Environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr

Interviewee

• Bill Dudley, Florida Humanities Council
• Peggy MacDonald
• Jack Davis

Files

Publication Date

7-2008

Abstract

In this 2008 program, Marjorie Harris Carr (March 26, 1915 – October 10, 1997), one of Florida's greatest environmental activists, is profiled. She may be best remembered for her crusade to stop construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Peggy MacDonald, teacher in Alachua County; and University of Florida historian Jack Davis contribute.

Keywords

Environment, Activism, Archie Carr (1909-1987), Florida Defenders of the Environment, Women's rights, Marjorie Harris Carr

Extent

00:05:03; 5 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Cross Florida Barge Canal (Fla.); Paynes Prairie (Fla.)

Language

English

Digital Date

2026

Media Type

Audio recordings

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

fhc_audio-017

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Dudley, Bill; MacDonald, Peggy; and Davis, Jack, "Environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr" (2008). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 18.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/18