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Towne, Mary Elizabeth (McCoy), 1884-1980

 Person

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Certificate signed by O. S. Middleton, Pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church, [October 1904?].

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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: [October 1904?].

Clipping from Unionville Pantagraph, 1904 October 13.

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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: 1904 October 13.

Color postcards (2) from Myra, Denver, CO, 1911 March 13, and 1911 April 14.

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[See Frank's files T1/8 for couple's correspondence and joint records].

Dates: 1911 March 13; and 1911 April 14.

Correspondence

 File — Folder 10:1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

[See Frank's files T1/8 for couple's correspondence and joint records].

Dates: 1910-1983.

Formal wedding announcement / "at home" card, [1904?].

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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: [1904?].

Frank and Mary Towne's family home, 709 North Davis, Kirksville

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[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: [1980s-1990s, unless otherwise noted].

From Georgetown University, Washington, DC (43), 1949 June 11-1949 July 14.

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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: 1949 June 11-1949 July 14.

From University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. (1), 1952 July 21.

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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: 1952 July 21.