Ruth White Carr Collection
An inventory of her collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Tim Carter
Date: 2016
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Finding aid created by: Tim Carter
Date: 2016
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Summary |
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| 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 |
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.
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.
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.
Similar photographs of Ruth White Carr in the Women's Glee Club can be found in the Archives' Photograph Collection.
Names
Carr, Ruth White.
Syracuse University -- Alumni and alumnae.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Types of Material
Lantern slides.
Photographs.
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.
All materials are arranged alphabetically.
Collection
| 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 | ||||||||||