Harold Bryant - Ruth Letters

Folder 1

#1) Statement: “These are the letters written to Harold Brant before they were married and she had left New York and vowed she was going to marry Harold Bryant, which she did.”

#2) To Al & Margaret/From Ruth: Bothered by Grd. Jct. not creating a place for Bryant’s paintings” (Nov 19, 19__) (3 pages)

#3) The story of Ruth and Harold’s courtship and Life (No Date or Author) (10 pages)

#4) Ruth’s trip New York to Montana (May 15-17, 1938) (5 pages)

#5) Diary style daily happenings in Montana (May 15 - 21, 1938) (6 pages)

#6) Diary style Daily life (May 21-26, 1938) (6 pages)

#7) Diary style - Received a letter from Harold (May 27-June 1, 1938)

#8) Diary Style, Ruth’s daily life (June 10, 1953? 1938) (4 pages)

#9) Diary style, daily life, Ruth went to Billings, Montana to work Josephine Park, New park opened Billings used to be known as Coulson. (June 11-15, 1938)

#10) Ruth is preparing to go to Denver by bus (June 16, 1938)

#11) Ruth arrived in Denver the bus trip to Denver and first few days (June 19, 1938)

#12) Daily Life (June 23, 1938)

#13) Daily Life (June 28, 1938)

#14) Trip with John & Dorothy to Frisco, car problems (July 3, 1938)

#15) Daily Life (July 19, 1938)

#16) Daily Life (July 22-23, 1938)

#17) Daily Life (July 31 - Aug 2, 1938)

#18) Daily Life (Sunday, 7th-10th)

#19) Daily Life (Aug 24, 1938)

#20) Daily Life (Aug 31, 1928)

#21) Daily Life, Talk of war (Sep 1-2, 1938)

#22) Daily Life (Sep 7-10, 1938)

#23) Daily Life (Sep 16, 1938)

#24) Daily Life (Sep 20, 1928)

#25) Daily Life (Sep 24, 1938)

#26) Daily Life, Talk of war (Sep 26, 1928)

#27) Daily Life, talk of war (Sep 30-Oct 1, 1938)

#28) “Legend of Buffalo Ridge” Daily Life (Oct 2, 1938)

#29) Daily Life (Oct 5, 1938)

#30 Ruth new job reception desk, Daily Life (Oct 9, 1938)

#31) Letter to Ruth From F.D. Sayers: talked about hope to send work for Bryant (Oct 10, 1938)

#32) Daily LIfe  (Oct 23, 1938)

#33) Daily Life (Oct 25, 1938)

#34) Daily Life (Nov 6, 1938)

#35) Campaigning, They call Ruth “Skipy” Going to work at May Co, Daily Life (Nov 23, 1938)

#36) Daily LIfe (Dec 1, 1938)

#37) Quit job at May Co, Daily Life ( Dec 8, 1938)

#38) Tooth pulled, Daily Life  (Dec 13, 1938)

#39) Daily Life ( Dec 14-16, 1938)

#40) Daily Life (Dec 19, 1938)

#41) Daily Life, Christmas Time (Dec 26, 1938)

 #42) New Year’s Eve, Daily Life  (Jan 2, 1939)

#43) Political discussion (Jan 5, 1939)

#44) Daily Life (Jan12-14, 1939)

#45) Daily Life (Jan 8-9, 1939)

#46) Bryant’s painting “Moonlight Sonata” (Jan 19, 1939)

#47) Daily Life  (Feb 9, 1953?)

#48) Daily Life, Politics (Feb 9, 1939)

#49) Daily Life (Feb 12, 1939)

#50) Daily Life (Feb 13, 1953?)

#51) Daily Life (Feb 15, 1939)

#52) Met Mr. Davis, likes Bryant’s work (Feb 20, 1939)

#53) Daily Life (Feb 23, 1953?)

#54) Daily Life (Feb 27, 1939)

#55) BLANK

#56) Herndon wants to meet Bryant, likes his paintings, plan a showing John Thompson Art Director of Denver University (March 4)

#57) Loan a picture “Broken Cinch” to Teller,  Daily Life (March 7, 1939)

#58) Daily Life  (March 10, 1939)

#59) Daily Life, Ruth trying to help Bryant find a representative to sell his paintings (Mar 12, 1953?)

