Correspondence,
1870-1963
Doc
519
Introduction
| Biographical Notes | Scope
and Content | Related Collections | Inventory
Introduction
This collection contains primarily
the correspondence of Charlotte Clement Ripley (1864-1923) of
Biographical
Notes
Charlotte Clement, whose correspondence
forms the largest part of the collection, was one of five children born to
Sarah Salome Fish (1832-1906) and Wallace Clement (1835-1921). Her siblings were
Florence Anna (1860-1870), Charles Fish (1862-?),
Scope and
Content
This collection gives insight to the
life of a wealthy
The collection also contains
correspondence with Mary Cochran, known as Mary Cork, the family’s longtime
domestic servant. The family had a warm
and close relationship with Mary Cork, who was at the bedside of Wallace
Clement when he died in 1921 at the age of eighty-six.
Related
Collections
The Vermont Historical Society
collections include the Clement Family Papers, 1798-1968 (Doc 187-194), which
focuses on Charles and Elizabeth Clement who were the grandparents of
Charlotte; and the Percival Wood Clement Papers, 1914-1919 (MSA 8 ), which
contain the records of Charlotte’s uncle who was governor of Vermont 1919-1921.
The library also holds genealogies of
the Clement and Ripley families, both written by F. Barreda Sherman, the donor
of this collection’s father and husband of :
The Clements of Haverill and
There are also Clement family items
in the VHS museum collection.
Doc
519:1 “Wallace and Sarah Salome
Clement,” copied from The Clements
of Haverill and
2 “The Clement Family” and “Clement
Genealogy: The Family in
3 Correspondence from professional genealogists, 1903-1907.
II.
Letters, mostly related to Charlotte Clement
4 Letters, notebook, written by Charlotte Clement as a young
child and young woman, no date.
5 To
6 _____, 1882-1883, while in school in
7 _____, 1881-1883, mostly from male friends.
8 _____, in
9 _____, _____, 1884-1885, from Charles J. Hurd
10 _____,
1884
11 Letters
from Charlotte Clement in
12 To
13 _____,
1885-1890, from various family members in the
14 Correspondence
between Sarah Salome Clement and Julia Ripley Dorr, Feb.-April, 1886
15 Correspondence
between Sarah Salome Clement and daughter-in-law, Helen Finletter, 1886
16 To
17 _____,
1886-1889, from “Lockwood”
18 _____,
1888-1889
19 Correspondence
about Charlotte Clement’s engagement
20 Correspondence
between Charlotte Clement and Thomas Ripley, 1888-1891
21 To
22 _____, 1888-1891, mostly from brothers
Frederick and Charles
23 Correspondence, 1891-1911; mostly to her
mother and between Charlotte and Thomas; includes sketch of house
24 From
25 To Charlotte Clement Ripley from
26 Letters of
27 Envelopes addressed to Charlotte Clement,
mostly while travelling abroad, most undated.
28 To
29 _____, most undated
30 Correspondence, Charlotte Clement to her
husband, Thomas Ripley, 1914
III.
Letters, other Clement family members
31 To various members of the Clement family:
not from Charlotte Clement, 1870-1906
32 To “Mary Cork”, 1907-1940
33 From “Mary Cork” to members of Ripley
Family
34 Letter to Sarah Salome Clement from her
son, Charles Fish Clement, 1891
35 Correspondence and list of assets, Wallace
Clement to Tom and Charlotte Ripley about Harry Clement’s financial problems,
1917-1918.
36 Correspondence between Ripley children and
grandparents, 1906-1910, undated
37 Clements Ripley’s letters to his parents,
from North Carolina, 1922-1927. Includes
one additional letter, 1921.
III.
Other
38 Paper dolls made by Thomas Ripley for his
daughter, Cornelia, ca. 1900
38.1 Account of Cornelia Ripley’s wedding,
January 1923; includes photograph
39
40 Script of Play
41 Poems and clippings kept by Charlotte
Ripley, most about World War I
42 Poems
43 Miscellaneous Correspondence
44 Miscellaneous, including: H-O Company
ephemera; Saranac Inn letterhead; Rutland Athletic Club annual meeting, 1984
Barbara Ellingson
May 2004
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