Leonard C. Ruckelshaus papers, 1914-1970, bulk 1922
A Guide to his Papers at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Ruckelshaus, Leonard Conrad
TitleLeonard C. Ruckelshaus papers,1914-1970, bulk 1922
Collection No.
C519
Extent
1 cubic foot
(1 box)
Language
Materials are in English and Japanese
Abstract
Leonard Conrad "Ruck" Ruckelshaus graduated from Indiana University with an A.B. in Economics in
1923. Ruckelshaus was on the IU varsity baseball squad as an outfielder, as well as the IU
varsity football squad. This collection largely consists of materials documenting the IU
varsity baseball team's 1922 trip to Tokyo, Japan, upon the invitation of Waseda University.
A diary documenting the trip, as well as letters, a scrapbook, and a large number of photos
constitute this small collection.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Biographical Note/Administrative History
Leonard Conrad "Ruck" Ruckelshaus, born in 1901, graduated from Indiana University with an A.B. in
Economics in 1923. He was a member of the fraternity Sigma Nu, Beta Eta Chapter, as well as
a member of the Company F, 2d Regiment Chapter of the Scabbard and Blade society in the
R.O.T.C. He was promoted from 1st lieutenant to cadet captain of Co. F. in 1923. Ruckelshaus
was on the IU varsity baseball squad as an outfielder, as well as the IU varsity football
squad. In 1924, Ruckelshaus was recruited to play on the semipro football team, the Dayton
Koors.
In 1922, Waseda University of Tokyo invited the IU baseball team to Japan for a ten-game
series. Expenses were guaranteed with the invitation, and the IU gave permission for the
trip. Coach George Levis then had one month to choose twelve players out of sixty candidates
to make the trip. Ultimately, the twelve consisted of: Captain James Walker, Ward Gilbert,
Harry Gause, Emmons Clay, Robert Kidd, Rankin Denny, Joseph Sloate, Dorsey Kight, Leland
Macer, Walter Wichterman, Leonard Ruckelshaus, and Harold Lynch. IU students Ernest Pyle,
Joe Benham, Harold Kaiser, and Warren Cooper also accompanied the team on the trip. They
left Bloomington on March 28, 1922, and then sailed from Seattle to Japan on April 1, 1922,
on the steamship Keystone State. IU alumni Paul Isobe and Takekuma Okada showed the team
around Tokyo during their stay. They played ten games in total: Waseda six times, winning
one game and tying one; Keio, losing all three games; and a win against the semiprofessional
team Osaka Stars. The travelling party returned to Bloomington on May 27, 1922. All were
named "I Men" upon their return.
Ruckelshaus died in St. Louis, Missouri on November 16, 1985, at the age of 84.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically in five files; it also includes Ruckelshaus'
"I" sweater.
Scope and Content Note
This small collection documents Ruckelshaus' trip to Japan with the baseball team in 1922, and
consists of a diary, scrapbook, correspondence and ephemera. Trip ephemera include a luggage
tag from the Keystone State steamship and an American Bakery flyer from Tokyo. Also in this
collection is Ruckelshaus' "I Men" sweater, in which he is
depicted in several of the photographs in the collection.
The scrapbook and nineteen photographs were separated from the collection and are housed
with the IU Archives photograph collection. The photos consist of various IU baseball,
football, and basketball team photographs, images from Tokyo, individual sports shots of
Ruckelshaus, etc., An extensive scrapbook provides contextual information for numerous
photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, souvenir labels and tickets, with the bulk of the
scrapbook documenting the trip to Japan in 1922.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog.
Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog
using these terms.
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Separated Material
The scrapbook and nineteen miscellaneous photographs of various IU baseball and football
team shots, as well as earlier basketball team shots, in which Ruckelshaus is present,
images from Tokyo, individual sports shots of Ruckelshaus, etc., are housed with the IU
Photographs Archive.
Two CD-Rs of low-resolution scans of collection materials were removed from the collection in 2019.
Related Material
Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database:
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/archivesphotos/
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 2012/149
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University
through a Deed of Gift. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Leonard C. Ruckelshaus papers, Collection C519, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Collection donated to the Indiana University Archives on September 9, 2012 by Jerry
Benner, Ruckelshaus' nephew, and wife Ruth Benner.
Processing InformationProcessed by Anna Rimel.
Completed in 2013
Container List
Leonard C. Ruckelshaus papers on Indiana University baseball trip to Tokyo,
1914-1970,
bulk 1922
Ruckelshaus' Diary of Japan Trip, March-May 1922
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"I Men" Sweater
Scrapbook, 1914-1970
(Housed with the IU Photographs collection)
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Miscellaneous Photos of Ruckelshaus in IU Baseball Tour of Japan, 1922
(Housed with the IU Photographs collection)