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In the 1920 U.S. census, 9 yr. old Robert Eckles, b. in NE., was living at 702 Iowa Av. in York City Ward 1, York, NW. with his
45 yr. old father, Warren F. Eckles, an optician in general practice, b. in IL.
43 yr. old mother, Dora Eckles, b. in KS.
Warren's father was b. in PA. and his mother in IL.
Dora's father was b. in OH. and her mother in KY.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 7, Col. 6
The., May 26, 1927
Excerpt from: York
YORK, Neb., May 26 - On Sunday morning...
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In the 1920 U.S. census, 9 yr. old Robert Eckles, b. in NE., was living at 702 Iowa Av. in York City Ward 1, York, NW. with his
45 yr. old father, Warren F. Eckles, an optician in general practice, b. in IL.
43 yr. old mother, Dora Eckles, b. in KS.
Warren's father was b. in PA. and his mother in IL.
Dora's father was b. in OH. and her mother in KY.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 7, Col. 6
The., May 26, 1927
Excerpt from: York
YORK, Neb., May 26 - On Sunday morning members of the Grand Army will attend memorial exercises at Benedict, by invitation. The annual service for York will be held in the afternoon at the United Brethren church.
Rev. C. L. Young, pastor of the church will deliver the address. Members of Robert Anderson Post G.A.R., the W.R.C. Spanish war veterans, Sons and Daughters of Veterans, world war veterans auxiliary and all other patriotic organizations will participate. On Monday exercises will be held at the York opera house. John Lett, commander of Robert Anderson Post, G.A,.R. will be in charge and the 134th regiment band will furnish music, Robert Eckles, high school student will give the Gettysburg address and other patriotic numbers will be given.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 3, Col. 3
Thu., Sep. 6, 1928
THREE GO EAST TO SCHOOL
YORK, Neb., Sept. 6 - Three boys from the graduating class of York high school who completed the work in June are going east to school this year. Lynn Eilsworth will study pipe organ at the music college of Northwestern university; Price Heusner won a scholarship at Strathmore college, near Philadelphia; and Robert Eckles will enter Harvard preparatory school at Hartford, Conn.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 10, Col. 3
Mon., Apr. 15, 1929
MAKES HARVARD SQUAD
YORK, Neb. - Robert Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles, who is the first York high school student to enter Harvard, has been chosen one of the three students in the freshman class to debate with Princeton.
The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, NE.), P. 10, Col. 2
Mon., Dec. 9, 1929
Item from: NEBRASKA NEWS
York - Robert Eckles, freshman at Harvard, member of the varsity debate team, will spend the holidays here with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles. Mr. Eckles, first York high school graduate to enter Harvard, will appear in the Miracle Players at the Harvard museum Dec. 17.
In the 1930 U.S. census, 19 yr. old Robert B. Eckles, b. in NE., was living in a home his parents owned, valued at $10,000 at 702 Iowa Av. in York City Ward 1, York, NE. with his
54 yr. old father, Warren F. Eckles, an Eye, Ear, Nose, etc. Specialist, b. in IL.
53 yr. old mother, Dora B. Eckles, an Authoress of Short Stories, b. in KS.
Warren's parents were both b. in IL.
Dora's father was b. in OH. and her mother in KY.
Warren was 24 yrs. old and Dora was 23 when they married.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 18, Col. 2
Wed., Apr. 30, 1930
NEW HONOR FOR ECKLES
York Boy Wins Medal at Harvard
YORK - Robert Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles, and sophomore at Harvard university, won the pasteur medal recently. The medal was made possible by the French scientist for the student winning in extemporaneous debate on French history. The subject of debate is assigned after students reach the hall. This year the subject was “The Disarmament Conference in Connection with French History.”
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 8, Col. 7
Sat., Sep. 6, 1930
SAILS FOR AMERICA
YORK - Robert Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles, sailed Friday from a French port for New York. He has spent the past four months touring Europe. After a brief visit with friends in the south he will resume his studies at Harvard and will return to New York later in the year.
