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Shubert Murat Theatre / Tuesday Evening, April Twenty-First / Nineteen hundred fourteen / Mme. Luisa Tetrazzini.

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Tudor Hall / School for Girls / Wednesday Evening, June the Third / Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen / Tabernacle Church / Indianapolis.

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Week of September 14, 1914 / Oliver Morosco Presents / An Hawaiian Play / “The Bird of Paradise” / By Richard Walton Tully.

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Indianapolis Maennerchor / Donnerstag Abend, den 31, December, 1914.

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The Boys’ Club Association / of Indianapolis / Presents Its / Annual Benefit Performance / “Secret Service” / A Drama in Four Acts / By William Gillette / Murat Theatre / Monday Evening, March the first / nineteen hundred and fifteen.

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The Little Theatre Society of Indiana / Program / for the / Fourth Production / to be performed on / January 28, 29, and / February 4, 5, 11 and 12, 1916 / at the / John Herron Art Institute.

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St. Paul’s Church . . . / Good Friday / and Easter-Day, 1916.

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The Ben Greet / Woodland Players . . . / Butler College Campus / June 8, 9 and 10 / 1916.

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Ye Old Time Melodies Concert / Murat Theatre, Wednesday December 13th, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen.

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The Indianapolis Orchestra . . .  / Sunday Afternoon, January 14, 1917.

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Murat Theatre Indianapolis / Thursday, January 25th, 1917.

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The Little Theatre Society of Indiana / Sixth Production / Tuesday, April Tenth / Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen / Masonic Temple.

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English’s Opera House / Starting / Sunday, April 22 [1917] . . . / Geraldine Farrar / In a Photoplay in Two Parts / By Jeanie MacPherson / Based on the Life of Joan of Arc.

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College of Musical Arts . . . / Given by Pupils / of / The Department of Expression . . . / College Hall / Saturday Evening, May Nineteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen.

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Evenings of Aug. 22, and 23, 1917. Penciled on back:  Black Related Vaudeville, Indianapolis.

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Under the Auspices of / The Home Circle / of / Company K, 334th Regiment.  [October 27, 1917?] Ruth and her mother are listed under Officers of Club.

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The Little Theatre Society of Indiana / at Masonic Temple, Indianapolis, on / Wednesday Night, November 7, 1917 / The Drawing of the Sword / A Pageant of the Present / By Thomas Wood Stevens. 2 copies. Ruth is listed as a member of the cast. Attached to the second copy: An invitation to a reception and dance given by The Ninth Fort Benjamin Harrison Training Company, November 10, 1917, at the Company Barracks.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diaries, scrapbooks, and letters, circa 1905-1919, of Ruth Thompson of Indianapolis, Indiana. Includes scrapbooks and diaries of Thompson's time at the Bradford Academy, a women's boarding school in Haverhill, Massachusetts. There are also diaries from after Thompson's graduation, when she returned to Indianapolis. These include entries about World War I, including newspaper clippings of people from her area who were drafted. Finally, there are letters written to Thompson by various...