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Box 2

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Alexander, Wyoming, Ohio, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1905 September 3

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237150
Scope and Contents

Describes his trip home and their relationship at [camp].

Dates: 1905 September 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Alexander (A. W. Walton), Wyoming, Ohio, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1905 September 15

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237152
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s letter, and expresses his wish to go to Camp Maxinkuckee next year if Ruth will be there.

Dates: 1905 September 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1907 August 13 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237153
Scope and Contents The envelope contains three letters and a folded note.  (1) Mentions Mr. Ott reading to Papa, her [Mother] going to church with Grandfather, and the boys being gone all day.  (2) “So you fell out of a wagon”.  (3) Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s letter telling of the “Cramps”; mentions Harold’s attraction to Susanne, and possibly having to buy a horse, if the auto is sold; “don’t get crazy about boys, for they are not worth being crazy about”.  (Note) “Papa has a secret to tell you when you...
Dates: 1907 August 13 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1907 August 26 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237155
Scope and Contents

Describes taking Papa out on the porch, reading to him, and putting him to bed.

Dates: 1907 August 26 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Elmer Victor[?],Crawfordsville, Arkansas, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1907 August 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237156
Scope and Contents

“Esteemed friend Ruth”; expresses hope that Ruth will continue to correspond with him; mentions having spent five enjoyable days with her on a boat.

Dates: 1907 August 30
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

[Unidentified], Oak Park, Illinois, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1907 October 22

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237158
Scope and Contents

Mentions losing sleep over a Chinese puzzle; teases Ruth about learning to write and forgetting her heathen customs.

Dates: 1907 October 22
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Howard Sweeten, Centralia, Illinois, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1907 October 29

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237159
Scope and Contents

“My dear friend”; expresses pleasant memories of their trip last summer; mentions pictures he apparently was enclosing.

Dates: 1907 October 29
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana., 1908 July 22 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237160
Scope and Contents

Mentions Ruth’s departure yesterday, and Harold’s helping with Papa.

Dates: 1908 July 22 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1908 July 23 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237161
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s first note. [postcard]

Dates: 1908 July 23 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1908 July 25 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237162
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s second letter. [postcard]

Dates: 1908 July 25 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1908 July 27 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237163
Scope and Contents

Mentions a horse Ruth had.

Dates: 1908 July 27 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1908 July 30 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237164
Scope and Contents

Describes Lyman singing in a show, and automobile rides with Papa. [postcard]

Dates: 1908 July 30 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Wawasee Lake, Indiana, 1908 August 1 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237165
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges that Ruth is at Wawasee Lake with the Montgomerys for two weeks.

Dates: 1908 August 1 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Henry Hobbs, Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1908 September 28 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237166
Scope and Contents

Mentions studying hard and hearing “his fatness speak” at a Republican rally.

Dates: 1908 September 28 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Lyman, LaFayette, Indiana, to “Dear Kid”, 1908 December 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id237167
Scope and Contents

Informs Ruth of an invitation to an Omega Xi dance on New Year’s night; describes school work.

Dates: 1908 December 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Letters, 1905-1908

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id233711
Scope and Contents 1891 August 4 Ruth Elizabeth Thompson is born to Elizabeth Hubbard Thompson and Evert M. Thompson, with older brothers Harold and Lyman. By 1905 the family is residing in a house on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis.1905 April Ruth begins keeping a ‘memory book’, while attending Tudor Hall School for Girls in Indianapolis. August Ruth goes to camp at Lake Maxinkuckee in Indiana.1907 June/July Ruth visits relatives in Cincinnati and Paducah. August Ruth...
Dates: 1905-1908
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916