Ruth French Carnovsky

Ruth French Carnovsky
Born
Ruth Calista French

(1906-08-11)August 11, 1906
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
DiedNovember 11, 2003(2003-11-11) (aged 97)
Oakland, California
Spouse(s)
Donald Everett Strout
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(m. 1935; div. 1953)​

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(m. 1967; died 1975)​
RelativesMelville French (brother)
Robert French (brother)

Ruth French Carnovsky (born Ruth Calista French[1], later Strout; August 11, 1906 – November 11, 2003[2][3]) was an American educator, classical philologist, and librarian.

Early life and education

Ruth and her family moved from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,[1][4] to De Pere, Wisconsin, shortly after her birth.[5] In 1928, she went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.[4][6] She then began studying Greek and Classical Archaeology at Yale University.[4] In 1935, she earned her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Illinois Chicago.[4] She later received a B.S. in Library Science from the University of Minnesota in 1945.[4]

Career

After receiving her B.A., she began teaching Latin and Humanities at Iberia Junior College in Iberia, Missouri.[4] She later worked as an art librarian at the Minneapolis Public Library from 1945 to 1948.[4] From 1949 to 1953, she served as an associate professor at the University of Denver's School of Librarianship, teaching courses in cataloging and classification.[7] This was followed by a year as a visiting professor at Keio University in Tokyo (1953–1954).[4] Ruth then began teaching at the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School (GLS) from 1954 to 1971,[4] serving as the GLS dean during the 1960's.[2] She ultimately retired as a professor emeritus.[2]

Personal life

She married her first husband, Donald Everett Strout, on January 1, 1935,[1] whom she divorced in 1953.[1] She later married Leon Carnovsky in 1967,[1] whom she stayed married to until his death in 1975.[8]

Death and legacy

Ruth Carnovsky died on November 11, 2003 in Oakland, California.[2][1][3]

Works

  • 1. (French) Strout RC. The greek versions of jerome's vita sancti hilarionis. [Order No. 30405298]. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 1935.
  • Carnovsky, R. French., University of Chicago. Graduate Library School. Conference. 1956). (1957). Toward a better cataloging code. [Chicago]: University of Chicago, Graduate Library School.
  • University of Chicago. University Extension Division. Home Study Dept., Strout, R. Calista French. (1956). Organization of library materials: Library Science 201. Chicago: University of Chicago, Home-Study Dept..

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f www.myheritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10826-1822598/ruth-french-carnovsky-in-famous-people-throughout-history. Retrieved 2025-11-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "The University of Chicago Magazine: June 2004". magazine.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  3. ^ a b www.myheritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10002-76599195/ruth-carnovsky-in-us-social-security-death-index-ssdi. Retrieved 2025-11-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Front Matter". The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 26 (4): 376–378. 1956. doi:10.1086/618339. ISSN 0024-2519. JSTOR 4304571.
  5. ^ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP24-BK3?lang=en
  6. ^ "Hinakaga". archives.carrollu.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  7. ^ Jordan, Amy. “Currents.” American Libraries, vol. 35, no. 3, Mar. 2004, pp. 75–76. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=37997b84-30a7-38ff-b3fb-c2e84385931a.
  8. ^ Winger, Howard W. (April 1976). "Leon Carnovsky (1903-1975)". The Library Quarterly. 46 (2): 117–118. doi:10.1086/620498. ISSN 0024-2519.

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