Ruth Payne Burgess Correspondence To From Letter Origination if Listed Date Summary Box # Folder #

Mama [MJ Burgess] Ruth Brattleboro June 6 (no year ) letter to Mama 9 8 Mama [MJ Burgess] Ruth Brattleboro Unknown speaks about centennial 9 8 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charlie M Thompson sent to Montpelier, Vermont April 21 ( no year ) Friend Ruth' 98 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Ruth, Ruth's Doll and Me Montpelier, Vermont May 1879 Philo pena! Notecard 9 8 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. Hellman[illegible] [unknown] August 5, 1889 Archery 98 Prof & Mrs Burgess Julius Seelye Amherst Mass Dec 25, 1885 Amherst College stationery 98 Thursday May 9 (penciled in 1889 or Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey 58 West 36th St 1895) Note mentions Winooski Terrace 9 8

Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice Francis III.,Salesianergasse 11. penciled in 1880-1900 dinner invitation 9 8 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mildred Chignelle Castlemount. Dover September 20, 1887 Note wishing Ruth safe trip back to America 98 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Chipwell Castlemount. Dover Sep 12 (no year) Note about visiting 9 8 Miss Jewett [Ruth Burgess] B. Berlgree [illegible] Northampton, Mass Jan 8th 1885 Smith College School of Music note 98 Wednesday March Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey 13th ( no year) note of thanks 9 8 unknown ESS Shaffer Montpelier, Vermoont August 8, 1887 this is my will', speaks of the Lovell household 98 Mary little Ruth Montpelier, Vermont June 17, 1871 Miniature envelope and note with elephant 98 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Two handwritings appear ?Shepard Montpelier, Vermont September 18, 1882 Snatched from the brink clipping' enclosed 98 Mama [MJ Burgess] Ruth Montpelier, Vermont April 18,1876 speaks of dancing school, Papa & George 9 8 Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey University Club Madison Square October 30, 1880 city visit 98 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey University Club Madison Square November 26, 1880 declining dinner invitation 98 Ruth 'My dear daughter' [Ruth Burgess] MJ Burgess (mother) Home March 20, 1889 speaks of little Jewett, family tree 98 Miss Ruth Jewett [Ruth Burgess] unknown Addressed to State Street unknown empty envelope 98 unknown unknown [unknown] unknown empty envelope 98

Mrs John W Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Centennial Celebration Ball Metropolitan Opera House April 29, 1889 Admittance ticket #5029 9 9 Mrs RPJ Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Josiah Paine Harwich, Mass ? August 12,1890 discusses descendants/Eastham branch of Painefamily 99 Mrs JW Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mother MJB Home August 31, 1890 family history, love to grandson Jewette 99 Ruth [ Ruth Burgess] AR Reed Montpelier, Vermont Jan 3, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Annette Lepham ? Hartford, Conn Jan 3, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Hone Brattleboro, Vermont Jan 4, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Jos R. ??Reilly Burlington, Ohio Jan 6, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick W Bancroft Montpelier, Vermont Jan 11, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary L Cleaves 140 State St Montpelier Vermont Jan 18, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] JH Kellogg No. 86 Plymouth Ave Rochester New York Jan 19,1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Madeline 61 Harrington Gardens. S.W. Jan 28, 1891 note of sympathy for loss of mother 99 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mildred Chignell Stoneleigh East Grinstead [England] June 21, 1891 sympathy and hopes that Ruth crosses the Atlantic soon 9 9 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] T W Wood Athenwood, Montpelier Vermont June 25, 1891 acceptance of dinner invitation 9 9 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sarah Jewett South Berwick, Maine July 1891 note of thanks for nice note and invitation to Montpelier 99 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Athenwood Monteplier, Vermont July 23, 1891 in praise of the POEM 9 9 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Hone Brattleboro, Vermont July 30,1891 looking forward to a visit someday soon 99 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] (Fannie M. McDowell 227 East Eighteenth Street July 31, 1891 condolences and discusses music 99 Monday August 17, Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell 227 East Eighteenth Street 1891 friendship letter 9 9 Mrs Ruth Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell 227 Eighteenth Street October 22 ,1891 friendship letter 99 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Madeline 61 Harrington Gardens. S.W. Dec 13, 1891 friendship letter 99 single sheet of paper From Mme Madeline Schiller' 9 9

Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell Griffins Corner September 1, 1892 friendship letter 9 10 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] 227 East Eighteenth Street Mon October 3, 1892 friendship letter 910 Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood 51 West 10th Street New York October 17, 1892 note with drawing of NYC fashion. NYC noisy bedlam 910 note originally contained 3 enclosures including application to the Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. S. Peck Burlington, Vermont Dec 1892 Green Mt Chapter of ? 9 10 this address is handwritten in over the crossed out printed 227 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] probably from Fannie McDowell 309 E. 17th St July 12, 1893 East Eighteeneth Street 9 10 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell 227 East Eighteenth Street August 12, 1893 letter about dog days of summer in NYC 910 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Julius Seelye Amherst Mass Aug 2, 1893 response to letter of gratitude for a little book 910 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] F. McDowell 309 East 17th Sept 30, 1893 friendship letter 910 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell 309 East 17th October 24 1893 friendship letter 910 note stating that Mark Jewett of Rowley has information on the RP Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Albert Bailey Rowley, Mass Dec (?) 13, 1894 Jewett family he can share 9 11 My Dear Sir [Elisha Payne - RPBfather] E W Payne - County Clerk Morrison, Ilinois March 17, 1894 County clerk stationery. Forwarded to RPB from her father 911 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] E W Payne - County Clerk Morrison, Ilinois April 2, 1894 ongoing correspondence regarding genealogy 911 Dear Madam[ Ruth Burgess] E W Payne - County Clerk Morrison, llinois April13, 1894 continuing correspondence regarding genealogy 911 June 6, 1894 ( Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick [unknown] Wednesday afternoon friendship letter 9 11 August 19 /94 Dear Child [Ruth Burgess] Charlie Riinenbend [illegible] [unknown] (Sunday) letter of sympathy for father's death 9 11 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mr and Mrs Poland Home August 19, 1894 letter of sympathy for father's death 911 My dear sweet friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie M. McDowell 309 East 17th August 20, 1894 letter of sympathy for father's death 911 My dear, dear Mrs Ruth[Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Consolidated Bank 450 West Strand London August 29, 1894 note of sympathy for loss of father 911 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Harry [illegible] Field 717 Paru Street Alameda August 20, 1894 note of friendship 9 11 My dear friends [Ruth Burgess] Frances Hellman Wawbeek Upper Saranca Lake New York August 22, 1894 Condolence note on Fish Rock Camp stationery 911 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Evilyn Bandick Applian Isles of Shoals August 22, 1894 Condolence letter for loss of father 911 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charles Reed Chicago August 22, 1894 Condolence letter for loss of father 911 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Varina Jefferson Davis The Rockingham Narrangansett Pier RI August 22, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie W L Low North East Harbor August 25, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Walter Edwards Houghton Stamford, Conn August 27, 1894 condolence note for loss of father with poem 9 11 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mr and Mrs E B Story Whately, Mass August 30, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 9 11 Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Cousin Payne Jewett Shafton Clema Marin Co (?) September 1, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Roward L. Nice [illegible] 53 South Main St Concord NH Sept 6, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Jos A Ohiclering Haterville, NH September 9, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charles A Reed [unknown] Sept 23, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911 Madame [Ruth Burgess] Or de Pierpont 100 Elm St Montpelier VT Nov 19,1894 appears to be an invitation / written in French 911 Mr & Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Agnes Fairbanks Willard Pinehurst St Johnsbury October 9, 1894 condolence note for loss of father 911

