Ruth Johnson papers, 1908-1970 [manuscript].

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Ruth Johnson papers, 1908-1970 [manuscript].

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Chiefly correspondence of Ruth Johnson and other members of her family of Raleigh and Cardenas, N.C. Many letters are from Ruth's would-be suitors, all of whom she rejected in the end. At Elon college, 1910- 1916, she received letters from her family and from William Harrell, a student at the University of North Carolina, who described campus events and student life in Chapel Hill. They corresponded until his death in 1949. In late 1913, Charles E. Neighbour, a student at the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and later a Baptist minister, began writing to Ruth about love and religion. In 1914, Ruth began corresponding with Walter A. Dumas, then a student at Davidson College. This relationship endured through Dumas's army career--his service with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace after the war; his tenure, beginning in 1927, as instructor at the United States Military Academy; and other duties in World War II--until his death in 1952. Dumas's letters are quite detailed and descriptive, especially those written during the world wars. There is scant information about Ruth's work at the Moody Bible Institute, the Riverdale Christian Church or the State Book Store. Beginning in 1941, Ruth received letters from some-time writer Southard Brown of New York. In 1942-1944, there are many letters from Ruth's brother Baird, who reported to his sister and parents on life in various army training camps around the country. Also included are a few clippings collected by Ruth, programs, grade reports, a brief diary of 1914 social engagements, and a few family pictures.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ruth Johnson, whose family lived in Cardenas and other communities in southern Wake County, N.C., attended Elon College, 1910- 1916; taught school in Cardenas; attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1923; was a church worker at the Riverdale Christian Church (Congregational-Christian) in Dayton, Ohio, 1926-1928; and operated the State Book Store in Raleigh in the 1940s and 1950s. From the description of Ruth Johnson papers, 1908-1970 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 304856...

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