Ruth Evelyn Morse Parkhurst and Austin Flint Parkhurst papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal and professional records of Ruth Parkhurst's career as a teacher in American Indian schools, and her work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as well as personal and professional (mostly military) records of Austin Parkhurst, and photographs and negatives of Europe during WWI.
Personal and professional records of Ruth Parkhurst include scrapbooks, a diary, financial papers, correspondence, personal documents and teaching certificates, and employment records regarding her work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Scrapbooks, memory albums, and a diary by Ruth Parkhurst cover her "Tour of the Orient" in 1936.
Personal and professional records of Austin Parkhurst include personal papers, a WWI medal, military records and correspondence, fraternal organization documents, correspondence with the Wireless museum, and obituaries and condolence letters.
Photographs contains prints, negatives, and nitrate negatives. There a great variety of prints and postcards of Europe during WWI collected by Austin Flint Parkhurst, including a small number from his "Oriental" tour. Many of these deal with the effects of the war and show the destruction caused by the bombings on the land, structures, and people. Some prints will show dead bodies.
Other subjects include natural scenery, architecture and the Pope (of the time). Other postcards depict U. S. National Parks including Yellowstone. There is complete series detailing Timberline Lodge. Other subjects include family, friends, and Ruth Parkhurst at work in Washington, D.C., receiving awards, and at her retirement.
Dates
- 1936-1983
Creator
- Parkhurst, Ruth Evelyn Morse, 1899-1983 (Person)
- Parkhurst, Austin Flint, 1885-1965 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Ruth Evelyn Morse (1899-1983) was a teacher in American Indian schools in South Dakota, Kansas, and Oregon, and worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). She married Austin Flint Parkhurst (1885-1965), who was a radio engineer, in 1946. Ruth Parkhurst is the sister of China-Pakistan medical missionary Esther Morse, whose papers are also held at UO Special Collections and University Archives. Ruth Parkhurst served as Dr. Morse's secretary.
Extent
8 linear feet (23 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ruth Evelyn Morse (1899-1983) taught in American Indian schools and was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and her husband, Austin Flint Parkhurst (1885-1965), was in the Navy during WWI and became a radio engineer. The collection contains personal and professional records of Ruth Parkhurst, including her career as a teacher in American Indian schools and her work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as well as personal and professional (mostly military) records of Austin Parkhurst, and photographs and negatives of Europe during WWI.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into the following series: Ruth Evelyn Morse Parkhurst papers, Austin Flint Parkhurst papers, and photographs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Collection includes nitrate photographs.
Physical Description
2 clamshell boxes; Photoboxes: 15 small boxes, 1 8x10 box.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Indians of North America -- Education -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Native Americans Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Nitrate negatives Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Parkhurst, Austin Flint, 1885-1965
- Parkhurst, Austin Flint, 1885-1965
- Parkhurst, Ruth Evelyn Morse, 1899-1983
- Parkhurst, Ruth Evelyn Morse, 1899-1983
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Postcards Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Radio engineers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Teachers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
- United States. Navy
- Women teachers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth Evelyn Morse Parkhurst and Austin Flint Parkhurst Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
