Rehling, Elizabeth Beck, 1916-2008

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 1 book, Goop Tales (by Gelett Burgess), which is a collection of children’s poems and short stories on good manners and proper etiquette. Burgess’ is credited for adding such words as blurb, bromide, and goop into the English language. The book was given by Katharine Wright to Elizabeth Rehling (nee Beck) upon her birth in 1916. It is inscribed for Betty Beck from Aunt Katharine. Elizabeth is the daughter of Agnes Beck a friend of Katharine Wright. Orville, Wilbur,...

Abstract

The Elizabeth Beck Rehling Papers consist of correspondence, research notes, and photographs related to her research on the relationship between her mother, Agnes Osborn Beck and Katharine Wright, sister of the Wright Brothers. It also includes her unpublished manuscript, The Third Wright Brother, about Katharine Wright, based on her memories as told to her by her mother Agnes and her own research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Series I: Personal Papers contains a small amount of correspondence and research notes about the Wright Brothers and Katharine Wright. One item of significance is a handwritten invitation from Katharine Wright to Louise Osborn inviting her to a party at Hawthorne St. in 1899. There is also a Christmas card that was sent to Mrs. Beck (Agnes Osborn Beck) with a personal note from journalist Anne O’Hare McCormick discussing the fountain that Harry Haskell plans to build at Oberlin in...