Diary
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 13
- Scope and content:
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Ruth continues to note health concerns, receives a series of xrays, gets reading glasses, and has her tonsils removed. There are numerous activities with male friends, notably Halleck Ranger and Frank Richards. Ruth and her mother move into an apartment for six months, giving their house over to neighbors whose house has burned down. They visit Ruth's brother Harold and his wife in Brazil, IN, and spend two months on vacation in Leland, MI, on Lake Michigan. Ruth joins a reading class and the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants. Worries about finances and the war in Europe occupy her thoughts. Loose sheets, lined, three-hole punched, 5 x 7¾ inches, partially held together by green ribbon. Various items are glued in or pinned in: invitations, notes, newspaper clippings, dance cards, place cards, programs.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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- Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
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