Selected edited transcripts of correspondence.

Includes 1 col. photograph of Stephen Riggins that was originally kept with the correspondence with Stephen Collington in Box 1, File 25.

Also includes photocopy of article: "Vietnamese artist visits Loogootee." The Loogootee Tribune (Loogootee, IN), Aug. 8, 1985.

Eight (8) col. photographs; two (2) of a painting of Riggins by Khoa Pham; five (5) of Riggins possibly taken by Khoa Pham; one (1) scenic photograph.

Includes 2 b&w photographs

Includes 1 col. photograph

38 photographs: 35 mm col. slides of artwork by Khoa Pham and photographs he took. 

Includes 6 col. photographs.

Hinsey, Ellen. Khoa Pham: Miroirs Peintures : [exposition, Paris], Galerie Jacob, cahier no. 3, 1997.

Riggins, Stephen H. and Khoa Pham. "Democratizing the Arts: France in an Era of Austerity." Queen's Quarterly 93, no. 1 (Spring 1986): 149-161.

Riggins, Stephen Harold. "If Work Made People Rich: An Oral History of General Farming, 1905-1925." Midwestern Folklore: Journal of the Hoosier Folklore Society 17, no. 2 (Fall 1991): 73-109.

Annotated typescript draft.

Fourteen (14) b&w photographs, by professional photographer Susan Ashukian, of the interior of the apartment of Tony Formo to be used for an article by Stephen Riggins on the symbolism of vernacular interior decoration. 

Includes drawings,multimedia artwork, and architectural drawings by Pham.

Originally housed in portfolio envelope at bottom of box.

Photographs of small town and rural scenes in Indiana.

Photograph of Stephen Riggins and other members of Memorial University Sociology Department.

Scrapbook of photographs, letters, envelopes, clippings and other material re Bill Whorrall and Khoa Pham (more details included in Box); includes: 11 b&w photographs; 23 col. photograph; 1 sepia photograph.

Originally housed in plastic covers in a blue binder. 

P1–26: Various Toronto graffiti artists and graffiti, dated between 2004-2007; 26 col. photographs (detailed list in File).
P27–30: Newfoundland Photographs; 4 col. photographs (detailed list in File).

Includes exhibition pamphlets, handmade greeting card, letter to Paul Bouissac from artist Kato; and 3 col. photographs of works by Khoa Pham.

Includes 41 col. photographs of Bouissac's drawings; postcard to Bouissac; and an overview of the collection of drawings by Stephen Riggins dated July 2011.

Includes 4 photographs.

Transcription of letters written in 1984 and sent from India found in 2020.10 Box 1, File 1. Transcription completed in 2017 and annotated in pencil.

Riggins' identified Thomas Cottman as his first boyfriend.

Also includes 3 letters from Stephen Riggins and a 2017 print out of a court decision regarding Thomas Cottman.

Flossie Ledgerwood is Stephen's Aunt. She married a brother of Stephen's mother.

Note that these letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2020.10 Box 1 File 7.

Consists of letters written to family members - mainly Stephen's parents (Harold and Eithel Riggins).

Includes a postcard photograph of Flossie Ledgerwood as a young woman.

Note that these letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2020.10 Box 1 File 6.

Note that these letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2020.10 Box 2 File 2.

Note that these letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2020.10 Box 2 File 1.

Includes Riggins' high school graduation invitation.

Primarily consists of letters to parents. Other authors include: Anne Saddlemyer (Fonds 88), Judy Ledgerwood, William O. Harris, Louise Proffitt, Terry Hasler.

Ron Bowen painted a portrait of Stephen Riggins.

This file also includes: 1 slide, a catalogue, 2 photographs.

Includes 5 photographs.

Date order of the material is not clear.

Jack Connell, Toronto businessman.

File consists of mostly personal letters, but it also includes discussion regarding Canadian and Toronto politics.

Includes letters from Khoa Pham, Lin Olsen Wagner, and Bill George.

Includes 1 photograph and a 1970 roommate agreement.

Bill Whorrall, artist from Shoals, Indiana.

Includes letters written to Stephen Riggins' mother (Eithel Riggins).

Includes correspondence and ephemera related to research into the history of Marin County, Indiana.

Rosemary Clark-Beattie edited Stephen Riggins' book The Pleasures of Time. This books is available at the University of Toronto libraries. For more information, see the record in the library catalogue.

David Kelland, Newfoundland architect.

Mac Henderson, Bloomington graduate student at Indiana University.

Walter Robert, Music faculty at Indiana University. Dorothy Robert was Stephen Riggins' piano teacher.

Includes 1 photograph of Dorothy Robert.

Also includes correspondence from Dr. Karen Taylor (a student of Walter Robert).

Also includes teaching contracts.

Contains two letters.  

Contains two letters.

Contains one letter. No date.

Contains administrative letters regarding PhD enrollment and graduation.

David Higgs, Department of History at the University of Toronto.

Metta Spencer, Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

Contains four letters.

Contains three letters.

Roberta Buchanan, English Department at Memorial University.

Volker Meja, Department of Sociology at Memorial University

Contains two letters.

Susan Ottenheimer, Department of Sociology at Memorial University

Includes an essay that was reconstructed in 2007.

Contains mostly letters, but some ephemera and postcards are also included.

The year of the trip was 1966-1967, University of Munich with Wayne State University.

Draft of letter written to Reba Chandler.

Thesis title: A Survey of the Audiences for Live and Recorded Art Music

Riggins does not believe that there is a surviving copy of the completed thesis.

Contains mostly school related ephemera (certificates, report cards, programs, etc.) and a few letters.

Contains statement given to the FBI to explain comments written on DD form 98 (Armed Forced Security Questionnaire) and DD form 398 (Statement of Personal History) in relation to the Vietnam War, participation in demonstrations, and membership in student societies at Indiana University.

Includes the following items:

• Adventures in Conversation - pamphlet
• The Dance is the Devil's Fire: A Christian's View - pamphlet
• Code M - small print by Nick Meyer
• Aux Deux Magots - menu
• Newsletter #5 - from the Stop Spadina Save Our City Coordinating Committee
• Dean Rusk Welcoming Committee - one page handout from The Committee to End the War in Vietnam
• International Days of Solidarity to End the War in Vietnam - schedule of events
• Offener Brief an Herrn Marcel Marceu - letter (in German)
• The Socio-semiotics of Objects: The Role of Artifacts in Social Symbolic Processes - conference schedule of events
• The Freedom to Lean: A Plan for Curriculum Reform - courses offered by the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
• A Brief Regarding the Ontario Human Rights Code - created by the Community Homophile Association of Toronto
• The Big Three: Holland-America Line - travel brochure
• Back Chat (vol 1, no 8, June 1972) - publication of the Community Homophile Association of Toronto
• [Robert Kennedy for President] - campaign poster

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 2 and File 3.

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 1 and File 3.

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 1 and File 2.

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents.

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents, Harold and Eithel Riggins.

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins’ parents, Harold and Eithel Riggins.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 7 and File 8.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 6 and File 8.

Contains two letters.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 6 and File 7.

Letters were written while Stephen Riggins was studying in Munich, Germany.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 11, File 12 and File 13.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 10, File 12 and File 13.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 10, File 11 and File 13.

Contains two letters.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 1 File 10, File 11 and File 12.

Includes the certificate of death for Eithel Riggins (2002).

Includes a brochure for the Socio-semiotics of Objects international conference (1990) and The Glenton Guide for the Highlights of Britain.

Letters were written during the period when Stephen Riggins was traveling through Europe.

Includes a Valentine card from Harold Riggins to Eithel Ledgerwood.

Letters to and from members of the Riggins and Ledgerwood families, primarily Barbara Foster and Marlene Spears. Includes holiday cards sent to Harold and Eithel Riggins from extended family.

Letters from Flossie Ledgerwood, Stephen Riggins’ aunt, to family members. Includes a photograph of the Ledgerwood family.

Letters from Wayne Divine and Olen Ledgerwood, Eithel Riggins’ nephews, to Eithel and Harold Riggins. The letters were written during WWII.

File also includes a biography of Wayne Divine written by Stephen Riggins (2010), and a letter from Arlie of the University of California, Berkeley to Stephen Riggins regarding his book contract (1989).

File contains the only surviving letter from Susan Ledgerwood, grandmother of Stephen Riggins. Susan writes to her son, Rolly, and his wife Flossie in Blythdale, Missouri. The original date is incorrect; the correct year is 1943.

