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Box 2

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Halleck G. Ranger, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 March 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237315
Scope and Contents

Enclosed are five small photos.

Dates: 1916 March 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Frank Richards, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 March 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237316
Scope and Contents

Expresses hope that he and Lyman will be able to visit next week.

Dates: 1916 March 25
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Flat #9, 1916 April 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237317
Scope and Contents

Asks permission to call on her tomorrow.

Dates: 1916 April 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237318
Scope and Contents

Inquires about her safe arrival; “my ear still burns”.

Dates: 1916 June 16
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 18

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237319
Scope and Contents

“Dearest and Sweetest”; discusses a recent visit, and expresses his love and affection.

Dates: 1916 June 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 22

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237320
Scope and Contents

“My dear Rose”; doubts he should visit this Saturday; suggests he is “in process of being reasoned out of single life”. In the same envelope is apparently a draft of a letter Ruth wrote to Halleck in reply, suggesting they “quiet down” and be friends awhile, for his love has not yet aroused hers; “how in a muddle my poor thoughts do get– words can be such jesters and make the so seem not, and the not seem so.”

Dates: 1916 June 22
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Frank, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237321
Scope and Contents

Regrets not being able to visit Sunday, because he had sprained his back cranking his Ford.

Dates: 1916 June 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237322
Scope and Contents

“Beautiful Rose”; suggests it’s best that he not visit Saturday, because he’s caught a cold; mentions his financing, her reading circle, and pleasant memories of her.

Dates: 1916 June 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Thomas B. Lyons, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, circa 1916 June 23

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237323
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s letter, and regrets not being able to visit, because of business matters.

Dates: circa 1916 June 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 27

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237324
Scope and Contents

Asks permission to call on her next Saturday; “yours with a bow, a kiss, and a squeeze”.

Dates: 1916 June 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 June 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237325
Scope and Contents

Warns her that this might hurt her feelings; discusses girls’ idea of marriage, his sacrifices for her, her refusal to make love; declares that her friendship is sought, but not right away, and that time is needed to get over it all.

Dates: 1916 June 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 July 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237326
Scope and Contents

“Lover Mine”; “would that I were with [you] to brush away the tears”; “Dearest the first and last embrace gives me promise of the future joys with my guiding angel”. In the same envelope is apparently a draft of a letter Ruth wrote to Halleck in reply: “quick, dear H, before it hurts too much, let me go. It cannot be”; she writes that she hopes to see him before she leaves Monday for the North, when he must tell her she is right.

Dates: 1916 July 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Frank Richards, Detroit, Michigan, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 July 5

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237327
Scope and Contents

Mentions he is on vacation and will be home next Monday.

Dates: 1916 July 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Halleck, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brazil, Indiana, 1916 July 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237328
Scope and Contents

“My dear Sweetheart”; suggests they drop the matter of marriage and simply be dear friends, for there is no need to hurry. Inserted in the envelope apparently is Ruth’s list of her contacts with Halleck.

Dates: 1916 July 6
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Frank Richards, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Leland, Michigan, 1916 August 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237329
Scope and Contents

Mentions Ruth’s birthday the previous Friday; discusses his work in a lumber office.

Dates: 1916 August 6
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Nona, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Leland, Michgan, 1916 August 10 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id237330
Scope and Contents

Announces that her doctor won’t let her travel to Leland because she is three months pregnant.

Dates: 1916 August 10 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Letters, 1916

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id233903
Scope and Contents 1916 January Ruth undergoes a series of xrays.February 23 Halleck Ranger comes to call, their relationship grows, but Ruth ends it in July.March 16 Ruth and her mother move into an apartment for six months, while renting their house to neighbors whose house has burned down.March 21 Ruth goes to Brazil for a two-week stay with Harold and Suzanne.April Ruth joins the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants.June 15 - July...
Dates: 1916
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916