Ruth Humphrey fonds. 1937-1975.

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Ruth Humphrey fonds. 1937-1975.

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Fonds consists of assorted materials relating to Emily Carr, and Ruth Humphrey's friendship with her. They include forty-seven letters from Carr, dating from the period 1937-1944 when Humphrey was travelling. The fonds also includes Humphrey's own transcripts and notes on the Carr correspondence; manuscripts written by Carr; copies of works by other authors on Carr; correspondence regarding the publication of the Carr correspondence in the University of Toronto Quarterly; and other Carr memorabilia collected by Humphrey.

27 cm of textual records.

University of British Columbia Library

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Humphrey, Helen Ruth, 1898-1984.

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Helen Ruth Humphrey was Associate Professor Emerita and taught English at U.B.C. from 1945 to 1963. She was born in Hampton, New Brunswick and took an Honours B.A. in English Language and Literature at Oxford in 1926. She then taught at Victoria College from 1927 to 1945. Humphrey was a long-standing friend of B.C. artist Emily Carr whom she met when she was teaching at Victoria College and Carr was a struggling artist. She was apparently among the first of the friends who discovered the potenti...

Carr, Emily, 1871-1945

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