Beckmann's papers are a fragmentary collection of biographical
information, correspondence, bylined articles, notes, research material
on women's right to keep their maiden name after marriage, engagement
calendars, and records of the Madison Affirmative Action Commission.
The collection is arranged in two groups: journalism papers and
Affirmative Action Commission records.
The correspondence contains letters from feminist lawyer Priscilla
MacDougall and an exchange with State Senator David G. Berger
concerning Beckmann's article “Alice Doesn't.” A copy of
this story is filed with a small group of bylined articles, all of
which are undated. The majority of the interview and research materials
also are undated.
Most significant in the collection is an incomplete set of agenda,
minutes, reports, and internal communications of the Madison
Affirmative Action Commission. In the event that a complete set of
commission records are received by the Society, these files will be
destroyed.
