Carr, Ruth M. Papers

File — Oversize_Box: OS2, Folder: Diplomas in Spanish, certificates, watercolor from El Salvador, Folder: Certificates, maps, fabric map of Latin America

Identifier: RG-1161

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Diaries, correspondence, books, scrapbooks, photo albums, slides, motion picture film, music, costumes, handcrafted items, certificates, passports, medals, notebooks, diplomas; also memorabilia from Baptist Mission Training School and Denison Univeresity.

Dates

Creation: 1864-1973

Creator

Carr, Ruth M. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Ruth M. Carr was appointed a missionary of the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society in 1923, with designation to El Salvador. She was designated to Colegio Bautista in Santa Ana. In 1926, she became principal of the school and continued in that capacity until her retirement in 1961. The school advanced under her leadership. A high school department was organized in 1931 and soon the whole school was fully accredited by the Salvadoran government. In 1967 when the Ruth M. Carr building was dedicated in her honor, the principal speaker was the Vice President of El Salvador, an alumnus of Colegio Bautista de Santa Ana. In 1961 just before her return to the U.S., the government of El Salvador gave her their highest honor, the Order of Jose Mateas Delgado.

Born in Wilton, New York, Ruth Carr received her high school education in Saratoga Springs, and took one year of teacher training in Ticonderoga, both in New York. She taught for two years in a rural school before attending the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago. She earned her BA degree at Denison University in Ohio.

Extent

6.8 Linear Feet (12 boxes and oversized materials)

Language of Materials

Multiple languages

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Martha A. Knox, 1981.

Bibliography

Stub entry from A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the American Baptist Historical Society, compiled by William H. Brackney and Susan M. Eltscher (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1986).