The Harvard Crimson
ECKLES WILL HEAD DEBATING COUNCIL
May 15, 1931
Robert Bower Eckles '32, of York, Nebraska, was elected president of the Harvard Debating Council at the annual election of officers in the Faculty Room of the Harvard Union last night. Philip Henry Cohen '32, of Fort Hancock, New, Jersey, was selected vice-president; and George Frederick Oest '33, of Omaha, Nebraska was chosen secretary. These men succeed P.C. Reardon '32, A.B. Rood '32, and F.C. Flechter '32, who served in the same respective capacities last year. All three of the new officers are active in other undergraduate organizations, Eckles also being a member of the Harvard Dramatic Club and the organizer and head of the Freshman Debating Council in his first year.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 4, Col. 1
Mon., Jun. 22, 1931
YORK BOY IS HONORED
Robert Eckles Debate President at Harvard
YORK - Robert Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles of York, and a student at Harvard, has been elected president of the Harvard debate club. Mr. Eckles, now a junior, was selected as a member of the debate team during his first year at Harvard. For the past two years he has been a member of the regular team. During the summer, which he is spending here, he is teaching modern history at York college.
From a letter Robert Eckles wrote home to his parents:
Friday
Dear family,
You wonder why I have put off writing to you for so long. Now, I shall tell you, it’s because of a grand surprise and all that sort of thing.
My surprise is this, I have become a member of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. That means that it is one of the greatest honors that a man can have while in Harvard. It is the club to which all the famous people of all sorts have come for years. It is supposed to admit only those persons who, either for activities in college, or for some special qualification, are above average and are otherwise of the elect, have done something. It is quite an honor. For example, all the “big shots” or most of them, are in it. Now how did I get in it?
I wrote music. Of all things, I actually did compose some stuff that they liked and accepted. As a result, I am taken in and will have a part in the show that they are putting on. It will be grand, because we get trips to New York and Northampton. You didn’t know that you had a little musician in your home. Well I didn’t either. Of course, somebody had to put the music down on paper, but I made up the melody myself.
I have at last realized my ambition - I have become one of the select, without losing any of my democratic ideals, and have done something to distinguish myself. If you don’t believe that you should be quite proud of me, you just ask anyone who knows anything about the hasty Pudding. It really is the first thing I have done here that deserves congratulation.
My thesis is finished today. I have about 22,800 words. I ought to have 24,000 words when I am through. After that I have to write my preface, prepare a critical bibliography, and arrange a long appendix of documents. But the worst is over, thank God! My tutor says that the part he has read is excellent if a bit stiff and detailed.
You have asked about my courses. I am taking only two this half year. That is in order to give me time to write my thesis and prepare for divisional. I shall have plenty of time, if the Pudding show doesn’t interfere, to do my work and review.
Mary is very happy over my getting in the Pudding. The more I see of her the more I am convinced that Mother had better be ready to be nice to her future daughter-in-law. Of course, that is all in the dim future, but I am getting to the place where I don’t mind having her around.
Tonight we have a dance at the club. I wish that you could drop in on it. The Kennedys and the Russells are going to chaperone it. I am having dinner with them before it.
I drew a check on Dad to pay for my initiation and part of my month’s bills. I may have to draw another one. The initiation fee was $40.00. By the way, if Dad wants to tell people about this, he can. Only please don’t let it get in any papers, as joining a club like this is not the sort of thing one prints. But it is worth talking about.
I love you, and all the more since I have found that I have a little music in me.
Goomby for now,
Bob
The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, NE.), P. 12, Col. 4
Sun., Jun. 19, 1932
GRADUATES AT HARVARD
Robert Eckles of York an Honor Student
YORK - Robert B. Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. Warren F. Eckles, will graduate June 25 from Harvard university with magna cum laude honors. He has been a member of the Harvard debating team for four years, the past two years as its president. He was instrumental in putting over the first international college debate over the radio, when Harvard debated Oxford college last November.
He is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and has been recently made a member of the Hasty Pudding club of Harvard. He is the first graduate of York high school to enter Harvard and is one of six Nebraska boys now attending that institution. Dr. and Mrs. Eckles have gone east to attend the exercises.
