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...

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Written by a Hoosier, after escaping from Californy [sic].

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From examination of plates, from talking to Dr. C’s assistant, and to Drs. [?] and E. D. Clark. Mentions sagging of colon, an incompetent valve, an inflammation, and the possibility of surgery.  Accompanying the memoranda is a sketch, perhaps anatomical, on an envelope.

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3 pages.

Scope and Contents Ruth travels back east over the holiday season to visit friends in Marblehead, New Haven, and Poughkeepsie. In January she joins her mother in Washington, DC, visiting her brothers and sisters-in-law and sightseeing. There is much war news; back in Indianapolis Ruth continues Red Cross work and attends parties for officers; her two brothers and Frank Richards are sent to Europe, though not to the front lines; Ruth goes to work for the sugar division of the government’s rationing...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents 1909 Jan 30-Feb 1 Ruth visits her brothers at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN.June 2 Ruth graduates from Tudor Hall School for Girls.July 19-23 Ruth and some friends visit another friend in Williamsport, IN.September The Thompson family moves into a flat on Talbot Avenue and rents out their house on North Meridian.October 16-17 Ruth visits her brothers at Purdue University.December 11-13 Ruth visits her friend Winona at...

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Letter from Suzanne, back in Indianapolis. 1912 March/April Ruth spends her spring vacation with friends in Winter Hill, MA.

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June 19 Ruth graduates from Bradford Academy, with her mother attending. Ruth visits friends and relatives in New England and New York City, before returning to Indianapolis in July.

Sept/Oct Ruth and her mother visit relatives in California.

December Ruth begins teaching a Sunday school class for young girls.

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1913 January/April Ruth gets medical treatments for an unnamed condition, experiences a nervous rave, and has tonsillitis.

June Ruth travels back east to visit friends and attend graduation and alumnae events at Bradford Academy.

Fall Ruth begins seeing Frank Richards, Fred Shafer, and John Darlington, in addition to other male friends.

1914 March 26 Ruth begins attending meetings of a Government Science club.

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June/July Ruth and some friends go to Winona Lake for a week of classes and lectures.

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July/Sept Ruth and her mother vacation at Lake Maxinkuckee.

Fall Ruth makes a little money by selling fruit jellies, handkerchiefs, and baskets.

Scope and Contents 1915 March 12-23 Ruth travels to Kansas City to visit her Bradford classmate Margaret ‘Peggy’ Holmes.March/June Ruth and her mother travel to California to visit relatives and attend the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.June 22-30 Ruth and her mother spend a week with Harold and Suzanne at their new home in Brazil, IN.August Ruth spends most of the month in bed recovering from bilious attacks.October 15 Ruth is...

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...

Scope and Contents 1917 March 28-30 Ruth attends a King’s Daughters convention in Terre Haute, IN.May 11 Preoccupied with war news, Ruth begins volunteering with the Red Cross.June 1-8 Ruth and her mother spend a week visiting relatives in Cincinnati, OH, and Greensburg, IN.June 9 Having rented out their house again, Ruth and her mother take a room in a home just outside Indianapolis, for four weeks.July 11 Ruth’s brother Lyman marries Lucille Thomas....

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...

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About a dozen writing assignments dated 1905 and 1908, with teachers’ marks and comments. I volume, 7 x 8½ inches, lined paper, two-hole punched, partially held together with string and ribbon.

Scope and Contents Some of Ruth’s friends enter responses to various inquiries: Name & address, Nicknames, Birthday, Age, Of what descent, General appearance, Color of eyes and hair, Candid opinion of yourself, Motto, Favorite expression, One ambition in life, Favorite sports, School you like best, College you like best, Frat or sorority you like best, Your best accomplishment, Latest fad, Ever had your fortune told?, What did they tell you?, Date you wrote in here.  The respondents are John Baker, Dorothy...

Scope and Contents This volume contains a variety of accounts and lists. Most entries are not dated, but the dates noted are in the period 1913-1916. There are lists of novelties made and sold, apparently by Ruth and her mother, with prices. Among the items are sachets, handkerchiefs, garter purses, and fruit jellies. Lists of materials purchased include costs, and some invoices are inserted. There is a list of guests invited to a dance hosted by Ruth and her brother Lyman on April 3, 1914. Other lists...

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Each small photograph is a portrait of one or two individuals, none of whom is identified. The photographs were divided between two cut-off envelopes.

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Four of Ruth’s report cards from the Tudor Hall School for Girls.The report cards record monthly attendance and grades for October through May. Mrs. E. M. Thompson signed the reports every month except May.

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...

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...

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...