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Ruth Van Meter Papers, 1954-1973Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteRuth Van Meter was born in Moscow, Idaho on February 6, 1911 and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1922. She earned her B.A. from Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentuck, and did graduate work at USC and Columbia. Upon graduation she did clerical work in Portland. Ultimately she became an executive director of local Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) centers in California, Utah, and Hawaii. Later, she ran YWCA programs in fifteen other countries (Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Iran, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia), establishing chapters in five. She returned to Portland in 1973 and performed volunteer work for the Portland YWCA, and later for the Tijuana, Mexico YWCA. She died April 20, 1992. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThis very small collection consists of Van Meter's notes about her travels and experiences working to establish YWCA chapters around the world. It also contain s a booklet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the YWCA's work in Turkey and two organizational manuals prepared for distribution to all the YWCAs in South America. NOTE: There is no container list for this collection. Contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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