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Burton L. Beegle Papers, approximately 1930-1950
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Beegle, Burton L.
- Title
- Burton L. Beegle Papers
- Dates
- approximately 1930-1950 (inclusive)19301950
- Quantity
- 4.0 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS006
- Summary
- Burton L. Beegle (1892-1960) taught mathematics at Seattle Pacific College for 36 years, and also served in several administrative positions at the college. This collection contains subject files which include athletics, veterans and servicemen, student records, mathematics and physics course materials, exams, scholarship recipients, directories, Free Methodist Church Washington Conference materials, and faculty activities.
- Repository
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Seattle Pacific University
3307 Third Avenue West
Suite 306
Seattle, Washington
98119-1957
Telephone: 2062812422
Fax: 2062812936
ameier@spu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection is a subject file of the following topics and materials: athletics, veterans and servicemen, student records, mathematics and physics course materials, exams, scholarship recipients, directories, Washington Conference, and faculty activities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Burton L. Beegle, (1892-1960) was an ordained minister of the Free Methodist Church of the Washington Conference. He joined the Seattle Pacific College mathematics faculty in 1917. In 1922, he and his family moved to Panama to serve as missionaries, where they remained for four years. He resumed teaching mathematics at SPC in 1926. Along with teaching, Beegle served as Registrar, 1939-1942, and Dean of the College, 1942-1947. He was also an early athletic director, head of the mathematics department and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by SPC in 1957. He retired that same year.
A biography of of Dr. Burton Beegle, "Life of Minimum Regrets," by Rachel M. Beegle was published by King's Press of Seattle in 1961 and is available in the Seattle Pacific University Library.
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Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Seattle Pacific University
Finding aid prepared by Adrienne Meier
2011
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
