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.
From the guide to the Ruth Evelyn Morse Parkhurst and Austin Flint Parkhurst papers, 1936-1983, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)