Box 2
Container
Contains 80 Results:
Life cycles; things to bring home; family news; thoughts about teaching as a profession; financial matters, 1907-06-07
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 53
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1907-06-07
Financial matters; plans to return home; plans to attend the annual picnic of the Darke County Medical Society, 1907-06-11
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 54
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1907-06-11
Family and neighborhood news; looking forward to their arrival; plans for a home , 1907-06-14
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 55
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1907-06-14
News of family and acquaintances; recent activities; Dr. Benton’s recognition of Horace; plans to return home, 1907-06-17
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 56
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1907-06-17
Appreciates his loyalty and his innocence of an unintentional act of ingratitude; thoughts about Horace being “branded as one absolutely devoid of feelings”; Horace’s reputation; request to moderate his courtship, 1908-03-09
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 57
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1908-03-09
Family activities; glad he has a nice roommate; happy to have received a letter from Dr. Benton; news of family and acquaintances; how his room is fixed up; what he is doing about his washing, 1904-09-25
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 58
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-09-25
Family news; how his room looks; day’s activities, 1904-10-10
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 59
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-10-10
Family activities; housekeeping activities; news of family and acquaintances, 1904-11-04
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 60
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-11-04
First page of letter; news of family , 1904-12-05
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 61
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-12-05
News of family and acquaintances, 1905-02-23
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 62
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1905-02-23