The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 6, Col. 5
Thu., Jun. 23, 1932
YORK STUDENT AT HARVARD HONORED
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 23 - Robert Bower Eckles of York, Neb., was named the winner of the Endicott Peabody Saltonstall prize for the outstanding senior entering the Harvard law school today.
Master’s Lodgings, Eliot House, Cambridge, MA.
Jun. 24, 1932
Dear Eckles,
A thousand congratulations on your splendid Magna! Eliot as well as Harvard is very proud of you. Please be sure that you will always have the warmest of welcomes whenever you come back here.
Yours sincerely,
R. B. Merriman
University Gazette (Harvard), Jun. 25, 1932
The Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize
The Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize of $250, “awarded by the Deans of Harvard College and the Harvard law School to that Senior in Harvard College proposing to enter the Harvard Law School who shall be considered to be best fated, by intellect, character, and physique, to be influenced by Saltonstall’s example and in turn to influence others,” has been awarded to Robert Bower Eckles of York, Nebr., Class of 1932.
The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, NE.), P. 18, Col. 5
Sun., Aug. 20, 1933
Item from: York
Robert Eckles, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Eckles, left Friday for New York City where he sailed August 15 for England. He will spend two years in Oxford university working for a Ph. D. in history.
The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, NE.), P. 18, Col. 3
Sun., Sep. 2, 1934
Item from: York
Mrs. Dora B. Eckles and Miss Helen Pfeffer motored to Lincoln where they met Mrs. Eckles’ son, Robert Eckles, returning from Oxford, England, where he attended Queen’s college.
Robert Bower Eckles and Rachel Burhans Miller were married at Old Christ Church in Cambridge, MA. on Dec. 14, 1935.
At the time of their marriage, Rachel was teaching at the Bishop Lee Dramatic School in Boston, MA.
The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 16, Col. 2
Sun., Dec. 22, 1935
Miller-Eckles
The marriage of Miss Rachel Burhans Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Miller of Hagerstown, Md., and Boston, Mass., to Robert Eckles of Cambridge, Mass., son of Dr. Dora B. Eckles of York, and the late Dr. Warren F. Eckles, took place Dec. 14 in First Christ’s Congregational church in Cambridge, Mass., with Rev. Leslie Glenn officiating in the presence of relatives and close friends. The bride was given in marriage by her mother, and was attended by Miss Mary Halowell of Boston. Richard Miller of Detroit served as best man.
The bride is a graduate of Bishop Lee school of Boston. Mr. Eckles was graduated magna cum laude from Harvard where he was a member of the debating club, Hasty Pudding club (performing arts and and an advocate for satire and discourse as tools for change worldwide) and Fifty-four club. He has studied one year at Oxford, England and is now working for his Ph. D. degree. After Jan. 1, the couple will reside in Cambridge, Mass.
According to the ship's manifest for the S.S. Europa, 27 yr. old Robert Bower Eckles, b. Apr. 11, 1910 in York, NE. and 27 yr. old Rachel Burhans M. Eckles, b. Sep. 7, 1910 in Hagerstown, MD., were sailing from Southampton, England on Nov. 27, 1937, arriving at the Port of NYC on Nov. 25, 1937. Their home address was 702 Iowa Av. in York, NE.
In 1938, Robert earned his Doctorate in Philosophy from Harvard.
In August, 1938, Rachel was visiting her parents in Hagerstown, MD. In a few weeks, she was to join her husband, Robert Eckles, in Columbia, Boone, MO., to make their future home. Robert was to be a faculty member of the Stevens College in that city.
The Lincoln Evening Journal, P. 5
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tues., Sep. 6, 1938
Robert Eckles, son of Mrs. W. F. Eckles of York, will be head of the department of English history at Stephens college, Columbia, Mo., this fall. Mr. Eckles has a Ph. D. from Harvard. He taught this summer in Culver military school.
According to the Hagerstown Herald, Hagerstown, MD., Robert was teaching at Kent University, Kent, OH. Rachel, who was living in Columbia, MO., went to vacation with her parents.
