family history volume 2
1897 - 1932
table of contents:
Part One (1897-1911):
Wherein are recorded some of the thrills your grandparents experienced in their early married life at Wausau, Wisconsin.
1) We Are Married (By Grandfather)
3) Grace As A Baby (By Charles)
4) Teaching the Family Humor (By Grandfather)
6) Smart Alecks (By Grandfather)
7) Interscholastic Athletics (By Grandfather)
8) Declamation Contests - West and East (By Grandfather)
9) Beating The Bell Telephone Company (By Grandfather)
10) First Trip Abroad (By Grandfather)
11) The First Trip To the Pacific Coast (By Grandfather)
12) Conducting Tourist Parties Abroad (By Grandfather)
13) Winning Leadership of the First Party (By Grandfather)
14) Beating the Prussian Railroad (By Grandfather)
15) Arrested in Germany (By Grandfather)
Part Two (1911 - 1932):
Wherein is recorded the origin of Commercial Research and that it was very pleasant to work for The Curtis Publishing Company.
18) Swapping Teaching for Research (By Grandfather)
19) How to Study Industry (By Grandfather)
20) Studying Agricultural Implements (By Grandfather)
21) Moving the Family East (By Grandfather)
22) Studying Department Stores (By Grandfather)
23) Studying the Automotive Industry (By Grandfather)
24) Public Speaking Again (By Grandfather)
25) In the Food Administration (By Grandfather)
26) Working for The Curtis Publishing Company (By Grandfather)
Part Three (1924-1932):
In which are recorded some of the travel adventures of the family.
29) Two Trips to the Tropics - 1924 and 1926 (By Grandfather)
30) Grandfather Conducts the Family Abroad - 1925 (By Charles)
31) Alaska and Hawaii - 1927 (By Ruth)
32) To the North Polar Ice Cap - 1928 (By Grandfather)
33) First Flights in the Air - 1919 (By Grandfather)
34) First Air Trip to the Pacific Coast - 1929 (By Grandfather)
35) A Vacation in Virgin Islands - 1929 (By Grandfather)
36) Airplane Adventures in the Middle West - 1929-1930 (By Grandfather)
37) To Oberammergau - 1930 (By Grandfather)
38) Oberammergau - 1930 (By Grandmother)
39) Flying From Vienna to Constantinople - 1930 (By Grandfather)
40) Flying From Constantinople to Athens - 1930 (By Grandfather)
41) Motoring to Delphi - 1930 (By Grandfather)
42) Flying From Athens to Brindisi - 1930 (By Grandfather)
43) Rome Again - 1930 (By Grandfather)
44) Homeward Bound - 1930 (By Grandfather)
45) Another Air Trip to the Pacific Coast - 1930 (By Grandfather and Dorothy)
46) A Trip to Nowhere - 1931 (By Ruth)
Part Four (1898-1932):
In which are recorded stories by your parents, uncles and aunts.
Charles, George, Ruth Family Photos
49) College and the War (By Charles)
50) Harvard Law School (By Charles)
51) Vacation Jobs (By Charles)
52) Teaching in China (By Miriam)
53) George's Youth (By George)
55) War Experience (By George)
57) Courting Dorothy (By George)
58) Building Homes (By George)
59) Dorothy's Youth and Education (By Dorothy)
61) A Trip to Mexico (By Dorothy)
62) Bringing Up a Family (By Dorothy)
64) Howard's Youth (By Howard)
67) Germantown High School (By Ruth)
68) Wellesley College (By Ruth)
70) Vacationing to Wisconsin (By Ruth)
71) Changing Phases (By Grace)
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