Lewis White Beck papers
Creator: Beck, Lewis White
Call Number: A.B39
Dates: 1952-1974
Physical Description: 3 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Content List
A Commentary of the Critique of Practical Reason
Philosophic Inquiry
Six Secular Philosophers
Early German Philosophy
The Actor and the Spectator
Collection Overview
Title: Lewis White Beck papers
Creator: Beck, Lewis White
Call Number: A.B39
Dates: 1952-1974
Physical Description: 3 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Biographical/Historical Note
Lewis White Beck (September 26, 1913–June 7, 1997) was born in Griffin, Georgia, and was awarded a bachelor's degree from Emory University in 1934. He earned his master's degree (1935) and doctorate (1937) from Duke University.

Beck joined the Rochester faculty in 1949 as professor of philosophy and chair of the two-person department. He was named Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy and remained chair until 1966, also serving as associate dean and dean of the graduate school. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963.

The philosophy doctoral program gained international recognition under his guidance. Beck also started the department's undergraduate council and was the first recipient of the University's Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Beck was a Guggenheim fellow, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Council of Learned Societies. He also served on the National Endowment for the Humanities Council. (Source: University of Rochester Currents, September 14, 1998)

Scope and Content
Papers contain typescripts with manuscript corrections and additions for his Philosophic Inquiry (1952), A Commentary of the Critique of Practical Reason (1958), and Six Secular Philosophers (1960). Also included is a Xerox copy of the typescript with manuscript corrections for his Early German Philosphy (1969). A 1960 manuscript draft of The Actor and the Spectator is accompanied by the later revised typescript (1974).

Subject(s):
Philosophy
Manuscripts
Beck, Lewis White
University of Rochester
Philosophers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Professor Beck in 1960, 1965, 1969, and 1975.Access
The Lewis White Beck papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
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