Riggs Family papers, 1672-1987, bulk 1870 - 1939.

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Riggs Family papers, 1672-1987, bulk 1870 - 1939.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421070432

This collection contains family photographs (including daguerreotypes and tintypes), travel photographs, books, artwork, personal accessories, draft manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The materials date from 1672-1987, bulk 1870-1939. The records concern the Riggs family, including Thomas Riggs, territorial governor of Alaska (1918-1921), and family members connected to the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. However, there are no materials that discuss the business affairs of the Riggs Bank (see the PNC-Riggs Bank Collection for business records).The Thomas Riggs material contains family photographs in Alaska, 1914-1925, newspaper clippings relating to his governorship, and some business correspondence, 1922-1947. Photographs include portraits of Riggs family members, particularly E. Francis Riggs Sr. and his children. Travel photographs represent the late nineteenth century Middle East and Asia, early twentieth century Europe, a U.S. cross-country trip, and World War II in North Africa. The draft manuscripts consist of multiple drafts of The Riggs Family of Maryland : a genealogical and historical record, by John Beverley Riggs, and a draft of Remarks on some of the oldest maps in America, by Frederic Kunstmann.

27.75 Linear feet (16 flat boxes, 8 document boxes, 5 record center boxes).

George Washington University

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George Washington University

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Riggs, Elisha, 1779-1853.

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Elisha Riggs was a New York banker. From the description of Letter, December 25, 1840. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 247455773 ...

Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881

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Epithet: American banker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000105 Washington banker; one of founders of Corcoran & Riggs banking firm. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Joel Munsell, Albany, 1869 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22772919 From the description of Letter : Washington, to W. Stone, Jr., 1861 March 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22777787...

Riggs, John Beverley, 1918-2006

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John Beverley Riggs (1918-2006), author, curator, archivist, and historian, gathered the materials in this collection. He graduated from The George Washington University in 1939, and later attended Yale. His published works include The Riggs Family of Maryland: A Genealogical and Historical Record (1939), Documentary Sources for Historic Preservation: Manuscripts (1964), A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library (1978), as well as studies of early Maryland landowners...

Riggs family.

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Riggs, Elisha Francis, 1851-1910

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Epithet: son of George Washington Riggs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000104 ...

Riggs, Thomas, 1873-1945

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Riggs, Miriam Ely,

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