Title: Junius E. Beal Papers Creator: Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942 Inclusive dates: 1869-1946 Extent: 15.3 linear feet Abstract:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, businessman, publisher of Ann Arbor Courier, Republican politician, and regent of University of Michigan. Correspondence, letter books, speeches, newspaper clippings, and photographs; papers (1909-1920) of Michigan Public Domain Commission, of which Beal was a member; papers (1877-1904) concerning Port Huron Gas Light Company; and printed material and miscellanea (1885-1905) concerning League of American Wheelmen and his interest in bicycling.
Call number: 85884 Aa 2 Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
1150 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
48109-2113 Phone:
734-764-3482 Fax:
734-936-1333 e-mail:
bentley.ref@umich.edu Home Page: http://www.bentley.umich.edu/
Finding aid prepared by: Michigan Historical Collections staff and William H. McNitt
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
A portion of the collection was donated by Mrs. Junius Beal (donor no. 1176) in 1942. The great bulk of Beal's papers were donated by his daughter Mrs. Albert Jacobs (donor no. 3046) and came to the library in the period of 1967-1970.
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Copyright:
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Preferred Citation:
item, folder title, box no., Junius E. Beal Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Biography
Junius E. Beal was born February 23, 1860 in Port Huron, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1882, then assumed the editorship of the Ann Arbor Weekly Courier and the Daily Times which he had inherited from his foster father Rice A. Beal. He remained as editor until 1904. Beal was also instrumental in the development of the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti interurban in 1889, and was president of the firm until 1896. He also served as manager of the Ann Arbor Electric Light Co., 1894-1902. He was also president of the Port Huron Gas Co. during that same period.
Beal, in addition to business interests, was also civically involved. He served on the Ann Arbor Board of Education from 1884 to 1904; he filled one term (1905-1906) as state legislator in the Michigan House of Representatives; and from 1908 to 1919, he served on the Michigan Public Domain Commission where he helped further a state reforestation program.
Beal was most noteworthy in his work as regent of the University of Michigan. He served four 8-year terms from 1907 to 1939. Among his accomplishments on the board were his advocacy of a building program that saw the construction of the football stadium and Hill Auditorium. Beal was also involved in the selection of U-M presidents.
Beal died June 24, 1942.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Junius E. Beal papers include correspondence, papers accumulated from his various interests and organizational activities, subject files, speeches, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The series in the collection include: Correspondence, Michigan Public Domain Commission, Topical Files; and Other Materials. Most of the files in the collection relate in some way to Beal's life in Ann Arbor, either as a student, a businessman, a public figure, as someone who took civic responsibility seriously and was determined to serve his community and the university that he loved.
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
African Americans.
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Belgium.
Conservation of natural resources -- Michigan.
Cycling.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1894.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1896.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1904.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1908.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1910.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1912.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1914.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1916.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1918.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1920.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1922.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1924.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1926.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1928.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1930.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1932.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1934.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1936.
Hawaii.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1877-1898.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1899-1916.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1917-1921.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1922-1928.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1929-1938.
Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
Street-railroads -- Michigan.
Temperance -- Michigan.
World War, 1914-1918.
Ann Arbor (Mich.) -- Dwellings.
Ann Arbor (Mich.) -- Streets.
Bicycles and tricycles.
Cemeteries -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Cycling -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Dwellings -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Forestry.
Lumber industry.
Streets -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Photographs.
Ann Arbor courier.
Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942.
Beal, Rice Aner, 1823-1883.
Beta Theta Pi. Lambda Chapter (University of Michigan)
Detroit Bicycle Club.
First Methodist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
League of American Wheelmen.
Methodist Episcopal Church -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Republican Party (Mich.)
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
University of Michigan. Board of Regents.
University of Michigan. Class of 1882.
University of Michigan. President.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Ann Arbor Bicycle Club.
Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942.
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
Chelsea Methodist Home.
Forest Hill Cemetery (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
League of American Wheelmen. Michigan Division.
Michigan. Legislature.
Michigan. Public Domain Commission.
University of Michigan. Board of Regents.
University of Michigan. Chinese Students Club.
University of Michigan. School of Natural Resources.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1901-1910.
Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), 1863-1934.
Adams, Henry Carter, 1851-1921.
Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907.
Alger, Frederick Moulton, 1876-1933.
American Bible Society.
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916.
Ann Arbor Street Railway Company.
Baird, Charles, 1870-1944.
Bates, Henry Moore, 1869-1949.
Beakes, Samuel Willard, 1861-1927.
Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973.
Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968.
Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915.
Burton, Marion Le Roy, 1874-1925.
Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885.
Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934.
Comstock, William Alfred, 1877-1949.
Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944.
Copeland, Royal S. (Royal Samuel), 1868-1938.
Couzens, James, 1872-1936.
Cramton, Louis C. (Louis Convers), 1875-
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943.
Diekema, Gerrit John, 1859-1930.
Fairlie, John A. (John Archibald), 1872-1947.
Fellows, Grant, 1865-1929.
Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928.
Florer, Warren Washburn, 1869-1958.
Fordney, Joseph W. (Joseph Warren), 1853-1932.
