The Ruth Perry Chase Papers consist of materials including reminiscences, photographs, correspondence, school papers, notes, and certificates of the period from 1900 to 1960. The Chase Papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections by Thomas W. Boltz in groups in March 1992 and in May 1993. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection.
Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research.
The collection was processed and register prepared by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in October 1993. Their daughter Edith married Harry Emerson Boltz in 1938, having a daughter Francia Ann, and a son, Thomas W. Emerson Boltz. A graduate of Findlay High School, she attended Miami University and Ohio State University, teaching school before her marriage. She was also an active poet, having published verse in a book of poems, in the Toledo Blade , and in anthologies. The Ruth Perry Chase Papers span the years 1899 to 1960.