genealogy inquiry with note written and stamped by Geo. Mark Jewett Ruth Payne Burgess Montpelier October 14, 1894 Blodgette, Atty at Law, Rowley Mass, dated Jan 3, 1895 on back. 9 11 June 29, 1895 Ruth [ Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Square (Saturday) friendly letter 9 11 Mr & Mrs Burgess Mildred Chignell Stoneleigh East Grinstead August 13, 1895 friendly letter 911 August 22, 1895 ( My dear [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East Seventeenth St Stuyvesant Sq Thursday morning) letter about trip to Boston 9 11 August 29, 1895 note of sympathy from 'dear friend of my childhood, girlhood and Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Katherine B Walden Concord [penciled in with ?] womanhood 9 11 Note certifying Ruth P. Burgess as member of the Margins di unknown unknown Montpelier, Vermont unknown Lafayette Chapter 9 11 stationery of Daughters of the American Revolution New York City Mrs Bloom Mary Wright-Wootron 417 Lexington Ave New York, New York Dec 16, 1895 Chapter 9 11 unknown unknown [unknown] June 22, 1896 Monday Evening program from Buckingham Palace 9 12 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East Seventeenth St June 25, 1896 letter 912 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East Seventeeneth St July 2,1896 long letter 912 My darling [Ruth Burgess] Sweetheart Chula Vista California September 23, 1896 female friend who recently moved out west 912 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] T.S. Peck Burlington February 15, 1897 note of regards and compliments on artwork 912

Mrs J.W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA April 8, 1897 geneaology letter said to enclose Jewett Coat of Arms (missing) 9 12 Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell Berlin June 3, 1897 friendly letter about the Berlin apartment/travel plans 912 letterhead states South Berwick, Maine/ speaks of Mrs Shafter's Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] O. Jewett Manchester by the Sea, Mass July 10, 1897 death 9 12 discusses inspect of church building & thanks her for the rich and Dear Madame [Ruth Burgess] W.J. O'Sullivan Montpelier, VT July 24, 1897 beautiful setting given for Art donated by J.W. Wood 9 12 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lester Loro [illegible] North East Harbor September 5, 1897 letter of gratitude - difficult to read handwriting 912 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA Sept 17, 1897 letter confirming ancestry suppositions 912 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA December 30, 1897 cover letter for ancestry records sent 9 12 March 8, 1898 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unsigned [Fannie McDowell] 309 East Seventeenth New York, NY (Tuesday morning) friendly letter with envelope/ mentions piano music 9 13 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice Creeliuan [illegible] 56 Elm Park Gardens S.W. London April 29,1898 personal note 9 13 personal letter/ mentions Ruth's possession of a wonderful talent My dear Daughter [in law] [Ruth Burgess] Your devoted mother [John's mother] Nashville, Tenn June 6, 1898 for art, cultivated to perfection 9 13 My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA May 23,1898 letter about genealogy search 913 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey [unknown] June 13, 1898 personal note 9 13 July 13, 1898 ( My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Devotedly [illegible] Narragansett RI Wednesday) note on letterhead J.G. Burns & Son. The Rockingham 9 13 My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA September 3, 1898 letter about genealogy search 913

My darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] January 6, 1899 mentions 'beautiful miniature' received. A work of love and skill 9 13 note mentions being 'so charmed by the grace, beauty and My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Deborah Jacoby 663 Madison Avenue March 11, 1899 [illegible] of your Marcella] 9 13 Dear Mrs. Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood 510 West 10th Street New York May 2, 1899 note of apology for missing Museum appointment 913 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey New York City April 11, 1899 RSVP note for dinner 913 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis Beauvoir PO Hamison Co. Missi May 6, 1899 personal note 9 13 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis Beauvoir PO Hamison Co. Missi May 14, 1899 personal mentioning joining Ruth in Montpelier in June 913 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis Beauvoir PO Hamison Co. Missi May 24, 1899 personal note about V. Jefferson Davis being ill 913 My dear little Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis The Gerard W. 44th St September 18, 1899 personal note mentions having sat in RPB's studio 913 Thomas W. Wood Esq Fred L. Laird Attorney Room 6 Lawrence Block Montpelier Vt Sept 19,1899 discusses Montpelier Public Library 913 letterhead State of Vermont Executive Department/ note of Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E. C. Smith [illegible] Vermont October 6, 1899 gratitude 9 13 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis The Gerard W. 44th St Nov 1, 1899 personal note 9 13

For dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs Jefferson Davis Beauvoir House Mississippi unknown small card expressing Xmas wishes 9 14 My darlign Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] March 15, 1900 small sheet of paper expressing Xmas wishes 914 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H. L. Jewett Bethlehem,PA April 12, 1900 letter about genealogy 9 14 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis The Gerard W. 44th St May 28, 1900 personal note 9 14 Mrs Ruth Burgess Sr. M. Joseph Srs of Mercy St Michael's Convent June 24, 1900 note of thanks for fruit 9 14 attached is note signed by Ruth Burgess identifying this letter as Xmas 1877 [found having been written by Jefferson Davis to his daughter who gave My darling Baby [Varina Jefferson Davis] Jefferson Davis Mississippi City, Mississippi in1900-1901 folder] it to her 9 14 August 28,1900 Dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Weber's Hotel Dresden (Tuesday evening) personal note 9 14

Dear Mrs. Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Weber's Hotel Dresden August 31, 1900 personal note mentions The Rembrandt and has drawing of moon 9 14 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] unsigned [Fannie McDowell] 309 East Seventeeth St August 24, - (Friday) personal note / reminiscingabout Ruth's father and childhood 914 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kenyon Cox 75 W. 55th St January 3, 1901 thank you note mentions Michelangelo drawings 914 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Malpes Dodge 205 West 57th Street February 19, 1901 apology note 914 cover letter that had enclosed a $25 check. Payment for use of A.W. Drake - Director Art Dept of Century Ruth Burgess's portrait of Miss Runkle. Assured artist credit in Mrs. John W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Co 33 East 17th St April 27, 1901 their reproductions 9 14 mentions neighbor RV and Amanda Brewster Sewall as Ruth's My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Bertha Runkle Onteora Club Samersville, NY July 1, 1901 profession rivals/ sketching 9 14 Dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Athenwood Montpelier Vt August 23, 1901 dinner invitation extended to Professor and Mrs Burgess 914 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo [illegible] Young Montreaux - Hotel de Europe Letter Sept 24th 1902 personal letter 9 14 Thursday September My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Sr. M. Xavier St. Michael's Convent 27, 1901 personal note 9 14 letter regretting error in credit and title of RPB's work published in Miss Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Manager Art Department Harper & Brothers Publishers NY January 17, 1902 the Weekly 9 15 Dear Mrs. Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood 51 West 10th Street New York April 28, 1902 mentions portraits of Mrs Raymond in Stamford Conn 915 September 7, 21, 23 Dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood Athenwood 1902 6 page personal letter 9 15 mentions painting a portrait of Richard Burmcile, pianist and pupil Dear Mrs [illegible] [unknown] [unknown] January 9, 1903 of Lisgl [illegible] 9 15 Harry Watroud, Secy Ntnl Academy of request for completed enclosed card for permanent records of the Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] DesignAmsterdam Ave & 100 St NYC National Academy of Design NYC February 21, 1903 Academy 9 15 My dear Daughter [in law] [Ruth Burgess] MJ Burgess (mother of John) Clarksville February 26, 1903 personal letter 9 15 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] P. Cullngily [illegible] Christian Brothers College Gibraltar March 10, 1903 personal letter 915

Dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Thomas W. Wood New York Hospital 10 West 16th NYC March 20, 1903 personal letter with drawing / written during Mr Wood's hospital 9 15 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Robert Chignell Stoneleigh East Grinstead March 25, 1903 personal note 9 15 thank you note to Ruth Burgess for her account of Mr Wood's My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles Paissie [illegible] Tescafly [illegible] NJ April 22, 1903 funeral -his oldest friend 9 15 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Timothy Merrill City Treasurer City of Montpelier Vt June 1, 1903 breakdown of first tax on new appraisal of property 915 My dear Cousin [Ruth Burgess] David Essex, Conn August 6, 1903 personal letter on stationery of Griswold House 915 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick W. Bancroft 18 Liberty St Montpelier VT August 24, 1903 mentions proud of Ruth's success, portrait of Mrs. Loomis 9 15 note of thanks for the picture of Frank -'a fine likeness without ever seeing Frank, a beautiful piece, continued interest in Ruth My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice L. Cushman Monson November 2, 1903 Burgess' work 9 15 Ruth Burgess' unanimous election as a Member of the board of Mrs Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H.M. Barry [illegible title] 215 West 57th St. New York November 4, 1903 Trustees American Fine Arts Society 9 15 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] S. Moody Camp Crawford, Wakefield, NYC November 6 ,1903 thank you note for the 'little green [illegible] 9 15 note asking Ruth Burgess to teach her grandchild illumination, My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis 123 W. 44th St New York December 5, 1903 gold on vellum 9 15 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary E. [illegible] Freeman Metuchen N.J. December 9, 1903 thank you note for a kind letter about Jerome 915 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lorinda Margaret Giddings 150 West 9th street December 27, 1903 thank you note for the sewing case 915 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.F. Cummingham Duke York's School Chelsea [UK] December 28, 1903 thank you note for a book received as a Christmas gift 915

