The John P. Beck papers contains materials related to Zolton Ferency's political campaigns in 1978 and 1982, Michigan Democratic Socialist Caucus, and the MSU Iranian Film Project. Also of note in the collection is a poster for a 1971 MSU Vietnam War protest rally, a 1973 conference program about MSU's involvement in foreign policy in the 1970s, and a booklet by the groups, The Daily Death Toll and Boston Area Clergy and Laity Concerned, about the Honeywell company's involvement in development and production of weapons systems and components.