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This University of Arizona web site celebrates Ruth Goodhue Chasteney. The Ruth Goodhue Chasteney Memorial Gift Exhibition was Sponsored by the Fine Arts and Humanities Team of the University Library and held in February & March 1997. The original exhibit was held in the Main Library and Special Collections of the University of Arizona. For Love of Ruth: A Celebration of English and American Literature from the Ruth Goodhue Chasteney Memorial Gift. Robert Westervelt Chasteney Jr. established the Ruth Goodhue Chasteney Memorial Gift at The University of Arizona Library to honor his wife, a remarkable individual whose career in publishing opened new vistas for women. Ruth Goodhue was the first woman to serve as managing editor of a Time Inc. publication, The Architectural Forum. The Gift includes nearly 700 volumes (with the promise of many more) and an Endowment for the perpetual acquisition of English and American literature for Special Collections. For the exhibition and catalogue, the library has selected titles to suggest aspects of the Chasteneys’ personal and professional lives.

Disciplines:

• Humanities  / English  / Literature