Fuller, Oramel B., 1858-
Gore, Victor M.
Grant, John Henry, 1857-1913.
Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936.
Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953.
Guest, Edgar A. (Edgar Albert), 1881-1959.
Hanchett, Benjamin Sawtell, 1868-1933.
Hayden, Joseph Ralston, 1887-1945.
Hinsdale, W. B. (Wilbert B.), 1851-1944.
Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952.
Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951.
Hubbard, Lucius L. (Lucius Lee), 1849-1933.
Hudson, Grant Martin, 1868-1955.
Hudson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1912.
Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930.
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977.
Johnson, Elias Finley, 1861-1933.
Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942.
Kelley, Patrick Henry, 1867-1925.
Kelsey, Francis W. (Francis Willey), 1858-
King, Paul H.
Knappen, Loyal Edwin, 1854-1930.
Knox, Frank, 1874-1944.
Koch, Theodore Wesley, 1871-1941.
Lawrence, Howard Cyrus, 1890-1961.
League to Enforce Peace.
Leland, Frank Bruce.
Lindsey, Ben B. (Ben Barr), 1869-1943.
Little, Clarence C. (Clarence Cook), 1888-
Loud, George Alvin, 1852-1925.
Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943.
McKinley, William, 1843-1901.
McMillan, James, 1838-1902.
Malcolm, George A. (George Arthur), 1881-1961.
Michener, Earl C. (Earl Cory), 1876-1957.
Michigan. Public Domain Commission.
Michigan Audubon Society.
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.
Mott, Charles Stewart, 1875-1973.
Murfin, James Orin, 1875-1940.
National Economic League (U.S.)
National Home Finding Society for Colored Children.
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Osmeña, Sergio, 1878-1961.
Patton, John, 1850-1907.
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
Poindexter, Miles, 1868-1946.
Port Huron Gas Light Company.
Powers, Perry Francis, 1857-1945.
Ramos, Alfredo.
Rich, John Treadway, 1841-1926.
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Roth, Filibert, 1858-1925.
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Sawyer, Walter H. (Walter Hulme), 1861-1931.
Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972.
Sleeper, Albert E., 1862-1934.
Smith, Henry Cassorte, 1859-1911.
Smith, John McMunn C., 1853-1923.
Smith, Shirley Wheeler, 1875-1959.
Smith, William Alden, 1859-1932.
Spaulding, Thomas M. (Thomas Marshall), 1882-
Stone, Ralph, 1868-1956.
Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924.
Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900.
United States. Fuel Administration.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Vaughan, Coleman C., 1857-
Vaughan, Victor C. (Victor Clarence), 1851-1929.
Warner, Frederick Maltby, 1865-1923.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
Watkins, Lucius Whitney, 1873-
Wedemeyer, William Walter, 1873-1913.
Wenley, R. M. (Robert Mark), 1861-1929.
White, William Allen, 1868-1944.
Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927.
Worcester, Dean C. (Dean Conant), 1866-1924.
Yost, Fielding Harris, 1871-1946.
Contents List
Request materials for use in the Bentley Library
Container / Location
Title
Correspondence 1880-1946 [series]
(10.3 linear feet)
Correspondence is the largest series (10.3 linear ft.; 1880-1946) in the collection. Documented is not only the wide variety of individuals with whom Beal corresponded, but also his many organizational and public activities, notably those relating to the University of Michigan.
Box 1
Undated, 1880-June 1908
(29 folders)
Box 2
July 1908-July 1910
(24 folders)
Box 3
August 1910-December 1912
(25 folders)
Box 4
1913-January 1916
(25 folders)
Box 5
February 1916-March 1918
(27 folders)
Box 6
April 1918-December 1924
(34 folders)
Box 7
1925-1927
(27 folders)
Box 8
1928-June 1930
(31 folders)
Box 9
July 1930-May 1933
(36 folders)
Box 10
June 1933-June 1937
(40 folders)
Box 11
July 1937-1946
(9 folders)
Michigan Public Domain Commission [series]
Box 11
Undated, 1909-1920
(11 folders, 1 volume)
Topical Files [series]
The other noteworthy series is the Topical Files where have been placed files relating to Beal's interests in business, politics, bicycling, and regental concerns. Here will be found photographs in the collection. These consists of informal photos; photos of Beal with various groups; photos of Ann Arbor houses and other views; lumbering and forestry photographs (probably California); and a photo of William Jennings Bryan's visit to Ann Arbor (1896?).
