Series 1: Biographical Materials undated
Autobiographies and obituaries 1918, 1936, 1950
Materials about Beck's life, mostly created after his death
Series 2: Correspondence 1886-1895
Undated undated
Correspondence 1886
Correspondence 1890-1893
Correspondence 1894 January-June
Correspondence 1894 July-September
Correspondence 1894 October-December
Correspondence 1895 January-June
Correspondence 1895 July-December
Correspondence 1896 January-June
Correspondence 1896 July-December
Correspondence 1897
Correspondence 1898 January-March
Correspondence 1898 April-June
Correspondence 1898 July-September
Correspondence 1899 January-March
Correspondence 1899 April-June
Correspondence 1899 July-December
Correspondence 1900
Correspondence 1901
Correspondence 1902
Correspondence 1903
Correspondence 1904
Correspondence 1905
Correspondence 1906
Correspondence 1907
Correspondence 1908
Correspondence 1909
Correspondence 1910
Correspondence 1911
Correspondence 1912
Correspondence 1913
Correspondence 1914
Correspondence 1915
Correspondence 1916
Correspondence 1917-1918
Correspondence 1919
Correspondence 1920
Correspondence 1921
Correspondence 1922
Correspondence 1923
Correspondence 1924 January-March
Correspondence 1924 April-June
Correspondence 1924 July-December
Correspondence 1925
Correspondence 1926
Correspondence 1927
Correspondence 1929
Correspondence 1929
Correspondence 1930-1934
Correspondence 1935-1936, 1939
Correspondence 1898 October-December
Correspondence 1940-1950
Correspondence 1951-1985
Correspondence to and from others not recorded
Correspondence, Ida M. Beck not recorded
Oversize correspondence 1894-1927
Correspondence 1894 November 20
Correspondence 1894 November 30
Correspondence 1894 December 3
Correspondence 1894 December 8
Correspondence 1894 December 19
Correspondence 1894 December 28
Correspondence with Skinner 1895 February 27
Correspondence 1895 October 2
Correspondence 1897 March 24
Correspondence 1898 March 18
Correspondence 1898 October 9
Correspondence 1898 October 14
Correspondence 1898 October 27
Correspondence 1900 July 11
Correspondence 1906 December?
Correspondence 1910? December 29
Correspondence 1921 June 7 and August 8 1921 June 7 and August 8
Correspondence 1921 December 7
Correspondence 1922 October 6
Correspondence 1923 July 17
Correspondence 1924 April 2
Correspondence 1924 June 20
Correspondence 1924 July 18
Correspondence 1925 September 16
Correspondence 1925 September 28
Correspondence 1925 December 18
Correspondence 1926 February 4
Correspondence 1926 January 11
Correspondence 1926 December 16
Correspondence 1927 January 12
Correspondence 1927 March 27
Correspondence 1927 March 20
Correspondence 1927 May 9
Correspondence 1927 June 15
Correspondence 1927 January 10-12
Series 3: Field Journals and Notes
Rollo Beck Galapagos expedition journal [original] 1905-1906
Rollo Beck Galapagos expedition journal [acid-free copy] 1905-1906
California Academy of Sciences Galapagos Expedition, Beck's Schooner Academy Log Book, Personnel Evaluations, and J. J. Parker Matter Letters 1906
Waterbird Notes, Los Banos, California 1908-1909
Alaska 1911
Peru [sic] 1912
South American Expeditions for American Museum of Natural History 1912-1917
South America, original field notes, American Museum of Natural History 1912-1917
South America, edited by Murphy and typed, American Museum of Natural History 1912-1917
Alaska, collecting list and journal, notes on desiderata, localities. 1919
South Seas, Materials prepared for Beck on flora, fauna, geography, people, and languages, Whitney expedition undated
South Seas, Parts of handwritten journal and edited/typed version 1920-1923
South Seas, Field notes typed by Rollo and/or Ida Beck 1922-1928
New Guinea expedition, typed by Beck 1928-1929
Field Notes, typed by Beck [duplicates of pages in Box 11, folder 3] 1919
Field notes, edited by Murphy and typed at American Museum of Natural History 1920-1923
Field notes, edited by Murphy and typed at American Museum of Natural History 1923-1925
Field notes [duplicate of material in Box 12, Folder 5] 1924
Discursive summaries of South Seas field notes by locale or bird undated
Bird lists from South Seas 1920-1929
List of New Hebrides Island birds taken by Whitney Expedition, J. G. Correia 1926 October 29
Lists of birds collected for USFWS, USDA, Ca. 1895-1896, 1931-1939
Lists of Beck's personal collections 1931-1938
Redwing blackbird control notes, Merced County, California 1943-1950
Series 4: Legal, Financial, and Related Papers
Legal papers, stock certificates, and financial records not recorded
Papers related to La Prosperidad Colony not recorded
Passports, collecting permits, and letters of introduction not recorded
Acknowledgments of donations, appointments of honor not recorded
Correspondence re: bookkeeping not recorded
Account book 1888-1898
Account book 1899-1907
Account book early 1900s
Account book [includes some diary-like entries] 1940-1950
Stores list for 1901 expedition 1901
Contracts and other legal documents 1903 April 20
Series 5: Other Papers
