Box 2
Container
Contains 80 Results:
News of acquaintances, 1905-03-13
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63
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:
1905-03-13
News of family and acquaintances; recent activities, 1906-04-05
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 64
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:
1906-04-05
Family news; recent activities; plans to make fried chicken when the boys are home; includes note from John Ballinger about news of acquaintance Roy Jamieson and that young men should prepare for life by learning to work and to bear hardships and privations; includes newspaper clippings about the death of Elam Ballinger, the assault of Kenyon College student James E. McGarvey, and the death of Kenyon College student Stuart Pierson during initiation, 1906-10-26
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 65
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:
1906-10-26
News of family and acquaintances , 1907-03-14
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 66
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:
1907-03-14
News of family and acquaintances; her visit to New Madison, 1907-04-08
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 67
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:
1907-04-08
Studying Caesar; how he likes “batching it”; school work ; painting with watercolor; receiving a telephone call from a girl, 1904-12-25
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 68
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:
1904-12-25
Attending ciphering match; upcoming entertainment at Webster School; Patterson Examination; news of friends; trouble with bicycle tire, 1905-04-16
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 69
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:
1905-04-16
Attended surprise party; writing a paper for literature class on “Local History”; parents considering whether to let Horace go to school next winter; news of friends; drive to friend’s house, 1905-04-30
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 70
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:
1905-04-30
School activities; news of friends; change of books in school; attending meeting at Harriscreek, 1905-09-23
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 71
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:
1905-09-23
News of family and acquaintances; purchasing tickets for lectures; having fun at school and getting good grades; how his taking two different girls home shocked some of the boys, 1905-10-19
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 72
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:
1905-10-19