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Box 2

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Florence M. Marshall, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C., to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237345
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s sample box of surgical dressings; informs her that an inspection report has been sent to the division supervisor, who will issue Ruth’s instructor’s certificate.

Dates: 1917 October 4

Fred (F. C. Sisson), Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237346
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s note; discusses life in camp.

Dates: 1917 October 4

Brooklyn, New York, Ruth [Cragin?] to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 9

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237347
Scope and Contents

About her father’s death and consequences.

Dates: 1917 October 9

Lyman, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 10 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237348
Scope and Contents

Discusses the duties of his unit; hints that Lucile is pregnant; speculates he’ll be sent to France in February.

Dates: 1917 October 10 (postmark)

Adelaide McKee, Red Cross, Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237349
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s surgical dressings; informs her she’ll need to take “intensive training” before receiving an instructor’s card.

Dates: 1917 October 13

Paul, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 17 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237350
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s letter; mentions having a “wonderful vacation. . .[in] our canvas tents”.

Dates: 1917 October 17 (postmark)

Frank, [Apparently en route by train], Alabama, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237351
Scope and Contents

Expresses regrets for not getting to say goodbye before leaving yesterday; describes his duties on the train, heading to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; mentions her “foolish idea” about his crossing a street to avoid her.

Dates: 1917 October 26

Fred Sisson, Louisville, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1917 October 31

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237352
Scope and Contents

Mentions receiving a letter from Lyman, saying he likes it fine at Rock Island; asks permission to call on her when he gets a pass to go home.

Dates: 1917 October 31

Mother to Ruth, 1917 November 8-9

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237353
Scope and Contents

Speculates that Ruth’s train was late arriving in Boston; hopes all is well in Marblehead.

Dates: 1917 November 8-9

[Unidentified], Chattanooga, to Mrs. Thompson, 1917 November 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237354
Scope and Contents

Mentions Lucile’s arrival at noon, with news that Lyman probably will leave the 15th and sail from Hoboken on the 18th, expecting to return in a couple of months.

Dates: 1917 November 13

Mother to Ruth, circa 1917 December 11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237355
Scope and Contents

Mentions cold weather, planning a Xmas party, and her YWCA duties for the war effort.

Dates: circa 1917 December 11

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1917 December 14 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237356
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving only the letter Ruth wrote on the train.

Dates: 1917 December 14 (postmark)

Mother, Washington, D.C., to Ruth, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1917 December 23 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237357
Scope and Contents

Writes from the train about being late arriving in Washington, and having sent a package to Ruth. [postcard]

Dates: 1917 December 23 (postmark)

Mother to Ruth, 1917 December 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237358
Scope and Contents

Assumes that Ruth will go to Esther’s tomorrow; describes Lyman and Lucile’s quarters in Washington, and her [Mother’s] Xmas with Harold, Suzanne, Lyman and Lucile.

Dates: 1917 December 25

John, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1917 December 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237359
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s note; expresses regrets that Ruth won’t be there for his wedding.

Dates: 1917 December 28

Mother, Washington, D.C., to Ruth, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1917 December 29 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237360
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s letter describing her “lovely Xmas” and plans to visit Esther Jones and Adelaide; mentions plans for Ruth’s stay in Washington; encloses a note from Suzanne.

Dates: 1917 December 29 (postmark)

Mother, Washington, D.C., to Ruth, Poughkeepsie, New York, but forwarded to New Haven, Connecticut, 1918 January 5 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237361
Scope and Contents

There are two letters in the envelope.  (1) Describes activities in Washington.  (2) Informs Ruth that, about two weeks after she arrives in Washington, they will return home [to Indianapolis].

Dates: 1918 January 5 (postmark)

Edward C. Helwig, New Albany, Indiana, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id237362
Scope and Contents

[On stationery of the U.S. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, Louisville, Kentucky] Affirms that he is enclosing a letter of introduction to Dr. H. E. Barnard, in hopes that she might secure a position in his department.

Dates: 2015-07-15T00:00:00.000

Letters, 1917 October-1918 July

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Identifier: id233906
Scope and Contents October 18-22 Ruth visits her brother Lyman at Camp Taylor, near Louisville, shortly before he is transferred to Rock Island, IL. In November he is ordered to Washington, a move Harold has been working for.October Having told Ruth he doesn’t think they should marry during wartime, Frank Richards enlists and leaves for camp in Hattiesburg, MS.November Ruth complains about fatigue and nerves, spends time in bed with a ‘cold on [her] lungs’, and suffers a sprained...
Dates: 1917 October-1918 July