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Ruth Jones Rabel Collection

Collection 312

Rabel, Ruth Jones (1908-2002). Collection, circa 1924-2002, n.d.

1 foot, 5 ½ inches

Ruth Jones Rabel was born August 26, 1908 in Deep South Louisiana on the bank of Bayou Nezpique. Her father was the manager of a rice irrigation canal, and she was the youngest of five siblings. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and Master’s degree in library science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was an author, educator, and painter.

Ms. Rabel’s collection includes copies of five novels of historical fiction; a collection of poetry for adults; a collection of poetry for children; poetry and short stories for children and young adults; children’s books; nonfiction; and illustrations, drawings and paintings. Original manuscripts; correspondence; over twenty albums of photographs and handwritten documents dating from the nineteenth century; autobiographical and biographical materials; works on paper; illustrations, drawings and paintings by Ruth Jones Rabel, along with artifacts, are forthcoming. An endowment with UL Lafayette Foundation has been created in her name to house the collection for the preservation, research, cataloguing, writing, development, publication, and advancement of the works of Ruth Jones Rabel, the Ruth Jones Rabel Collection bequeathed by Linda Anne Rabel, daughter and only child of Ruth and Joseph Rabel.

Series:

I. Novels
    a. Trail Dust (Iowa - Nebraska circa 1875-1878) 1-01 through 1-06
    b. The Double Spy (Britain circa tenth century) 1-07 through 1-12
    c. A Gentleman of Importance (England - Boston circa 1649-1704) 1-13 through 1-19
    d. Surrender, Sweet Land (France - ‘new France’ - Louisiana circa 1760-1803) 2-01 through 2-08
    e. The Gift of Water (Crowley, Louisiana circa 1887-1901) 2-09 through 2-16
II. Poetry and Stories 3-01 through 3-25
III. Miscellaneous 3-26 through 4-03

Inventory:

Box 1
  I. Novels
    a. Trail Dust (Iowa - Nebraska circa 1875-1878)
      1-01 Chapters 1, 2, 3
      1-02 Chapters 4, 5, 6
      1-03 Chapters 7, 8, 9
      1-04 Chapters 10, 11, 12
      1-05 Chapters 13, 14, 15
      1-06 Chapters 16, 17
    b. The Double Spy (Britain circa tenth century)
      1-07 Synopsis and Chapter 1
      1-08 Chapters 2, 3, 4
      1-09 Chapters 5, 6, 7
      1-10 Chapters 8, 9, 10
      1-11 Chapters 11, 12, 13
      1-12 Chapters 14, 15, 16
    c. A Gentleman of Importance (England - Boston circa 1649-1704)
      1-13 Synopsis and Chapters 1, 2
      1-14 Chapters 3, 4, 5
      1-15 Chapters 6, 7, 8
      1-16 Chapters 9, 10, 11
      1-17 Chapters 12, 13, 14
      1-18 Chapters 15, 16, 17
      1-19 Chapters 18, 19
         
Box 2
    d. Surrender, Sweet Land (France - ‘new France’ - Louisiana circa 1760-1803)
      2-01 Synopsis and Chapters 1, 2
      2-02 Chapters 3, 4, 5
      2-03 Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
      2-04 Chapters 10, 11, 12
      2-05 Chapters 13, 14, 15
      2-06 Chapters 16, 17
      2-07 Chapters 18, 19, 20
      2-08 Chapters 21, 22
    e. The Gift of Water (Crowley, Louisiana circa 1887-1901)
      2-09 Synopsis, Outline, and Chapters 1, 2
      2-10 Chapters 3, 4, 5
      2-11 Chapters 6, 7, 8
      2-12 Chapters 9, 10, 11
      2-13 Chapters 12, 13
      2-14 Chapters 14, 15, 16
      2-15 Chapters 17, 18
      2-16 Chapters 19, 20
         
Box 3
  II. Poetry and Stories
      3-01 “Candleframe”
      3-02 “Eyes in the Grass”
      3-03 “Little Wild Duck”
      3-04 “Springs On My Feet”
      3-05 “Rumbledy Roo”
      3-06 “Poppadilly” and “Rain on the Roof”
      3-07 “The Year Around”
      3-08 “I Like Hills”
      3-09 “Blackie Bear”
      3-10 “Stories Rocks Tell”
      3-11 “Time Goes By”
      3-12 “What is Christmas?”
      3-13 “Strange Partnerships of Nature”
      3-14 “The Wonderful Jingle Jangle”
      3-15 “The Singing Hen”
      3-16 “The Goose Hunt”
      3-17 “Trial On Ice”
      3-18 “The Secret on the Pines”
      3-19 “The Coward”
      3-20 “Untitled”
      3-21 “Sweet Revenge”
      3-22 “My Sin Came Dear”
      3-23 “The Light Touch”
      3-24 “The Stranger”
      3-25 “The Wonderful Gift”
         
  Series III: Miscellaneous
      3-26 Photographs
      3-27 Autographical Material
      3-28 Correspondence
      3-29 Illustrated Works
      3-30 Creative Writing
         
Box 4
      4-01 Activity Section for Children
      4-02 Presentation Method for Creative Writing
      4-03 The Generation Gap