Collection context
Summary
Background
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Ruth Ragan was born in Indiana in 1884 and died in San Diego in 1969. She spent many years in Japan with the YWCA before taking a job working for the director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, San Diego. She subsequently became the librarian at Scripps. Her enthusiasm for Shakespeare was kindled by performances by the Old Globe Players at the replica of the famed Globe Theatre in England that was built for the1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. During the period 1958-62 she donated this collection and 550 volumes to the San Diego Public Library.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1935-1950
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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San Diego Public Library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Diego Public Library's collection must be given by the San Diego Public Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Ruth Ragan Theater Collection. San Diego Public Library
- Location of this collection:
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330 Park Blvd.San Diego, CA 92101, US
- Contact:
- (619) 238-6668