My very dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis 123 W. 44th St New York January 24, 1904 note regarding grief over Mr. Morgan's death 9 16 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lydia E. Gaffrey [unknown] February 19, 1904 note of thanks for the gift of a $5 bill 9 16 forwarded note expressing regret in being able to visit the studio Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edith [illegible] (Kennedy) 204 South Oxford S t Brookyl, NY April 6, 1904 while in Brooklyn 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George de Forest Brush Keene NH March 19, 1906 personal note 9 16 note of thanks for the portrait of John Burgess noting the My dear sister Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Lenehan 112 Dauxhall Nashville, Tenn April 9, 1904 wonderful skill of the artist [Ruth Burgess] 9 16 Western Union receipt of portrait arriving safely to MH Slater Hyde unknown unknown [unknown] May 14, 1904 Park Mass 9 16 My dearest dear [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis 123 W. 44th St New York May 16, 1904 personal note 9 16 personal note - enjoying 'your capital' hope to visit you and Prof in My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Chin- Yung Yen 1714 1st street Washington [DC] June 25, 1904 White Mts 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles Albert Lopez - Sculptor Broadway and 65th street, New York Sept 19th, 1904 mentions kind words, portrait 916 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis unknown [123 W. 44th St New York] October 6, 1904 personal note 9 16 1904 penciled in Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John LaFarge The Century Association 7 West 43rd St followed by ? personal note with enclosed invitation to stained glass exhibit 9 16 letter announcing Ruth Burgess' election to President of Woman's My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Susan M. Keteham [illegible] Corresp Sec. [unknown] December 13, 1904 Art Club of New York 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary E William Freeman Metuchen NJ December 19, 1904 Thank you note 916 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 39 Chestnut Dr. Babloa [illegible] December 22, 1904 Thank you note for portrait 916 personal note/ in praise of portraits/ 'people who have heard of My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick En route on the 20th century limited NY-Chicago January 14,1905 you/ want to own your paintings' 9 16 note acknowledging Ruth Burgess' acceptance of $200 for a picture. Purchaser identified as Charles Crump of Shreve, Crump, and Low Boston jeweler. Exhbibit at Boston Art Club included portraiture and still life. Hope to see more of your work in future Miss Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edward J. Farrell Boston Art Club January 19, 1905 exhibitions 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Caroline Choate 8 East 63rd St. February 18, 2016 note arranging a home vist 9 16 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Carolyn Wells Rahway NJ March 9, 1905 note regarding social engagement 916 Short note with previously enclosed check. Commented that 'you Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A. B. Hepburn Chase National Bank March 13, 1905 succeeded remarkably well' 9 16 My dear dear Mrs Burgess [Rtuh Burgess] [illegible] Neibner New York March 28, 1905 note of regret in being able to attend dinner 916 mentions how well received Ruth Burgess' works were at an exhibit, 'I revere you' particularly in portraiture of women speaks of the Crumps, and that 'you could make even Mrs. Jack Gardner Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick W Bancroft 124 Mt. Vernon St Boston April 11, 1905 beautiful' 9 16 confirming sale of work to Sydney Clementson, Milton, Mass. Expressed interest in her work noting 'its nice color sense, good My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edward J. Farrell Boston Art Club April 25, 1905 composition, originality, etc. 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A. Albright Wigand 1947 Broadway May 15, 1905 thank you note for generous gift to 'the Club' 916 note expressing mutual pleasure in the Times's notice of the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles de Key National Arts Club 37 West 34 St May 19, 1905 Woman's art Club show 9 16 note expressing interest in Ruth Burgess' development as an artist from 'a conscientious teacher'. Comments to amazing use of color My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George M. Cohen 16 East 87 th St May 31, 1905 with constructive criticism on some techniques 9 16 note confirming $300 payment for portrait to be painted. 