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Towne, Frank Warner, 1884-1974

 Person

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Seated at his desk in Journal office, undated.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ruth Towne's papers consist of both her home and campus office files and include family records dating from as early as the 1820s, her own personal and professional papers and correspondence, and some of the research for her dissertation on Congressman William Joel Stone, as well as books and articles she wrote over her long teaching career.

Dates: undated.

Series IX: T1/8: Frank Warner Towne Personal Records, 1896-1979.

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ruth Towne's papers consist of both her home and campus office files and include family records dating from as early as the 1820s, her own personal and professional papers and correspondence, and some of the research for her dissertation on Congressman William Joel Stone, as well as books and articles she wrote over her long teaching career.

Dates: 1896-1979.

Sixth grade, approximately 1894-1895.

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Scope and Contents

[Note: although this picture is labeled 6th grade, the sign the kids are holding appears to say 8th grade].

Dates: approximately 1894-1895.

Third or fourth grade, approximately 1892-1893.

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

[Many of these photographs were loose in the boxes the Executor used to transport the Papers to the Library, others were grouped into mailing envelopes by family units, and some were in highly acidic "self-stick" albums, also grouped by subject or family unit. All have been removed from their various containers and placed in new acid-neutral photo sleeves and/or folders in the same or similar groupings as those used by Towne].

Dates: approximately 1892-1893.