Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers, 1842- before 1903

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Summary

Creators:
Carr, Jeanne C. Smith
Abstract:
A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, American educator, garden landscaper, and Pasadena resident.
Extent:
5.9 Linear Feet (5 boxes, 3 volumes, and 1 ephemera envelope)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection which consists of approximately 200 letters and manuscripts related to Jeanne C. Smith Carr and Ezra S. Carr and their interests; subjects include botany, agriculture, and education. There are materials related to the history and description of California (especially early Pasadena), botany, and gardening, the University of California and the University of Wisconsin. Persons represented in the collection include: Asa Gray, Helen Hunt Jackson, John Gill Lemmon, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Helena Modjeska, Charles Warren Stoddard, Fujimaro Tanaka, and Marshall Pinckney Wilder. The collection also includes one envelope of ephemera, a volume entitled "Eminent Persons," and two scrapbooks.

Biographical / historical:

Jeanne Caroline Smith Carr (1825-1903), was born in Vermont; she married Ezra Slocum Carr, a physician and professor, who taught at the University of Wisconsin. The couple moved to California in 1869, when Ezra became a professor at the University of California, and in 1875, when Ezra Carr was elected state superintendent of public instruction, Jeanne C. Smith Carr was made assistant superintendent. The Carrs settled in Pasadena, California in 1880, where Jeanne's life-long interest in botany inspired the development of their home, "Carmelita," a garden showplace and center of cultural influence. Through-out her adult life Jeanne C. Smith Carr pursued her scientific interests, contributed articles to newspapers and magazines, and helped and encouraged such friends as Helen Hunt Jackson, John Muir, and Charles Warren Stoddard.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Mr. A. L. Carr, 1931 and 1936.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1940. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: 1. Miscellaneous writings of Ezra R. Carr and Jeanne C. Smith Carr (1850-1896); 2. Correspondence (1842-1896); 3. Ephemera, volume, and scrapbooks.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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