In the Apr. 25, 1940 U.S. census, 30 yr. old Robert B. Eckles, a history teacher at a Jr. College, b. in NE., was living in a rented home at 114 West Wood in Columbia, Boone, MO. with his
29 yr. old wife, Rashel (Rachel) M. (Miller) Eckles, b. in MD.
In 1935, Rachel was living in Boston, MA. and Robert was living in Cambridge, MA.
Robert had completed 5 years of college, and Rachel had finished her 3rd year of college.
Robert worked 20 hours in the week prior to the census and 52 weeks in 1939. His income was listed as $2500.
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE.), P. 5, Col. 5
Mon., Dec. 15, 1941
Dr. Robert Eckles gets honorary listing
YORK, Neb. - Dr. Robert Eckles, son of Mr. W. F. Eckles, of York, and teacher of history in Ohio university, is listed in the Carnegie Foundation of Learned Societies. On Dec. 30, Dr. Eckles will speak before the National Historical society.
The Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Sun., Oct. 19, 1947
Nebraskan to Speak
YORK, Neb. - Dr. Robert V. (B.) Eckles is the son of Mrs. Dora (Eckles). (A professor of) European history at Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind., (he) has been invited to give the opening address for the English department of the national Historical society’s annual meeting in Cleveland at Christmas time. Dr. Eckles is the son of Mrs. Doda (Dora) B. Eckles, York.
On Jun. 11, 1955, Rachel's mother, Viola Miller, died of a heart attack at Robert and Rachel Eckles' home in West Lafayette, IN.
The Odessa American (Odessa, TX.), P. 7, Col. 1 & 2
The., Jun. 1, 1961
Air Conditioning May Boost U.S. Demand For Natural gas
HOUSTON - An economist said Thursday air-conditioning may set off another boom in demand for natural gas.
Robert B. Eckles at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., said the growth rate of the natural gas market has slowed considerably.
He told the regulatory practices committee of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission statistics point toward a saturation of large utility markets.
He said increased industrial sales and new markets developed by technology could reverse the growth rate’s downward trend.
“An area where a technological revolution either is here or about to be announced is in the field of air conditioning,” he said.
“When the industry can announce that at reasonable costs for installation or for furnace modification an inexpensive air conditioner can become part of the average American’s heating plant a true revolution will take place.”
(There are another 4 paragraphs to this article.)
The Tomahawk of Alpha Sigma Phi, Vol. LX. No. 3, P. 1
May, 1963
New province Chiefs Named (see photo to right)
Provinces Five, Ten and Eighteen have new leaders. Appointment of new Province Chiefs in these areas has resulted from Brother Coccia moving to Europe, Brother Sandercox resigning from office because of additional responsibilities, and the establishment of Arizona as a new province.
The new province chiefs already have assumed their duties of helping chapters, visiting them at least once a year, and between sessions of the biennial Convention, holding conclaves which include one or more provinces.
Robert Bower Eckles, Harvard ’30, new chief of Province Five, will have chapters at Purdue, Illinois, Illinois Tech and Milton College under his jurisdiction.
He received his Ph. D. from Harvard and studied at Oxford. An author, he also is active in historical associations, currently serving as chairman of the Committee on Documentary Reproduction of the America Historical Association.
Brother Eckles, associate professor of history at Purdue, served as Alpha Pi’s Grand Chapter Advisor and, as one of his first jobs as province chief, held a conclave for his chapters at Chicago. He, his wife and their two children live at 235 Littleton, West Lafayette, Indiana.
The Journal and Courier, LaFayette, IN.
(See accompanying photo)
OFFICIAL CEREMONIES - Prof. R. B. Eckles of the Purdue department of history, government and philosophy presides at christening ceremonies for the shell named in his honor. Professor Eckles is advisor for the Purdue Crew Club. Left to right with Professor Eckles are crew captains Jerry Divine, Lindenwood, Ind., lightweights; Robert Schaeffer, McKeesport, Pa., junior varsity, and David Kissel, Haubstadt, Ind., heavyweights. The eight-man shell, a gift of Purdue alumni and friends, is valued at approximately $3,000. In a race dedicating the new shell and the new 2,000-meter course on the Wabash River the heavyweight varsity crew beat the freshman crew in 5:21.7 for the approximately one-and-a-quarter miles course.
