Burgess Family papers, 1850-1969

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Series IX: Ruth Payne Burgess II



Box Oversize Photographs of terra cotta head of Ruth Payne Burgess II sculpted by Ruth Walker Brooks,, 1932



Box 8 Photographs of Ruth Payne Burgess II and her mother Annette Curnen Burgess,, 1932


Box 8 Photographs of Rear-Admiral John Halligan, 1934


Box 8 Year book of Todhunter School, 1939


Box 8 Ruth's visit to the White House

(as guest of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt)


Box 8 Envelope which contained photograph and letter from Kaiser Wilhelm to Ruth Payne Burgess II,, 1939


Box 8 Newspaper clippings related to Kaiser Wilhelm's 80th birthday, 1939


Box 8 Copy of letter to Ruth Payne Burgess II from Nicholas Murray Butler,, 1940


Box 8 Photographs by Bachrach for Ruth Payne Burgess II's debut, 1941


Box 8 Photograph of Malcolm Stevenson, 1943


Box 8 Society of May flower Descendents in New York State, 1946


Box 8 May fair Magazine of Canada, 1947


Box 8 Metropolitan Museum of Art Membership Card, 1959


Box 8 Photographs of 1939 Graduating Class of Todhunter School, 1939


Box 8 New York Times notices about Ruth Payne Burgess's debut, 1940


Box 8 Ruth Payne Burgess II's debut


Box 8 Photograph of Ruth Payne Burgess II at Stork Club (clipping), 1941


Box 8 Photograph of Ruth Payne Burgess II used in New York Times Engagement announcement,, 1945


Box 8 Engagement notice from the Herald Tribune, 1945


Box 8 Marriage notices form the Herald Tribune and the New York Times, 1945


Box 8 Announcement of birth of Ruth Payne Burgess II's daughter Mara (Marie Anna Ruth Annette) Jaeggi


Box 8 8 photographs of Ruth Payne Burgess II, 1923-1946


Box 8 Photograph of Ruth and Walter Jaeggi's wedding reception, 1945