Letter and campaign flyer for E. Ruth Pyrtle's State Superintendent (of schools) campaign in Nebraska
E. Ruth Pyrtle, Lincoln, Nebr. Non-political candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. Nebraska's Children are Entitled to: Equal education apportunities, Better rural schools, Better educational returns for money now spent on schools, Economy in school Administration. Primaries July 18
Data points on E. Ruth Pyrtle. 1 - Miss E. Ruth Pyrtle, Principal of McKinley School, Lincoln, Nebraska, candidate for office of State Superintendent, has had more than 20 years of teaching experience in the rural, village and city schools of Nebraska. 2 - Has taught in teachers' institutes in 25 counties in Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, and Kansas. 3 - Has A.B. and A.M. degrees from the University of Nebraska and two summer sessions in Teachers' College New York. 4 - Has traveled in all parts of the United States and in eight countries of Europe. 5- Spent 14 months in War Welfare work at Camp Dodge and Des Moines. 6 - Has attended 14 National meetings of the N.E.A. and 3 biennials of Federation of Womens' Clubs. 7 - Has served two years as National Secretary of the School Garden Association of America. 8 - Has served as president of the Nebraska Women's Educational Clubs. 9 - Is actively identified as a club worker in the Womens' Clubs, League of Women Voters, W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., University of Nebraska Alumni, Social Service Club, Church and Sunday School. 10 - Proved up on a homestead farm in Gregory County, South Dakota after three years of residence.
The Archives is full of the past (and, we'd argue, the seeds of the future). E. Ruth Pyrtle's 1922 State Superintendent of Instruction campaign materials share her past, from teaching to travel, and her vision for future. Equal ed for all sounds good to us! #ArchivePast #Archive30 #Nebraska #HistEd
![Hand-coloured engraving of a cricket match, in which all the players are women. The text below the image reads:
'On Wenesday [sic] October 3rd 1811 a singular Cricket Match took place at Balls Pond Newington. The players were 22 women, 11 Hampshire against 11 Surrey. The Match was made between two Amateur Noblemen of the respective Counties for 500 Guineas a side. The Performers in the Contest were of all Ages and Sizes.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wj5kvgounn6ciqi3kdn6mgas/bafkreige6vr2l5exe7gkjwpdct5j6z2qpb47bc2b3wr6tib6kdlgfw6csa)
![Black and white photograph of a group of men playing cricket in front of a historic building. The players are dressed in 1940s clothing (not sportswear) and are wearing gas masks on their faces. [The National Archives’ catalogue reference PRO 50/59.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z6w722wems5e4prbvuf6dggj/bafkreie4fwfewh776lhk77zv3i2mffrsc5gab624a5je646vacjslr4zpa)
![Letter reading:
"A POLICE CENTENARY
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES
Sir.- It may interest your readers to know that 1949 marks the second centenary of the first attempt to form a British police force. This was at Bow Street, where a public office had been opened in 1739 by Sir Thomas De Veil. In 1748 Henry Fielding, novelist, playwright, and barrister, was appointed to the office and was shortly joined by his blind half-brother John Fielding (later Sir John), who succeeded him, remaining at Bow Street until his death in 1780. Towards the end of 1749 the first Fielding created a small force of paid regular police recruited from the unpaid parish constables. They later were to develop into the once famous or infamous Bow Street Runners and the horse patrols.
In calling attention to this and in an effort to fill in the gaps in early police history, I wonder if any of your readers have stowed away in their attics and lumber rooms any items of interest regarding police history, particularly in regard to Bow Street, that they now have no further use for or interest in? These might well be old prints of Bow Street and the parish constables in Westminster; items of the old watchmen's or constables' clothing or equipment, such as lanthorns [sic], staves, warrants, rattles, &c.; books, newspapers, press cuttings, or even old letters which have some bearing on police history. In celebrating this second centenary, I have in mind the formation of a small museum at Bow Street which will be of great interest to visiting police officials from all over the world. Should any of your readers feel inclined to assist us in this not unworthy cause, we shall be most grateful,
Yours faithfully,
A. W. ROWLERSON, Chief Superintendent.
28, Bow Street, W.C.w, Sept. 17."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jfhf44tj2dhltodlzdvcpgqh/bafkreicwabt34hniiyt3fc73w4uhfingqw2xnrkwjsct3vol2ri5vuifia)