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, TX.), P. 60, Col. 6
Sun., May 11, 1969
Excerpt from: Annual Industry Seminar Slated
STILLWATER, Okla. - Business, government and education leaders will participate in Oklahoma State University’s annual gas industry seminar here today through Tuesday.
The seminar, fourth in a series, has become one of the exchange of views on natural gas issues. “To a More Rational Area Pricing System” will be this year’s theme.
After registration and a reception today the sessions will open at 9 a.m. Monday.
A welcoming address will be given by OSU President Robert B. Kamm. An introduction to the seminar will be given by Dr. Clayton Millington, director for Business Extension at OSU.
“History and Development of an Idea - Area Pricing” will be discussed by Dr. Robert B. Eckles, professor at Purdue University. (There are 7 more paragraphs to this article).
Robert and Rachel divorced and Robert married 2nd, Mrs. Anne Ammerman on Sat., Aug. 12, 1972.
According to Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015,
Robert Bower Eckles and Anne Nell Ammerman took out a license on Aug. 9, 1972 in Nueces, TX. to marry. Their marriage was recorded on Aug. 12, 1972 in Nueces, TX.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, P. 50
Corpus Christi, Texas
Sun., Aug. 13, 1972
Eccles - Ammerman
Mrs. Anne Ammerman, 3100 Santa Fe, and Robert Bower Eckles of West Lafayette, Ind., were married Saturday afternoon in Parkway Presbyterian Church.
The bride, the daughter of John Alexander of San Angelo, is a teacher at Ray High School. The groom is a graduate professor of history at Purdue University.
They will leave for England next month where they plan to do research at the British Museum for a social history of 19th century England. They also plan to travel throughout Europe and will live in West Lafayette when they return in December.
The bride received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A & I University and received master’s degrees from the university of Colorado and Purdue University. The groom received a bachelor’s degree and a Ph. D. from Harvard University.
The Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, IN.), P. 18, Col. 2
Thu., May 15, 1975
Item from IU-Kokomo library lists new book arrivals
THE DEAN, by Robert B. Eckles, a biography of Andrey A. Potter, who served 33 years as dean of the Schools of Engineering at Purdue.
Tipton County Tribune (Tipton, IN.), P. 3, Col. 2
Mon., Jul. 23, 1979
Excerpt from: Purdue Pharmacy School has come a long, long way
In “Purdue Pharmacy: The First Century,” Robert B. Eckles, professor emeritus of history, chronicles the rise to prominence of what is now the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, whose graduates include nearly 20 per cent of the deans of the country’s pharmacy schools.
From the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections:
Robert "Bob" Bower Eckles was born on April 11, 1910 in York, Nebraska. He graduated from Harvard University in 1932, attended Queen's College for a year, and returned to Harvard university for his Ph.D in history in 1938. He worked at Stephens Junior College in Columba, Missouri, Culver Military Academy in Indiana, Kent State University in Ohio before accepting a faculty appointment at Purdue University in 1945.
At Purdue he taught Western Civilization Courses, trained eight master's level students, and served as the faculty sponsor for the Purdue Crew. He published several articles, a textbook, and "The Dean: A Biography of A.A. Potter" as well served as a Fellow in the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain and a chair member of the American Historical Association's Committee on Microfilming. He took a three year leave of absence from Purdue University to direct the Indiana Historical Society's Natural History Gas Project. He later became the president of the American Microform Academy in Boston, became the co-founder of the Midwest Conference on British History, and served as executive secretary and chair of the Advisory Committee on the Franklin J. Matchette Foundation.
His family consisted of his wife, Anne Alexander Eckles, his daughters, Alison E. Gereneser and Sarah E. Hunter, his stepdaughters Sylvia W. Cutler and Suzanne W. Burg, and three grandchildren.
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