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Title: Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection
Dates: 1943-1945, 1968
Collection Number: RGB
Creator/Collector:
Babcock, Ruth G.
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
Extent: 0.21 linear feet, 1 box
Repository:
Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Glendale Central Library History Room
Glendale, California 91205
Abstract: Ruth G. Babcock was a resident of Glendale, California and the founder and president of Chapter 71 of the WAC Mothers' Association,
an organization established to aid members of the Women's Army Corps wherever they served during World War II. The Ruth G.
Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection primarily consists of administrative correspondence, reports, procedural documents,
newsletters and news clippings, as well as WAC recruitment materials. Two items, one a group photograph, document the enlistment
of Ruth's daughter Virginia. Another item documents the imprisonment of Ruth's son-in-law, Sherwin L. Barton in a German prisoner
of war camp.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred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.
Ruth G. Babcock WAC Mothers' Association Collection. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Glendale Central Library History
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Scope and Content of Collection
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.
World War, 1939-1945--Women
Women's history
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Babcock, Ruth G., 1894-1992
Babcock, Virginia Andrews, 1920-2010
Garretson, Helen H., 1894-1997
Babcock, Henry Andrews, 1891-1975
Barton, Sherwin L. (Sherwin Lemmon), 1918-1995
Women's Army Corps of Southern California. Civilian Advisory Committee
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
Glendale (Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Paper Records
Photographic Materials