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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers
Creator:
Carr, Jeanne C.
Smith
Identifier/Call Number: mssCA
Physical Description:
5.9 Linear Feet
(5 boxes, 3 volumes, and 1 ephemera envelope)
Date (inclusive): 1842- before 1903
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
personal and professional life of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, American educator, garden
landscaper, and Pasadena resident.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
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responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Jeanne C. Smith Carr papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mr. A. L. Carr, 1931 and 1936.
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.
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.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1940. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
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.
Former call number: mssCA 1-198.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture -- California
Botany -- California
Education -- California
California -- Description and travel
California -- History -- 19th century
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Manuscripts -- California -- 19th century
Carr, Ezra S. (Ezra Slocum),
1819-1894
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
Jackson, Helen Hunt,
1830-1885
Lemmon, J. G. (John Gill),
1832-1908
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton),
1820-1905
Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909
Muir, John,
1838-1914
Stoddard, Charles Warren,
1843-1909
Tanaka, Fujimaro, 1845 or
1846-1909
Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall
Pinckney), 1859-1915
University of California
(1868-1952) -- Faculty
University of Wisconsin --
Faculty