Collection contains the staff subject files of Ruth D. Carter, an Assistant Administrative Officer in the Ford Foundation's European and International Affairs Program (EIA). The EIA was situated within the Foundation's International Division. During the time that Carter worked there, it was headed by Craufurd Goodwin and then, starting in 1977, by Francis Sutton. Carter's records are comprised of chronological files that chiefly originate from between 1968 and 1980.