#60) Daily Life (Mar 14, 1939)

#61) Daily Life (Mar 19, 1953?)

#62) Daily LIfe (Mar 21, 1939)

#63) Daily Life, Politics (Mar23, 1939)

Folder 2 Ruth’s letters to Harold before marriage

#64) Working on photos of paintings (March 24, 1939)

#65) Daily Life (March 28, 1939)

#66) Daily Life (March 31, 1939)

#67) Picture “Sunrise Raid”, working on promoting paintings, Daily Life (Apr 1-2, 1939)

#68) Painting promotion and Daily Life  (Apr 3, 1939)

#69) Daily Life (Apr 5, 1939)

#70) Painting Promotion (Apr 7, 1939)

#71) Painting Promotion (Apr 12, 1939)

#72) Ruth in Hospital, Fitzsimmons (Apr 13, 1939)

#73) Painting Promotion (!pr 19, 1939)

#74) Daily Life (Apr 21, 1939)

#75) “Completion to HEB”  (Apr 24, 1939)

#76) Ruth still in hospital, Bronchitis  (Apr 24, 1939)

#77) Daily Life (Apr 26, 1939)

#78) Daily Life (Apr 30, 1939)

#79) Still in hospital, Daily Life (May 7, 1939)

#80) Daily Life  (May 9-10, 1939)

#81) Daily Life (May 15, 1939)

#82) Daily Life (May 25, 1939)

#83) Daily Life (May 29, 1939)

#84) Daily Life  (June 8, 1939)

#85) Daily Life  (June 10, 1939)

#86) Bryant hs showing in Gunnison, Daily Life (June 12-13, 1939)

#87) Daily Life, Ruth still in hospital (June 26, 1939)

#88) Daily Life  (July 9, 1939)

#89) Daily Life (July 12-14, 1939)

#90) Drought, Daily Life (July 20, 1939)

#91) Daily Life  (July 18-20, 1939)

#92) Daily Life, War (Aug 3, 1929)

#93) Daily Life (Aug 5, 1939)

#94) Daily Life  (Aug 8, 1929)

#95) Daily Life (Aug 11-13, 1939)

#96) Daily Life  (Aug 23-24, 1939)

#97) Daily Life (Aug 30, 1939)

#98) War, Daily Life (Sep 4, 1939)

#99) War, Ruth receives partial disability (Sep 13-15, 1953?)

#100) War, Daily Life (Sep 20, 1939)

#101) War, Daily Life (Oct 13, 1939)

#102) Daily Life (Oct 14, 1939)

#103) Daily Life, Memories, War (Oct 14-16, 1939)

#104) Daily Life, (Oct 18, 1939)

#105) Daily Life, (Oct 19-20, 1939)

#106) Daily Life (Oct 22, 1939)

#107) Daily Life  (Oct 23-24, 1939)

#108) Daily Life, War  (Oct 27-29, 1939)

#109) Daily LIfe  (Oct 25, 1939)

#110) War, Daily Life, Teth pulled  (Oct 30 & Nov 2, 1939)

#111) Daily Life  (Nov 7, 1939)

#112) Daily Life (Nov 9, 1939)

#113) Daily Life  (Nov 10, 1939)

#114) Daily Life  (Nov 11-13, 1939)

#115) Daily Life  (Nov 15, 1939)

#116) Daily Life  (Nov 20-21, 1939)

#117) Daily Life  (Nov 21-23, 1939)

#118) Daily Life (Nov 26-27, 1939)

#119) Daily LIfe (Nov 28, 1939)

#120) Daily Life  (Nov 30, 1939)

#121) Daily Life  (Dec 4, 1939)

#122) Daily Life  (Dec 6, 1939)

#123) Daily Life (Dec 14, 1939)

#124) Daily Life  (Dec 10, 1939)

#125) A Registered Letter, Daily Life, War Planning to meet  (Dec 19, 1939)

Folder 3

#126) They met and are separated again  (Jan 4-5, 1940)

#127) Daily Life  (Jan 5-6, 1940)

