Box 1

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Consists of photocopies of several death notices and memorial service announcements.

Scope and Contents The correspondence is comprised of a letter and several postcards Ruth Easton wrote to Robert Barr while she was in the care of the Apple Creek State Hospital. These attest to her fondness for her home in Oberlin and for the college. Additional correspondence of Robert Barr (with banks, insurance companies, the Social Security Administration, and the Houston Nursing Home and Apple Creek State Hospital) pertaining to the management of Ruth Easton’s monetary affairs has been classified with...

Scope and Contents Contains invoices for various funeral expenses. Other financial materials include receipts, income and expense ledgers, savings account passbooks and checkbooks, and insurance and taxation documents. Also present are records related to the settlement of Ruth Easton’s estate, particularly probate court documents and itemized statements of assets. Acknowledgement of a five hundred dollar gift from her estate to Oberlin College can be found in the Receipts...