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Title: Betty Warren and Ruth Babcock photographs
Dates: circa 1920s-2000s
Collection Number: 2017-02
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 folder
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Betty Warren (1916 September 17-2006 July 30) was a wilderness guide, activist, and practitioner of Zen Buddhism. Ruth (Rudy)
Babcock (1915 May 31-2007 January 30) was an artist, musician, and government worker. Warren and Babcock were a couple for
several years in the 1940s and/or 1950s. According to the collection donor, after Warren and Babcock broke up, “they decided
to get together once a year and go off on a trip for ten days...Over their camping trips, they covered most of the trails
in the Sierra mountain range.” The collection includes black-and-white and color snapshots documenting Warren and Babcock’s
life in the San Francisco Bay Area, including numerous photos from their regular camping trips. Also included are an early
childhood photo of Warren and several young adult photos of Babcock.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions
and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Betty Warren and Ruth Babcock photographs. Collection Number: 2017-02. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Karen Sjoholm, January 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
Betty Warren (1916 September 17-2006 July 30) was a wilderness guide, activist, and practitioner of Zen Buddhism. Ruth (Rudy)
Babcock (1915 May 31-2007 January 30) was an artist, musician, and government worker. Warren and Babcock were a couple for
several years in the 1940s and/or 1950s. According to the collection donor, after Warren and Babcock broke up, “they decided
to get together once a year and go off on a trip for ten days...Over their camping trips, they covered most of the trails
in the Sierra mountain range.” The collection includes black-and-white and color snapshots documenting Warren and Babcock’s
life in the San Francisco Bay Area, including numerous photos from their regular camping trips. Also included are an early
childhood photo of Warren and several young adult photos of Babcock.