Rosalie Ripley Furniss collection
2015-19-0
Scope and Contents
The Rosalie Ripley Furniss collection (2015-19-0) contains papers relating to the Louis Ripley family in Litchfield. Included are folders about Kilravock, built in 1905 by Louis A. Ripley, and later an Inn when it burned down in 1976; the Litchfield Horse Show (1966); "A Book of Verses" by Harriet Guion and inscribed to Dorothy Wagstaff; a newspaper story about Mrs. Baillie Ripley organizing a Girl Scout troop in Litchfield in 1912; a scrapbook for the Outdoor Cleanliness Association in New York City (1946-1947) kept by Mrs. Frothingham Wagstaff [Dorothy]; a film of the 1929 Litchfield Horse Show [a digital copy is available]; Dorothy Wagstaff cards;and Brown Swiss cows.
Dates
- Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2015
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Rosalie Ripley Furniss
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Accruals and Additions
September 2015 (2015-63-0) 1929 Litchfield Horse Show Film; Outdoor Cleanliness Assoc. scrapbook; (2016-14-0) Dorothy Wagstaff advertising postcard; (2016-55-0) Brown Swiss cows.
Existence and Location of Originals
http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org
Separated Materials
1929 Litchfield Horse Show film is shelved in aisle 13B section 1. Outdoor Cleanliness Association scrapbook is housed in aisle 18B.
- Title
- Furniss, Rosalie Ripley collection
- Author
- Lee S. Cook
- Date
- 01/11/2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
7 South Street
P.O. Box 385
Litchfield CT 06759
860-567-4501
860-567-3565 (Fax)
archivist@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org