Thor Beck papers, 1730-1960 - Finding Aid

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Scope and Content: The Thor Beck Papers documents the research conducted by Thor Beck while a professor at Hanover College. The collection includes bibliographic source notes, both in several notebooks and loose-leaf papers, letters of correspondence, paper and article drafts as well as published articles. A good portion of these documents are written in French and possibly Dutch and German. There are several draft chapters on Scandinavia, and Beck's reference notes are extensive, including sources dating back into the 1700s all the way up to the 1950s.

Historical Note: Thor Jensen Beck was born 11 July 1882 in Denmark. Beck received his bachelor's degree from Soroe College (1901), his master's from Copenhagen University, and his Ph. D from Columbia University. He also studied at the University of Berlin, Sorbonne in Paris, and the University of Chicago. He taught at several colleges/universities as a Modern/Romance Languages professor, including serving as the Chair of Modern Languages at Hanover College from 1914-1917. Beck died 31 October 1967 in Madison, Indiana.

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  • Hanover, Indiana, United States

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  • a5d5298f-f377-4c15-9624-90e544329cfc

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Beck, Thor Jensen. Thor Beck Papers, 1730-1960 - Finding Aid. Hanover, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1730. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/a5d5298f-f377-4c15-9624-90e544329cfc?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

B. T. Jensen. (1730). Thor Beck papers, 1730-1960 - Finding Aid. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/a5d5298f-f377-4c15-9624-90e544329cfc?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Beck, Thor Jensen. Thor Beck Papers, 1730-1960 - Finding Aid. Hanover, Indiana, United States: Hanover College. 1730. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/a5d5298f-f377-4c15-9624-90e544329cfc?locale=en.

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