#128) Daily Life  (Jan 8, 1939)

#129) Daily LIfe  (Jan 11-12, 1940)

#130) Daily LIfe, War  (Jan 13, 1940)

#131) Daily Life, 1940 Census workers  (Jan 16, 1940)

#132) Daily LIfe, war  (Jan 19, 1940)

#133) Ruth’s birthday, Daily Life, war  (Jan 21, 1940)

#134) Daily Life (Jan 24, 1940)

#135) Dental work, Gold, Daily Life (Jan 25-26, 1940)

#136) Bryant on cover of “Sportsman”  (Jan 28, 1940)

#137) Daily Life  (Jan 30, 1940)

#138) Daily Life  (Feb 4, 1940)

#139) Daily Life  (Feb 8, 1940)

#140)  Daily Life (Feb 10-11, 1939)

#141) Daily Life  (Feb 13, 1940)

#142) Ruth will look up info for Harold on “Chipeta’s Ride” research, daily Life (Feb 13-14, 1940)

#143) Daily Life, Ruth is leaving Denver  (Feb 17-18, 1940)

#144) Daily Life  (Feb 21, 1940)

#145) Daily LIfe  (Feb 23, 1940)

#146) Daily Life  (Feb 26, 1940)

#147) Daily Life  (Feb 29, 1940)

#148) “Chinook” poem  (Feb 29, 1940)

#149) Leap Year, Daily LIfe  (Feb 29, 1940)

#150) Daily Life  (Mar3-4, 1940)

#151) Found research info “Chipeta’s Ride”, 1921 issue of “Sons of Colorado” “Chipeta” by Eugene Fields from the “Trail” Nov 1921  (Mar 4-5, 1940)

#152) News-Queen Elizabeth ship sailed England on Maiden voyage to New York  (Mar 7k, 1940)

#153) Daily Life  (Mar 11, 1940)

#154) Daily Life  (Mar 12, 1940)

#155) Daily Life  (Mar 19, 1940)

#156) Daily Life  (Mar 20, 1940)

#157) Daily Life  (Mar 22, 1940)

#158) Daily Life  (Mar 23, 1940)

#159) Daily Life (Mar 27, 1940)

#160) Ruth sees Bryan’s paintings in a store front in Denver, Daily Life  (Mar 28, 1940)

#161) Sample Introduction letter for Harold Bryant to send out  (Mar 28, 1940)

#162) Daily Life  (Apr 1, 1940)

#163) Western Artists Exhibit, Colors in paintings, several paintings title  (Apr 2, 1940)

#164) Daily Life  (Apr 2, 1940)

#165) Daily Life  (Apr 6, 1940)

#166) Daily Life  (Apr 8, 1940)

#167) Added 2 paintings to the Denver Dry Window, makes 5 pictures on display  (Apr 9, 1940)

#168) Daily Life  (Apr 10, 1940)

#169) Daily Life  (Apr 12, 1940)

#170) Daily Life (Apr 13-14, 1940)

#171) Daily Life  (April 15, 1940)

#172) Daily Life  (Apr 16, 1940)

#173) Daily Life, war  (Apr 19, 1940)

#174) Daily Life, Health  (Apr 23, 1940)

#175) Daily Life, war  (apr 26, 1940)

#176) Daily Life  (Apr 28-29, 1940)

#177) Daily Life, art show  (Apr 30, 1940)

#178) Daily Life  (May 5, 1940)

#179) Daily Life, painting at show Jury, war (May 6-8, 1940)

#180) War  (May 10, 1940)

#181) Daily Life, war  (May 12-13, 1940)

#182) Daily Life, war  (May 16, 1940)

#183) Letter from Harold Bryant To: Ruth=Visit  (May 21, 1940)  Don’t come visit  (May 22, 1940)

#184) From Harold To Ruth=Planning a visit  (June 7, 1940)

#185) To Harold From Ruth= Art show advertising campaign, discuss painting contents (Nov 16, 1948)

#186) Daily Life, Politics, Paintings, shows  (Nov 19, 1948)

#187) To Harold From Ruth=Traveling paints, planning for future paintings, daily life (Nov 25-26, 1948)