Finney, Ruth S.

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Ruth Finney grew up in Downieville, Calif. and Sacramento, Calif. She worked as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco, Calif. and Washington, D.C. She was married to author Robert S. Allen. She is also known as Ruth Finney Allen.

From the description of Journey from the star : typescript, [ca. 1970] / by Ruth Finney. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 51621208

Western correspondent for the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance; covered the Teapot Dome Oil Scandal, monitored the passage of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and investigated the corruption in the electric and gas utilities industry. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1931.

From the description of Papers, 1885-1979. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 54515692

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creatorOf Finney, Ruth. Journey from the star : typescript, [ca. 1970] / by Ruth Finney. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Stern, Max William, 1884-1950. Max William Stern papers, 1923-1942. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Finney, Ruth. Papers, 1885-1979. University of California, Davis, Shields Library
creatorOf Finney, Ruth S. Business and family life of self-employed women. Harvard University, Murray Research Center
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associatedWith Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923. person
associatedWith Online Archive of California. corporateBody
associatedWith Radcliffe College. Henry A. Murray Research Center. corporateBody
correspondedWith Stern, Max William, 1884-1950. person
associatedWith University of California, Davis. Library. corporateBody
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Downieville (Calif.)
United States
Elk Hills (Calif.)
Downieville (Calif.)
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Calif.)
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
United States
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Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster, Jackson, Calif., 1922
Argonaut mine disaster (Jackson, Calif., Aug. 27, 1922)
Journalists
Journalists
Self-employed women
Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924
Women
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Active 1979

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