Box 2
Container
Contains 41 Results:
Caroline Rumbold’s diary marked “My Travels Abroad.” Discusses planning for her trip, life at sea, travels, spending time with Marie Heck, cultural experiences (theatre and art), meeting other passengers when on board the S.S. Toledo, taking to drinking whiskey and water, description of natural life. She calls African “natives” “ugly” on June 21. She writes of large turtles who “eat the remnants of human bodies” on July 30. Caroline Rumbold’s business card is tucked into the diary, along with a typed letter signed Leo Fischer to General F.M. [Frank Meeker] Rumbold about his experience visiting with Caroline Rumbold in Manila (148 pages)., 1928 Mar 19-June 4
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1928 Mar 19-June 4
Black leather diary marked “Caroline Rumbold, U.S. Department of Agriculture.” Diary discusses travel observations, descriptions of natural life, notes about her work. She discusses rumors of natives in Western Australia who are cannibals (September 1). “Sometimes they ate their babies.” Discussion of American life with Australians (September 11). Note about finding information about chemistry and preservation of wood tucked into diary, along with notebook about purchases and travel notes, wallet-size photographs of soldier [Frank Rumbold?] and 11 other photographs of scenery and soldiers, with one photograph “Lt. Colonel Walter Warner” and “Major Horace S. Rumsey.” Note card to Colonel Rumbold in envelope with photographs (122 pages)., [1928] Aug 12-Oct 15
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
[1928] Aug 12-Oct 15
Black leather diary detailing travel observations. World map tucked into pages, with notes about foreign items purchased scrawled on back of map. Card for Chinese jewelry, Wisconsin Journal column about Caroline Rumbold’s “pleasure trip around the world,” and clipped October 10, 1937 New York Times article about missionaries working with “half-castes” on Hammond Island also tucked in pages. Caroline discusses “half-castes” on Hammond Island in her November 2 entry. Description of natural environment. Writes of street beggars who followed her in December 22 entry, her travels through China with “Carl Janish.” Travel observations regarding Japanese temples and comparison of Japanese railroad service to United States railroad service on January 12, along with Tokyo gardens and shrines on January 19. Discusses her return to the U.S. via California (189 pages)., 1928 Oct 16-1929 Feb 11
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1928 Oct 16-1929 Feb 11
Scrapbook titled “Album of Good Wishes by Forestettes” [to Caroline Rumbold] (12 pages). U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Photographs pasted in album of colleagues. Photograph of Caroline Rumbold taken in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1941. In pen: “At home, at work, at play, our good wishes will go your way, Caroline Rumbold.”, No Date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
No Date
Ten black and white photographs. One of brick house with pencil on back: “For Caroline, Wherever she is! M.E.B. [Mary E. Bulkley].” Photograph with pen on back, “Caroline Rumbold, 1919.” Three copies of photograph of woman’s profile, with pencil on back of one noting, “probably Charlotte Elizabeth Ledegerber” [Lederberger]., No Date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
No Date
Booklet titled “Housing Conditions in St. Louis, Report of the Housing Committee of The Civic League of St. Louis,” text by Charlotte Rumbold, published by The Civic League of St. Louis (84 pages). Aims to prove wrong the public’s impression “that we have no housing problems.” House-to-house investigation between Seventh and Fourteenth Streets, Lucas Avenue and O’Fallon Street, with Franklin Avenue omitted. Housing Committee states that this section was chosen “because of the many different phases of the situation caused largely by the different nationalities represented.” Discussion of overcrowding of rooms, cleanliness, garbage, yard toilets. Tracks how residents live, sleep, die, where children play, lack of water supply, bathtubs, slop sinks. Compares St. Louis to New York and Chicago. Urges St. Louis to revise housing laws. States that race and ethnicity does not affect how people live. Argues that housing conditions affect death rates. Discussion of woman’s role in the home, working to keep her family and environment clean. Includes black and white photographs and tables. Advises changes in and additions to ordinances concerning plumbing, adequate space, lighting, and cleanliness., No Date
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
No Date
Typed letter signed Marshall S. Snow, dean of the college, Washington University, “to whom it may concern.” Writes that Caroline Rumbold was admitted as a candidate for the masters of arts in 1901, conferred in 1903. Rumbold was admitted as a Ph.D. candidate in 1902, her major subject Botany, with plans to graduate during the year 1905-06., 1905 Apr 25
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1905 Apr 25
Typed letter signed A.F. Woods, chief pathologist and physiologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C. Certifies that Caroline Rumbold has been connected with the Bureau of Plant Industry since 1902 in various capacities. Explains her experience in dealing with problems of plant pathology and the high quality of her work., 1905 May 3
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1905 May 3
Printed letter signed G. Dittman, chief proctor. Notes that the invitation to a rigorous exam is included. Requests a confirmation card (in German)., 1907 Nov 25
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1907 Nov 25
Typed letter signed Frank[?] B. Kellogg, Department of State, Washington, “To the American Diplomatic and Consular Officers.” Explains that Dr. Caroline Rumbold is about to proceed abroad. “I cordially bespeak for Doctor Rumbold such courtesies and assistance as you may be able to render . . .”, 1928 Mar 14
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Charlotte Rumbold Papers Series comprises mostly correspondence to and from family members and colleagues from 1918 to 1937. The papers are arranged chronologically and include four letters from Roger Nash Baldwin, a prominent social activist who helped form the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Caroline Rumbold Papers Series includes mostly correspondence to and from family members from 1918 to 1929....
Dates:
1928 Mar 14