Walking George: The Life of George John Beto and the Rise of the Modern Texas Prison System

Appendix B. The Writings of George John Beto

WRITINGS OF GEORGE JOHN BETO LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY CHI= Concordia Historical Institute BFA= Beto Family Archives SHSU= Beto Collection, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University CSA= Concordia Seminary Archives, Fort Wayne, Indiana Letter to the editor, Lena Weekly Star, August 1931, BFA. “Circular Letter #1” to a group of his close friends from the St. Louis Seminary, undated, circa fall 1939, BFA. “Circular Letter #2” to a group of his close friends from the St. Louis Seminary, undated, circa fall 1939, BFA. Letter to Hartwig Schwehn, October 22, 1939, BFA. “Circular Letter #3” to a group of his close friends from the St. Louis Seminary, January 26, 1940, BFA. “The Marburg Colloquy of 1529: A Textual Study.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1944. Published in Concordia Theological Monthly (February 1945). “Personal and Professional Qualifications of the Housemaster: An Introductory Study.” Lutheran Education 83, no. 6 (February 1948), 361–64. A statement of Beto’s philosophy concerning caring for the spiritual and physical needs of boys in boarding schools. 199 AppendixB Portals of Prayer: No. 104. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1951. A compilation of daily devotions by numerous Lutherans , including the following by Beto: “Receive the Word” (p. 9); “Simple Language” (p. 10); “Perfect Love” (p. 11); “Pray Persistently” (p. 12); “With the Lord in Glory” (p. 13); “We Cannot Come Down” (p. 14); “The Truth that Frees” (p. 15); and “Morning Prayer” and “Evening Prayer” (p. 56). “Lutheran Concordia College.” The Handbook of Texas 2. Walter Prescott Webb, ed. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1952. “New Senior College.” The Lutheran Witness 71, no. 4 (February 19, 1952), 10. Report on the work of the Synodical Convention with respect to establishing a Lutheran senior college in Chicago. “Send Them Away, Lord!” The Lutheran Witness 71, no. 6 (March 18, 1952), 8. Editorial on the pressing need to expand and reorganize Lutheran colleges and seminaries in order to meet the demand for filling vacancies in the overseas missionary program. “The Future of the Christian Day School.” Lutheran Education 89, no. 3 (November, 1953), 125–31. Text on his commencement address delivered at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska, June 1953. Portals of Prayer: No. 120 (St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1953), 38–54. A booklet of daily devotions. Letter to Alfred O. Fuerbringer (President, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis), June 3, 1954, SHSU. “Arguments Found in the Literature for the Continued Existence of the Protestant Church-Related Liberal Arts College.” Ph.D. diss., University of Texas, 1955. “Changing Times and the World of Teaching.” Lutheran Education 19, no. 3 (November, 1955), 147–48. Letter to Allan Shivers (Governor of Texas), May 14, 1956, CHI. Letter to Oscar Byron Ellis, October 15, 1959, SHSU. Letter to Walter Wolbrecht, April 19, 1960, CSA. Letter to the French Embassy, Washington, D.C., May 16, 1960, CHI. 200 W A L K I N G G E O R G E Letter to H. H. Coffield, May 16, 1960, SHSU. “Memo Book, 6 July–10 August 1960,” BFA. “Eating High on the Hog.” Austin American Statesman, July 26, 1960, 9. A report on his inspections of prisons in West Germany. “Churches in Europe Appear no Longer a Vibrant Force. Austin American Statesman, August 14, 1960. Final report on his inspection of European prisons. “What Makes Education Christian?” Lutheran Education 96, no. 1 (September 1960), 5–14. Letter to Gilbert W. Hermes, February 23, 1961, CHI. Letter to Eugene McElvaney, February 24, 1961, CHI Letter to O. B. Ellis, March 24, 1961, SHSU. Letter to Eugene McElvaney, May 5, 1961, SHSU. Letter to Joseph Ragen, May 9, 1961, SHSU. Letters to C. N. Avery, Jr., June 21 and October 18, 1961, CHI. Letter to Wallace C. Thompson, August 2, 1961, SHSU. Letter to Mrs. O. B. Ellis, November 15, 1961, SHSU. “The Faculty Views the Field,” undated manuscript, CHI. The Faculty Views the Field. St. Louis: Missouri Synod, 1961. Letter to Austin MacCormick, December 6, 1961, SHSU. Letter to William Steffen, December 11, 1961, SHSU. Letter to H. H. Coffield, December 12, 1961, SHSU. Letter to Merton Lundquist, February 13, 1962, SHSU. Letter to Dr. Carl Rosenquist (Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin), February 19, 1962, SHSU. Letter to W. F. Wolbrecht, July 11, 1962, SHSU. Report and Recommendations of the Illinois Youth Commission. Springfield, IL: Governor’s Survey Committee, 1962. Letter to O. B. Ellis, August 15, 1962, SHSU. Letter to...