Mary Lois James papers, circa 1892 - 1983 (bulk: 1950-1980)

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Mary Lois James papers, circa 1892 - 1983 (bulk: 1950-1980)

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The Mary Lois James collection includes letters, children's report cards, greeting cards, and other such materials from and between Mary Lois James and her family and friends. Includes letters from her father, Jacob Christian Ruppenthal, as well as correspondence and other records (such as manuals, notes, commencement programs, circulars, etc.) related to her education and professional career. Also includes black and white photographs, books, materials inherited from J. C. Ruppenthal such as household ledgers and calendars, newspapers and clippings, etc. The majority of the letters and other materials date from 1950-1980.

13 cubic feet (13 boxes).

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7995966

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James, Mary Lois, 1903-

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Mary Lois Ruppenthal Hibbard James was the daughter of Jacob Christian and Sarah Spalding Ruppenthal. Born in Russell, Kansas in 1903, she died in Lenexa, Kansas in 2000. She earned degrees from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Simmons College in Boston, and Columbia University in New York. She married Harlan Davis Hibbard in 1930, and after he died in 1941 she remarried in 1947 to Wallace James. She taught school in Russell, Kansas, and Akron, Ohio, and was a founding member of the New Jer...

Ruppenthal, J. C. (Jacob Christian), 1869-1964

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Russell County, Kansas was first settled by Euro-Americans on March 3, 1868 and included nine hundred square miles of upland, rolling prairie, bottoms, bluffs, and deep canyons. Passing through Russell County are the Saline and Smokey Hill Rivers. This county was named for Captain Avra P. Russell, Company K, 2nd Kansas Cavalry, who died of wounds received in battle on December 7, 1862 at Prairie Grove, Arkansas. From the description of Russell County history collection, 1897-1977 (bu...