Correspondence

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.

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

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

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.

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.