Includes handwritten drafts of articles written for the Martin County Tribune, possibly written by Reba Chandler, and correspondence with the Crays family, relatives of Reba Chandler.

Includes a letter from Stephen Riggins to Ralph Chandler, Reba’s nephew, a copy of an article, “The Loogootee Christian Church” by Reba Chandler, Riggins’ biographical notes on Reba Chandler, and a copy of a recipe for Reba Chandler’s peanut butter cookies.

Also includes an obituary for Ralph Chandler (1991).

Contains one letter from Dorothy Robert to Harold Riggins, Stephen Riggins’ father.

Letters from Stephen Riggins to Tom Cottman.

Letters from Garth Hardie are addressed to Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac. Includes a letter from Stephen Riggins to Ron Bowen containing information about Garth Hardie, and an obituary for Hardie (1992).

 Ron Bowen, artist in Paris. Includes an invitation to an art show. The letter from 1980 is identical to the Ron Bowen letter in 2023.12 Box 2 File 12.

H.B. [Hendrik “Henry” Bart] Poesiat, Toronto artist.

Contains one postcard.

Includes 3 photographs of the Bridge Pont Neuf, Wrapped art project by Christo and Jeanne Claude.

Includes 3 photographs.

Judy Ledgerwood, Stephen Riggins’ cousin and a Chicago artist. Includes a list of Ledgerwood’s artwork.

Includes 9 photographs.

Marjan Mozetich, composer.

Contains a letter to Anne Boley (undated) and a printout of an online article about Boley’s compilation cookbook project.

Contains letters and ephemera during Stephen Riggins’ studies in Munich, Germany. Includes 2 photographs.

Correspondents include Roberta Buchanan, Volker Meja, Susanne Ottenheimer and others.

Typed copy of Stephen Riggins’ Christmas letter to family.

Contains correspondence with Indiana University faculty and administrative staff on various topics. Includes a registration card and a coding key for a sociological survey.

These letters were originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 3 File 18.

News clipping of an Indiania University student anti-war demonstration in Washington, DC, in which Stephen Riggins participated.

This document was originally stored in a mixed file with 2023.12 Box 3 File 17.

Contains correspondence with faculty and professors relating to Stephen Riggins’ MA thesis.

Contains letters of reference and correspondence relating primarily to Stephen Riggins' PhD thesis. Also includes an obituary for Dennis William Magill (2018).

Contains letters from Stephen Riggins expressing interest in applying for teaching positions at various universities in 1989. Also includes copies of letters of reference.

Contains correspondence primarily from friends relating to Riggins’ book The Pleasures of Time. Earlier correspondence was possibly used as reference material. Includes 1 photograph.

Contains correspondence with contributors to Stephen Riggins’ book Canadian Sociologists in the First Person.

Contains rejection letters from publishers regarding The Pleasures of Time.

Contains correspondence and material relating to Riggins’ application for permanent residency in Canada.

Contains 5 colour photographs by Khoa Pham sent to Stephen Riggins as a birthday gift. The photographs are abstract. Photographs are dated January 16, 2023.

Part One: 1946-1983

Pre-publication series draft of Stephen Riggins’ newest work, Life in Letters and Anecdotes, to be published by Snails on Stilts Press. The work is a compilation of letters, essays and anecdotes about the life of Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac, Indiana University students in the 1960s, and American and Canadian gay history.

Part Two: 1984-2014

Pre-publication series draft of Stephen Riggins’ newest work, Life in Letters and Anecdotes, to be published by Snails on Stilts Press. The work is a compilation of letters, essays and anecdotes about Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac, Memorial University Department of Sociology, Indiana University students in the 1960s, and American and Canadian gay history.

Part Three: 2015-2023

Pre-publication series draft of Stephen Riggins’ newest work, Life in Letters and Anecdotes, to be published by Snails on Stilts Press. The work is a compilation of letters, essays and anecdotes about Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac, Memorial University Department of Sociology, Indiana University students in the 1960s, and American and Canadian gay history.

Draft of a work by Stephen Riggins about the life and career of poet Richard Brooks Hendrickson, and a general examination of the lives of gay men in early 20^th c. USA.

