Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Guide to the Ruth H. Miles papers
MC 15
No online items
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Ruth H. Miles papers
Dates: 1902-1908
Collection number: MC 15
Creator:
Miles, Ruth H.
Collection Size:
.1 linear ft.
(1 folder)
Repository:
Sacramento Public Library. Sacramento Room
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: This small collection consists of school report cards and an autograph book from Ruth H. Miles, a longtime resident of Sacramento.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please contact the Sacramento Room.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Use of the described materials may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Ruth H. Miles papers, MC 15, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.
Ruth H. Miles was born on March 24, 1893, in Sacramento, California, to Hiram and Sarah Miles, who had immigrated from England
in 1884. She attended Capital Primary School and Harkness Grammar School in Sacramento, California. Ruth worked as a bookkeeper
for Keating's grocery store in 1915 and then for many years as a stenographer for the California State Highway Department.
This small collection consists of 4th and 5th grade reports cards for Ruth Miles from Capital Primary School (1902-1903),
and an autograph book with signatures from teachers and classmates in Ruth's ninth grade class at Harkness Grammar School
(1907-1908).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Railroads--Snow removal and protection.--California--Donner Pass.
Florin (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and travel.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Description and travel.
Donner Pass (Calif.)