Ruth Hetzel Harshaw papers, 1947-1967

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1897	Born, Almond, Wis.
1913	Graduated, Wisconsin State College, Stevens Point, Wis.
1917	Married Myron Turner Harshaw
1920s	Taught school, Winnetka, Ill.
1931	Published The Council of the Gods. Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Co.
1933-1949	Promotion director, Children’s Bookshop, Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Chicago, Ill.
1934	Published My Viking Book. New York: Rand, McNally & Co. Published Reindeer of the Waves. New York: Rand, McNally & Co.
1946-1949	Wrote and conducted The Hobby Horse Presents radio program for Carson Pirie Scott & Co.; program renamed Carnival of Books in 1949
1948	Published with Dilla W. MacBean What Book Is That? New York: Macmillan
1948-1967	Wrote and conducted Battle of Books radio program for the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, Ill.
1949-1966	Wrote and conducted Carnival of Books radio program for the Public Affairs and Education Department, National Broadcasting Co.
1968, Jan. 18	Died, Glencoe, Ill.
1970	Published with Hope Harshaw Evans In What Book. New York: Macmillan