Babcock (Ruth G.) WAC Mothers' Association Collection, 1943-1945, 1968

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Summary

Title:
Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection
Dates:
1943-1945, 1968
Creators:
Babcock, Ruth G. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps Ruth G. Babcock
Abstract:
Extent:
0.21 linear feet, 1 box
Language:
Preferred citation:

Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Glendale Central Library History Room

Background

Scope and content:

The Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection consists of administrative papers and correspondence of Chapter 71 of the WAC Mothers' Association. The Collection documents the proceedings and programs of the organization, and includes its constitution and by-laws, reports of the organization's activities, lists of chapters with member names and addresses, copies of the newsletter, News and Views To and From the WAC, as well as WAC brochures and booklets. In addition, the collection includes administrative papers and correspondence of the Women's Army Corps of Southern California, Civilian Advisory Committee, an organization headed by Helen H. Garretson. The Committee worked in collaboration with the WAC Mothers' Association to help with WAC recruitment, and the two groups also organized at least one memorial service together. Two of Ruth's daughters, Virginia and Dorothy, enlisted as WACs. Dorothy’s activities are not represented in the collection. However, a few items from Virginia's service are present, including the collection's only photograph, a group portrait of Company 15, 3rd Regiment. On the photograph's verso, Virginia noted the names of several officers and others. Another item of interest in the collection is a photocopied page of a card documenting the imprisonment of Ruth's son-in-law, Sherwin L. Barton in a German prisoner of war camp. Barton's WW II diaries are held in the archives of Pennsylvania State University.

Acquisition information:
Ubknown

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Glendale Central Library History Room staff.
Date Prepared:
1943-1945, 1968
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:29 a.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to Glendale Central Library. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Glendale Central Library History Room

Location of this collection:
222 E. Harvard Street
Glendale, CA 91205, US