Edith Beebe Carhart

Edith Beebe Carhart (April 14, 1879 – April 1, 1964) was the City Librarian in Bellingham, Washington, and compiled the "History of Bellingham".

Early life Edith Beebe Carhart was born on April 14, 1879, in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of Dr. Joseph Carhart (1849–1926) and Ida Beebe Clark (1852–1914).

Career Carhart taught school in Backfoot, Dakota, where she met two other teachers: Mabel Zimmerman and Nelle McCormick. The three of them became friendly, and decided that they would continue to try and teach together. Carhart and her friends then successfully applied for teaching positions in Wrangell, Alaska, and moved there in 1909.

Edith Beebe Carhart was the principal of grade schools in Alaska, Oregon and Washington.

She died at the age of 84 on April 1, 1964, in Bellingham, Washington. She was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham.