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Ruth White Carr Collection

An inventory of her collection at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Carr, Ruth White.
Title: Ruth White Carr Collection
Dates: 1909-1977
Size: 1 box (.5 linear foot)
Abstract: The Ruth White Carr Collection contains materials from her time as a student at Syracuse University and from her missionary work in China.
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Photograph of Ruth White Carr

Ruth White graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in sociology in 1914. She served as president of the Women’s Glee Club and also played a prominent role in the Syracuse YWCA. From approximately 1917 to 1926, she traveled abroad for the YWCA, serving as secretary for the organization in Peking (Beijing), China.

In 1947, Ruth White and her husband Clarence Carr became affiliated with Gould Farms, a therapeutic community in Massachusetts, where they lived and worked. She remained a part of Gould Farms even after her husband’s death in 1967.

Ruth White Carr died on November 7, 1977 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

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Scope and Content Note

The Ruth White Carr Collection includes photographs of the Women's Glee Club, her Kappa Alpha Theta certificate, and a newsletter from Gould Farm containing a short obituary. There are also lantern slides of Chinese parables from her time in Peking, along with what appear to be her notes regarding related Bible passages.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Similar photographs of Ruth White Carr in the Women's Glee Club can be found in the Archives' Photograph Collection.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Carr, Ruth White.
Syracuse University -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Types of material

Lantern slides.
Photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Ruth White Carr Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

D. B. Robertson and Mrs. Kent Smith from Gould Farm donated materials to the Archives in 1981. Metod Milac donated additional materials sent by Kent Smith to the Archives in 1981.

Processing Information

This collection was rehoused in archival materials.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Tim Carter
Date: 2016
Revision history:

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Arrangement

All materials are arranged alphabetically.

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Inventory

Collection
Box 1 Gould Farm News November 7, 1977
Box 1 Kappa Alpha Theta Certificate 1909
Box 1 Lantern slide notes 1924, 1927
Box 1 Lantern slides 1924
Box 1 Photographs 1910-1913

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