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Box 2

 Container

Contains 257 Results:

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Bradford Academy, 1912 June 2 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: id237227
Scope and Contents

Writes that this will be about the last letter to Bradford; encloses Mrs. McMurray’s invitation [3 x 5 card]; suggests persons to receive commencement invitations; tells Ruth not to expect presents for her ”second graduation”.

Dates: 1912 June 2 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

George H. Grieb, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1913 January 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237254
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges receiving Ruth’s card; discusses pictures he will send her of a wreck they had seen.

Dates: 1913 January 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

George H. Grieb, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1913 January 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237255
Scope and Contents

Mentions sending the pictures in spite of not hearing from Ruth; more about the incident on the train to California.

Dates: 1913 January 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Leila, Oberlin, Ohio, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1913 April 27 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237256
Scope and Contents

Much about a dreadful flood.

Dates: 1913 April 27 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 June 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237257
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges what Ruth has written about her trip back east; mentions Lyman’s interest in Margaret. Date is noted on back of last page.

Dates: 1913 June 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 June 9

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237258
Scope and Contents

Mentions Ruth’s departure today, on a trip that will be “the climax of your Bradford chapter”; discusses finances; advises Ruth to learn how to cook when she returns home.

Dates: 1913 June 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 June 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237259
Scope and Contents

More on Ruth’s experiences back east. Date is noted on back of last page.

Dates: 1913 June 13
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brooklyn, New York, but forwarded to Stanford [sic], Connecticut, 1913 June 18

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237260
Scope and Contents

More on Ruth’s trip back east.

Dates: 1913 June 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Lyman, Indianapolis, to Ruth, Brooklyn, New York, 1913 June 23 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237261
Scope and Contents

Asks Ruth to tell him what Peggy [Margaret] thinks of him.

Dates: 1913 June 23 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 June 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237262
Scope and Contents

Advises Ruth not to become a go-between for Lyman and Peggy. Date is noted on back of last page.

Dates: 1913 June 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Indianapolis, Lyman to Ruth, Brooklyn, New York, but forwarded to Indianapolis, 1913 June 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237263
Scope and Contents

Relays how he feels about Margaret.

Dates: 1913 June 30
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 July

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237264
Scope and Contents

Mentions that she will send this in care of Esther. Date is noted on back of last page.

Dates: 1913 July
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Mother to Ruth, 1913 July 16 [noted on back of first page]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237266
Scope and Contents

Acknowledges that Ruth has been to Poughkeepsie and New York; mentions that this will be the last letter posted to Bradford.

Dates: 1913 July 16 [noted on back of first page]
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Vance Rivers, Los Angeles, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 January 9

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237267
Scope and Contents

“Dear friend Ruth”; mentions her visit to Oak Glen “that October”.

Dates: 1914 January 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Frederick Shafer to Ruth and Lyman, 1914 March 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237269
Scope and Contents

Regrets not being able to accept an invitation for April 3.

Dates: 1914 March 25
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Fred, Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 April 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237270
Scope and Contents

Writes of his arrival and his work.

Dates: 1914 April 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Fred, Grand Rapids, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 April 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237272
Scope and Contents

Discusses working on designs for a new latch; mentions Ruth being in Gertrude’s wedding.

Dates: 1914 April 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Fred, Grand Rapids, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 April 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237273
Scope and Contents

Mentions the wedding, his designs for locks and hinges, and how he misses Indianapolis.

Dates: 1914 April 26
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

Cincinnati, Mother to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 April 30 (postmark)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237274
Scope and Contents

Instructs Ruth to do nothing about the plastering; mentions her itinerary. [postcard]

Dates: 1914 April 30 (postmark)
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

F. C. S., Grand Rapids, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 May 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237275
Scope and Contents

Expresses sympathy for a death in Ruth’s family.

Dates: 1914 May 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

F. C. S., Greenville, Michigan, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 May 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237276
Scope and Contents

Writes of being on a sales trip, selling locks.

Dates: 1914 May 13
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

F. C. S., Grand Rapids, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 May 20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: id237277
Scope and Contents

Announces he will be coming to Indianapolis on Sunday.

Dates: 1914 May 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

John, Toledo, Ohio, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 June 5

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: id237278
Scope and Contents

Mentions his arrival and visiting a tobacco factory; regrets missing the dance last night; relates that his father is letting him go to a commencement and to Hyannis Port.

Dates: 1914 June 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

F. C. S., Grand Rapids, to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 June 17

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: id237279
Scope and Contents

Mentions receiving Ruth’s scrapbook, “a corker”; describes his trip.

Dates: 1914 June 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters

John, Newport, Rhode Island (postmark), to Ruth, Indianapolis, 1914 June 17

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: id237280
Scope and Contents

Describes his five days at Princeton for a reunion and graduation, on his way to Hyannisport; encloses an envelope with a “picture of boat I am on”.

Dates: 1914 June 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ruth Thompson Papers / Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1905-1916 / Letters