Includes:

• Crisp Bits of News from the County Seat, 1920-1934: Journalism by Carlos McCarty of Shoals, Indiana, edited by SR, 2021. Self-published, Snails on Stilts Press
• Twigs of Thyme: Indiana, Newfoundland, Ontario, 2022. A copy of Stephen Riggins’ family and personal history, self-published, Snails on Stilts Press
• Stephen Riggins’ review of Postnational Memory, Peace and War: Making Pasts beyond Borders by Nigel Routledge (2019) in Peace Magazine, January/March, 38 (1), 2022.
• Stephen Riggins’ essay “Continuities/Discontinuities”, Jul 2021
• An article by Stephen Riggins on Dutch-Canadian poet Hendrik Poesiat. Written while Riggins was at Laurentian University.
• “Pianese”, Stephen Riggins’ essay on playing the piano, Sep 2014
• Stephen Riggins’ review of Soviet Émigré Artists by Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Igor Golomshtok and Janet Kennedy. Written while Riggins was at University of Alberta.
• A write-up on the release of SR’s book Country Lilacs, 1983
• Stephen Riggins' CV, Jan 1986

Contains 4 portrait photographs of Stephen Riggins. According to a note, these photographs were mentioned in his story “Still Life Adrift”, published in Pandemic Ponderings: Writing through a Pandemic, Fifteen Minutes at a Time, (2020).

Includes a letter to graduating students and the Spring Convocation program.

Contains the Official Log of the Fifth National Jamboree and the Jubilee Jamboree signature booklet with a letter from Chief Scout Executive J.A. Brunton Jr. Riggins was a member of Patrol 1: Flaming Arrow.

Contains Victoria College publications with writings by Graham Jackson. Includes:

• Acta Victoriana, Vol 94, No. 1, Nov 1969 – contains “Peter and John” on page 21
• Acta Victoriana, Vol 94, No. 3, Feb 1970 – contains excerpt of To the Hollow on page 22
• Acta Victoriana, Vol 94, No. 4, Apr 1970 – contains “Terminus: A New Beginning” on page 43
• Acta Victoriana, Vol 96, No. 1, 1972 – contains “Excerpts from Gérarde’s Diary” on page 30
• Booklet, “The Apothecary Jar”, 1972 – contains “Peter and John” and “The Apothecary Jar”

Contains scripts, programs and posters for plays written by Graham Jackson. Performed by the Victoria College Drama Club.

Order of worship programs for the Methodist Church in Loogootee, Indiana. Stephen Riggins was the organist. The programs are annotated with the names of the pieces he played.

Contains material from Riggins' childhood in Loogootee, IN, including report cards, piano evaluations, programs for concerts and performances, postcards from camp, and drawings. Also includes correspondence with old friends about growing up in Loogootee.

Contains 23 colour photographs of urban and rural scenes and abstract images taken by Stephen Riggins.

Contains 1 photograph.

Contains brochures, programs and invitations to galleries and exhibitions in Paris for Alabama-born artist Fred “Nall” Hollis. Includes the program for Nall’s Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama, which features a drawing of Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac as the lion and the unicorn.

Proofs of Fred “Nall” Hollis’s illustrations for his Alice in Wonderland series. Stephen Riggins modeled and appeared in some of the drawings. An inscription to Stephen Riggins and Paul Bouissac is written on the proofs.

See 2023.12 Box 6 File 11 for Nall ephemera.

Contact sheets of artwork from Toronto Native Times when Stephen Riggins worked there. Contains ink drawings by John McLeod.

Contains:

• Death certificate for Harold Riggins, 1986
• Copy of Eithel Riggins’ Special Certificate of Birth, issued 1954
• Copy of Eithel and Harold Riggins’ marriage certificate, 1929

An instructional booklet on the care of newborn babies. Stephen Riggins’ birth notes are recorded on the back cover.

Contains conduct books originally owned by Stephen Riggins’ mother, Eithel Ledgerwood. Includes Secret of a Happy Married Life and Heart Talks to Girls.

CONTENT WARNING: Books were written in the late-19th/early-20^th century and contain content that may be harmful, uncomfortable or offensive.

Contains job applications, reference letters and conference material.

Contains course syllabi or sociology classes taught by Stephen Riggins at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Contains the three best essays from Stephen Riggins’ Memorial University graduate seminar course Epiphany Objects.

Contains material relating to Stephen Riggins’ teaching career at the University of Alberta. Includes notes from former students, lists of Department of Sociology courses, flyers for lectures, and Riggins’ offer of acceptance for appointment of Visiting Assistant Professor.