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Labyrinth
94 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1975
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Ross F. Lockridge
11 booksDr. Ross Franklin Lockridge, Sr. wrote "The Story of Indiana," adopted as an eighth grade textbook in the state of Indiana. He also wrote "How Government Functions in Indiana," "George Rogers Clark," "A. Lincoln," "The Hoosier Township Trustee," and "LaSalle," among others.
A native of Miami County, he was born in 1877 and attended Roann High School. He worked his way through Indiana University by teaching, taking his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1900 and the Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1907. One of the first I.U. winner[s] of the Phi Beta Kappa key, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1938 from Lincoln Memorial University of Harrowgate, Tenn.
He was principal of Peru High School in 1903.
In 1907 he opened a law office in Shawnee, Okla., and served as a police judge, county judge and public defender of Oklahoma before returning to Indiana in 1913.
A short time later he became affiliated with Wayne Knitting Mills as employment manager and welfare director. He had also been an extension lecturer for Indiana University and for a number of years was field extension secretary but was not connected with the institution at the time of his death. He was widely known for his lectures and his "Campfire Talks" in which he dramatized pioneer days for outdoor audiences.
During the depression he was state director of the Federal Writers Project and from 1935 to 1937 was director of the Hoosier Memorial Activities under the Indiana University Foundation. He also was active in the restoration project at New Harmony, and was known throughout the state for historical "on the spot" lectures.
His son, Ross F. LOCKRIDGE, Jr., won critical praise as a novelist after writing "Raintree County" published in 1948.
A native of Miami County, he was born in 1877 and attended Roann High School. He worked his way through Indiana University by teaching, taking his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1900 and the Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1907. One of the first I.U. winner[s] of the Phi Beta Kappa key, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1938 from Lincoln Memorial University of Harrowgate, Tenn.
He was principal of Peru High School in 1903.
In 1907 he opened a law office in Shawnee, Okla., and served as a police judge, county judge and public defender of Oklahoma before returning to Indiana in 1913.
A short time later he became affiliated with Wayne Knitting Mills as employment manager and welfare director. He had also been an extension lecturer for Indiana University and for a number of years was field extension secretary but was not connected with the institution at the time of his death. He was widely known for his lectures and his "Campfire Talks" in which he dramatized pioneer days for outdoor audiences.
During the depression he was state director of the Federal Writers Project and from 1935 to 1937 was director of the Hoosier Memorial Activities under the Indiana University Foundation. He also was active in the restoration project at New Harmony, and was known throughout the state for historical "on the spot" lectures.
His son, Ross F. LOCKRIDGE, Jr., won critical praise as a novelist after writing "Raintree County" published in 1948.
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