Personal records and ephemera

Title: Personal records and ephemera
Dates of Material:
1946-2022, predominant 1952-1978
Extent:
14 cm of textual records
24 photographs : col.
Scope and content

Series contains personal records and ephemera related to Stephen Riggins' youth, education and travels. It consists of school records, diplomas and degrees, photographs, copies of legal documents, Boy Scout Jamboree material, and various ephemera including programs, posters, pamphlets, proofs, invitations, illustrations and flyers collected by Riggins and received from friends.

Conduct books owned by Riggins' mother, Eithel Riggins, are also included.

NOTE(S)
Access restrictions

In Series 4 the following files are restricted and marked with RR:

          2020.10-4-4 has some restricted materials. Contact the Archivist for access.

BOX FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2020.10
2020.10, Box 4
42High School and Primary School1953-1968

Contains mostly school related ephemera (certificates, report cards, programs, etc.) and a few letters.
44 RRStatement to the FBI1968

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.
46Flyers, Pamphlets[196-?]-[197-?]

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
2023.12
2023.12, Box 5
56Loogootee High School DiplomaMay 22, 1964

   
2023.12, Box 6
61Indiana University, Bachelor of Arts DegreeAugust 31, 1968

   
62Indiana University, Master of Arts DegreeAugust 31, 1972

   
63University of Toronto, Doctor of PhilosophyJune 9, 1980

Includes a letter to graduating students and the Spring Convocation program.
64Boy Scout Jamboree1960

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.
65Graham Jackson, Victoria College #11969-1972

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”
66Graham Jackson, Victoria College #2[197-?]

Contains scripts, programs and posters for plays written by Graham Jackson. Performed by the Victoria College Drama Club.
67Loogootee Methodist Church programs1964

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.
68Loogootee, IN1952-1967, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2022

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.
69Photography by Stephen Riggins[n.d.]

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

(Photos P29-51)
610Portrait of Stephen Riggins[n.d.]

Contains 1 photograph.

(Photos P52)
611Nall1977, 1997

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.
612Nall – Alice in Wonderland proofs1996

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.
613Contact sheets1976

Contact sheets of artwork from Toronto Native Times when Stephen Riggins worked there. Contains ink drawings by John McLeod.
2023.12, Box 7
71Legal papers and other forms1986

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
72"Our Babies: Their Feeding, Care, and Training"1946

An instructional booklet on the care of newborn babies. Stephen Riggins’ birth notes are recorded on the back cover.
73[Books by Julia A. Shelhamer]

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-20th century and contain content that may be harmful, uncomfortable or offensive.