Box 11
Ann Arbor file 1870s-1940
(2 folders)
Box 12
Ann Arbor Printing Company file 1875-1902
Box 12
Appointment calendars 1912-1918
(sample)
Box 12
Beta Theta Pi 1891-1939
(3 folders)
Bicycling
Box 12
Printed material concerning the League of American Wheelmen and bicycle tours 1885-1905
(2 folders)
Box 16
Bound document presented to American cyclists by Birchfield Wheeling Club, Birmingham, Eng 1889
Box 12
Masons 1879-1938
Box 12
Member cards and certificates 1887-1927
Box 12
Methodist Church 1883-1929
Box 12
Miscellanea
(4 folders)
Box 13
Photographs
(4 envelopes)
(see also oversize photographs in box 16)
Box 13
Portraits of Beal and group photos
(Includes photo of Beal with William Jennings Bryan in Ann Arbor)
Box 13
Lumbering and Forestry
(10 items)
Box 13
Ann Arbor House and Street View
(3 items)
(see also box 16 outsize)
Box 13
Miscellaneous
Box 16
League of American Wheelmen and other groups
(outsize photos, includes 1913 U of M Chinese Student Club, 1905 legislature reunion and unidentified groups)
Box 13
Port Huron Gas Light Company 1877-1904
(4 folders)
Box 13
Republican politics 1881-1937
(4 folders)
Box 13
Society of Colonial Wars/Sons of the American Revolution 1914-1938
Box 13
Speeches 1923-1939, undated
(4 folders)
Box 13
Student papers of Junius Beal 1882, undated
Box 13
University of Michigan undated, 1877-1909
(3 folders)
Box 14
University of Michigan 1910-1939
(3 folders)
Other Materials [series]
Box 14
Newspaper clippings 1869-1939
(10 folders)
Box 14
Pocket notebooks 1885-1906
Box 15
Letterpress books 1886-1895
Box 15
Account books 1883-1906
Box 16
Citations, appointments, etc
Oversized items
(contents listed above)
Additional Descriptive Data
Selective Index of Correspondents
Abbot, Willis John, 1863-1934.
July 19, 1933
Adams, Henry Carter, 1851-1921.
Mar. 4, 1910; June 4, 1920
Alger, Russell Alexander, 1836-1907.
Feb. 9; 1897
Alger, Frederick Moulton, 1876-1933.
Oct. 14, 1910; Oct. 28, 1910
American Bible Society
Correspondence throughout
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916.
Undated; Dec. 1; 1892; July 3; 1897; Oct. 10, 1904; Mar. 23, 1907; Apr. 23, 1907, 1908-1909; Oct. 27, 1910
Ann Arbor Street Railway Company
1896
Anti-Saloon League/Prohibition letters
Dec. 26, 1907; July 9, 1908; Sept. 16, 1909; Dec. 20, 1909; Feb. 6, 1910; Mar. 12, 1910; Mar. 18, 1910; Apr. 14, 1910; May 20, 1910; Feb. 3, 1911; Mar. 15, 1911; May 18, 1911; Sept. 26, 1911; Jan. 4, 1912; June 4, 1912; Nov. 3, 1914; Jan. 26, 1915; Apr. 1, 1915; [1916?]; [1916?]; [1917?]; Mar. 29, 1917; Aug. 23, 1917; [1922?]; Aug. 3, 1922; Nov. 27, 1922; Nov. 29, 1922; Apr. 13, 1925; Apr. 22, 1925; Apr. 25, 1925; June 26, 1925; [1926?]; Apr. 15, 1926; June 22, 1926; Jan. 20, 1927; Feb. 2, 1927; Feb. 3, 1927; Apr. 26, 1927; July 22, 1927; Aug. 10, 1927; July 27, 1928; Aug. 20, 1928; Aug. 29, 1928; Oct. 24, 1928; Jan. 22, 1929; [1930?]; Feb. 8, 1930; Feb. 19., 1930; Mar. 8, 1930; Mar. 13, 1930; May 3, 1930; May 26, 1930; July 25, 1930; Sept. 2, 1930; Oct. 30, 1930; July 9, 1931; Feb. 1, 1932; Feb., 1932; undated; Feb. 24, 1932; Mar. 9, 1932; Mar. 14, 1932; Mar. 22, 1932; May 17, 1932; May 25, 1932; June 10, 1932; Aug. 19, 1932; Sept. 6, 1932; Sept. 12, 1932; Sept. 15, 1932; Sept. 27, 1932; Sept. 20, 1932; [1932?]; July 5, 1933; Oct. 31, 1934; June 12, 1935; Aug. 3, 1938
1924-1937; Aug. 5, 1938; Jan. 28, 1939; Oct. 17, 1940
Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930.
Letters regarding his renomination in 1912; also regarding support for the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty; June 1911; December 30, 1911; March 1912; April 1912
Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924.
1904; Dec. 9, 1905, 1908; Jan. 12, 1909; Feb. 7, 1910; Dec. 31, 1910; July 24, 1911; May 7, 1912; May 9, 1912; July 8, 1913; Nov. 2, 1913; Dec. 26, 1914; Feb. 22, 1915, 1916; May 12, 1917, 1921-1922
Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900
Jan. 22; 1898
U.S. Fuel Administration.
1918-1919
Vandenberg, Artbur Hendrick, 1862-1937.
Jan. 14, 1915; Jan. 19, 1915; Apr. 22, 1918; June 28, 1921; Apr. 6, 1928; June 4, 1928; Aug. 15, 1929; Apr. 22, 1932, 1933; Nov. 13, 1934; Mar. 22, 1935; Sept. 4, 1935; Feb. 17, 1937; July 8, 1938; July 26, 1938
