Ruth Stevens collection of postcards from Tatra Mountains, Poland, 1939 August

Series — Box: 1, Folder: 7-11

Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains seventy-six postcards collected by Ruth Stevens while she and her husband were visiting Poland in August, 1939. The postcards depict the Tatra Mountains, a number of famous landmarks in Krakow and Warsaw, and the artwork of polish painters, especially Zofia Stryjenska.

Dates

Creation: 1939 August

Creator

Stevens, Ruth, 1904-1990 (collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the reponsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Ruth Stevens collection of photographs, postcards, and other materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Ruth Stevens (1904-1990) was the wife of aviator Albert W. Stevens and author of his biography.

Ruth Fischer Stevens was born April 4, 1904 in Dayton, Ohio. She was married to Lt. Col. Albert W. Stevens, a decorated aviator, on August 8, 1938 in Maryland. Approximately a year later, she and her husband left for Poland, where he had been asked to help with a balloon flight. They were there for only a week before news broke of the Nazi-Soviet Pact and they had to get out of the country through Latvia and Sweden. Her husband died in 1949, and she later wrote a book about him titled, "My Husband, the First Astronaut". She died October 15, 1990.