Maps 1902, 1907, undated
Maps, Pilot Charts not recorded
U.S. Chart #1798 of the Galapagos 1907
Map of Santo Domingo Island not recorded
U.S. Chart #1798 of the Galapagos, used on expedition 1902 December 11
Maps, Tahiti, various not recorded
Drafts and travel notes 1895-1942
Bird eggs and skins for sale; Bird books for sale not recorded
Ticket stubs and business/calling cards 1895-1942
Printed and duplicated materials kept by Beck not recorded
Blank stationary and forms undated
Printed materials not recorded
Book, Gems of Scottish Songs 1894
Christmas Carols, Pamphlet with Lyrics undated
News clippings undated
News Clippings about Beck, Childhood not recorded
News Clippings about Beck, Galapagos 1894
News Clippings about Beck, Alaska 1911
News Clippings about Beck, South America 1912-1917
News Clippings about Beck, South Seas 1920-1930
News Clippings about Beck 1930-1985
News Clippings, Articles about Ida M. Beck not recorded
Duplicates, not deacidified not recorded
Printed mementos of Beck's travels
Scrapbook of Beck's travels not recorded
Clippings and articles related to Beck's life, but not by or about him not recorded
Murphy, R. C., "Observations on Birds of the South Pacific," typed partial manuscript not recorded
Beck's handwritten list of articles or references to himself not recorded
Articles by or about Beck, including Slevin's 1917 log 1917, undated
Reprints and offprints of journal articles by or about Beck not recorded
Ephemera undated
Pith helmets undated
Bulb for lantern slide projector undated
Green eyeshade undated
Small knife case undated
Eastman Kodak Bulls-Eye #2 camera undated
Series 6: Photo Lists and Photographic Materials
Photo lists undated
Galapagos undated
South America and the Caribbean undated
South Seas undated
Photo captions, South Seas undated
Three small notepads with South Seas photo lists plus other notes; paper used to hold prints for publication (Gifford, "Proceedings") undated
Volume 1: Tortoises; Tortoises and People undated
Volume 2: People, not Tortoises undated
Volume 3: Fauna and Flora
Volume 4: Ship and Crew, Mexico undated
Photographic negatives undated
Galapagos, nitrate negatives [in freezer] undated
Galapagos, glass plate negatives undated
South Seas, 5" by 7" glass plate negatives undated
South Seas, 2 1/2" by 3" glass plate negatives
South America, glass negatives undated
Beck's farm, glass negatives
Galapagos, safety film negatives, plus ten 5" by 7" nitrate negatives and five 3" by 4" negatives to be tested
South Seas, safety film negatives [sNegatives] undated
Not South Seas, safety film negatives [sNegatives] undated
Lantern slides undated
Lantern slides undated
Lantern slides undated
Lantern slides undated
Lantern slides in old slide carrier box undated
Alaska, photographic prints 1911, 1919
South America and Caribbean (Brewster-Sanford Expedition) prints 1912-1917
Fiji, no captions
Fiji; captions undated
Tuamotus, with captions 1922
Marquesas, with captions 1923
Tubuai and Austral, with captions 1921
Unknown, a few with captions undated
Samoa, a few with captions 1924
Tonga, a few with captions 1925
Societies/Tahiti, with captions 1923
S.V. France, some with captions undated
New Zealand, some with captions 1925-1926
Papua New Guinea 1, with captions 1928-1929
Papua New Guinea 2, with captions 1928-1929
Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon; a few with captions 1927
Solomons, a few with captions 1927
Kiribati, a few with captions 1921 December
Bismarck Archipelago, a few with captions 1928
Ships, shipping, cargo
Houses, people and houses 1920-1929
Fauna 1920-1929
Flora 1920-1929
Portraits with one or two people 1920-1929
Group shots 1920-1929
Laundry 1920-1929
Market and toting 1920-1929
People at work 1920-1929
Ceremonies 1920-1929
Archery and hunting 1920-1929
Steamers/ocean liners 1920-1929
Schooners: France, Moana, Pro Patria, Hinano? 1920-1929
Europeans 1920-1929
Natives, mostly Tuamotus 1920-1929
Australia 1920-1929
Jose and Virginia Correia 1920-1929
Gardening 1920-1929
Fishing, collecting eggs 1920-1929
Village 1920-1929
Native and Western boats 1920-1929
Geography and scenery 1920-1929
Solomons 1929
Kiritimati, Vanuatu, Tonga 1920-1929
Samoa 1920-1929
Marquesas 1920-1929
Societies 1920-1929
Fiji 1920-1929
Papua New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago 1920-1929
New Zealand 1920-1929
Norfolk I. and Lord Howe I., Australia late May 1926
Family and non-expedition photographic prints
Family photos, corresponding to negatives in Box 35 undated
Photos taken in England, corresponding to negatives in Box 35 1929
Family and friends, greater Bay Area undated
Fruit farming undated
Live birds, probably Planada, CA undated`
California, not Bay Area undated
Massachusetts and Rhode Island 1898-1899
Not United States undated
Taxidermy, activity and products undated
Oversize prints undated
Galapagos, most mounted on hardboard and identified by G number undated
Farm pictures undated
Miscellaneous and unknown undated
Portraits of Rollo Beck undated
Albums 1 and 2
Albums 3 and 4
Albums 6 and 7