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Relates to the personal career and life of Ruth I. Matthews, third wife of J.B. Matthews. Alphabetical correspondence, subjects, and general papers are the major categories.

Letters, telegrams, memoranda, and petitions that came to the library loose with much other miscellaneous material. These items were pulled together into this series using a chronological arrangement. Many of the letters are copies and pertain to organizations about which Matthews seemed to be interested in collecting information. Usually the correspondence is either addressed to someone other than Matthews, or bears a general greeting such as Dear friend, sir, citizen, brother, or member.