900 MARRIED MARY RITTER (DEPAUW 1897).

1900-04 STUDIED AT CORNELL, OXFORD, AND COLUMBIA.

RECEIVED PH.D. FROM COLUMBIA, 1904.

1904-17 MEMBER OF FACULTY AT COLUMBIA.

1917 RESIGNED FROM COLUMBIA IN PROTEST OF TREATMENT OF DISSIDENTS IN WORLD WAR I.

1917-22 DIRECTOR, TRAINING SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

1922-48 AUTHOR; CONSULTANT TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS; TEACHER.

1948 DIED IN NEW HAVAN, CONNECTICUT, SEPT. 1.

1907 CO-AUTHOR, DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN EUROPE.

1910 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.

1913 AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

1917 HONORARY LL.D. FROM DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

1921 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (with MARY BEARD).

1922 ECONOMIC BASIS OF POLITICS.

1926 PRESIDENT, AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.

1927 CO-AUTHOR, with MARY BEARD, OF RISE OF AMERICAN CIVALIZATION.

1936 PRESIDENT, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

1939 AMERICA IN MID-PASSAGE (with MARY BEARD).

1943 AWARDED THE OLD GOLD GOBLET, DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

1948 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE COMING OF THE WAR, 1941.

1948 RECEIVED MEDAL OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS.