Ruth F. Anthony papers
Overview
These papers of native Kansan Ruth F. Anthony contain her correspondence with various Christian right wing political organizations which she supported over the years. Included are membership cards, certificates of appreciation, contribution receipts, and several organizational newsletters. In the correspondence are letters from and about Robert Bolivar DePugh, founder of the anti-Communist organization known as the Minutemen.
Dates
- Creation: 1962 - 1994
Creator
- Anthony, Ruth F., 1914-1994 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Ruth F. Anthony
Ruth F. Anthony was born March 1, 1914, in Manhattan, Kansas to Curt and Erna Kreutzberger Miller. After graduating from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia in 1942, she taught at Pinckney School in Lawrence in the 1940s and then taught in Wichita. She later worked for the Federal Aviation Administration. She was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Force medical detachment. About 1980, Mrs. Anthony moved back to Lawrence, where she died on January 14, 1994.
Extent
.25 linear foot (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH WL MS 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Tim Miller, 1994
Subject
- DePugh, Robert B. (Person)
- Minutemen (Organization) (Organization)
Source
- Miller, Timothy, 1944- (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth F. Anthony Collection
- Subtitle
- Ruth F. Anthony papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007. Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007.
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3515358380
- Preferred citation
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Ruth F. Anthony papers, Wilcox Collection, Kansas Collection, RH WL MS 19, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository