Box 1
Container
Contains 104 Results:
Family news; request to hear more minute details of his work; plans to travel to Columbus for work, 1906-03-08
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 88
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:
1906-03-08
Family news; business trip to Columbus; neighborhood news; ends with a few lines from Homer, 1906-03-11
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 89
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:
1906-03-11
Railroad fare; plans to come home after examinations, 1906-03-16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 90
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:
1906-03-16
Upcoming operation; sending money; financial matters; taking lecture course; whether he would rather teach or go to school; whether he could find time to make up physics in the laboratory and stay out the next year to teach, saving expense of a summer term; sorry to hear he was in the annual shirt tail parade , 1904-10-16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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:
1904-10-16
Injury to arm; how college authorities dealt with hazers; coming home if his power of resistance to vice weakens; expects better things of “Old Miami” in building a noble character on the foundation laid at home; glad he is getting along well in work; sacrifices to have him there; coming home at Thanksgiving , 1904-11-01
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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:
1904-11-01
News of family and friends; reading Post account of laying cornerstone of Hepburn Hall; making the most of the experience; account of Horace’s walk in the country; train schedule for coming home for Thanksgiving, 1904-11-08
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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:
1904-11-08
Convention for nomination of ticket for Board of Education in the Webster District; news of acquaintances, 1904-11-12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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:
1904-11-12
Staying up late to think; deaths of acquaintances; school board election; attentions from Professor Chapman; injury to his arm; talking about board matter when he is home; travel plans for Thanksgiving; buying a hat, 1904-11-15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
1904-11-15
Relationship with Professor Chapman; good influences of teachers and friends; attended medical meeting in Dayton; travel plans for coming home; borrowing picture of Mr. Rupert to show to them, 1904-11-18
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1904-11-18
How satisfying Thanksgiving vacation was to everyone; election news; news of his medical practice, 1904-12-01
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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:
1904-12-01