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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 7-11
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 4
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: 1939 August

Ruth Stevens funeral program, obituary, and other materials, 1985 April 16, 1990 October

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopy of a program for Ruth Stevens's funeral in October 1990 as well as photocopy of her obituary from the Daily Herald. Also includes a photocopy of a letter from Richard H. Cracroft to Ruth Stevens concerning a draft of her biography of A. W. Stevens, "My Husband, the Astronaut".

Dates: 1985 April 16; 1990 October

Ruth Stevens photographs, between 1938-1949

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty photographs of Ruth Stevens, her husband A. W. Stevens, and their friends in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: between 1938-1949

Ruth Stevens photographs of Poland, 1939 August

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197233280715], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MSS 8112 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty-nine photographs taken by Ruth Stevens while she was in Poland with her husband, A. W. Stevens, in August of 1939.

Dates: 1939 August

Ruth Stevens papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8112
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of preparations for the Explorer II balloon flight in November 1935. This collection also includes photographs and postcards collected during the week that Ruth and Albert Stevens were in Poland in 1939. There is also a letter to Ruth Stevens from Richard H. Cracroft that he wrote after he read her manuscript for her husband's biography, and a copy of an obituary and funeral program for Ruth Stevens.

Dates: 1935-1990