'Known to make good investments but feel I have never made a better one My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mr. H. Flagg 114 West 58th street June 7, 1905 than this' 9 16 Bon Voyage note. Also comments to Ruth Burgess as a known painter whose works 'are hung on the Line and who is President My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick Bancroft 124 Mt. Vernon St Boston June 12, 1905 of the Women's Art League' 9 16 1187 Lexington Ave stationery [forwarded to My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Peter Peterboro N.H.] August 9, 1905 personal letter 9 16 Document with Museum Director's wax seal permitting Ruth Burgess to take 3 works in the Gallery as 'her work and property' Dr. J. Boehlan [? Sp] Museum Director Royal Gallery in Cassel September 4, 1905 from the Gallery to her home in New York. 9 16 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Peter 1187 Lexington Ave Sept 20th 1905 personal letter 916 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Chin- Yung Yen Berlin Sept 24th , 1905 personal letter 916 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler 119 East Thirtieth Street October 7, 1905 personal letter 916 October 15 (Sunday) penciled in 1905 or My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Belle K. Browson Hotel Gotham 1911 personal letter. Mentions Ruth Burgess' finding a home in Newport 9 16 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Winifield S. Moody 157 State St Montpelier VT October 25, 1905 personal letter 916 empty envelope addressed to 323 West 57th NYC, postmarked unknown unknown [unknown] October 25, 1905 Mont Jct & Barre RPO 9 16 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kenyon Cox 75 Fifty-Fifth Street, West December 9, 1905 brief note mentions Holbein [illegible] 916 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Gregory Nicholson R.M.S. 'Carmania' December 16, 1905 thank you 'to you' our Queen of New York 916 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Olga [illegible] [unknown] Xmas 1905 thank you note 916 postmark include small envelope with multiple postmarks/ includes address to unknown unknown possibly Cassel Germany 9/23/1905 & Barnard Club & contains calling cards of Mr John Burgess & Mrs 10 1 invitation or admittance ticket for Prof Burgess. Written in unknown unknown [unknown] November 1, 1906 German 10 1 letter speaks of Ruth's'' beautiful and beautifully done paintings being hung nicely at the Art Club, selling as soon as they are shown, 'you will paint my friend the Kaiser ans thinkwhat that will My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick 124 Mt. Vernon St Boston April 8,1906 mean' 10 1 Dear Mrs Burgess Geo. G Young Geneve - Hotel de la Metropole stationery May 3, 1906 personal letter 10 1 Note that previously contained a check for $960 for Portrait of Mrs Wallace and Adoration, expresses delight in the works of art and My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Laura Brooks Wallace 349 C.P.W. [Central Park West June 1, 1906 the portrait as 'a thing of soul and beauty' 10 1

note references Ethelyn's portrait as personally significant and as My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louis V. De Foe No. 200 West 70th [New York] June 3, 1906 a work of very superior art. 'A great gift that you possess' 10 1 comments to great art produced. 'few, if any other, living artist that June 17, 1906 could have painted suchan artistic portraint as yours of Mrs My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Franklin Wallace unknown [ 'this great city' mentioned] (Sunday) Wallace' 10 1 notes that the portrait is 'entitled to hang beside the work of any My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Joseph [illegible] Spafford New York June 6, 1906 artist without suffering from comparison' 10 1 thank you note for receiving the Ruth Payne Burgess Prize at the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Susan M. Ketcham 101 Carnegie Hall [New York] April 24, 1906 Club 10 1 Dear Mrs Burgess E.F. Cummingham [illegible] London S.W. March 19, 1906 personal note 10 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. de Forest Brush Keene, N.H. March 1, 1906 personal note 10 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George de Forest Brush Dublin, N.H. February 12, 1906 personal note 10 1

St. Augustine's Rectory stationery. Comments to Rev Bishop My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] W.J. O'Sullivan Montpelier, V.T. February 10, 1906 seeing 'our painting fo rthe first time', 'admired beyond expression' 10 1 references the successful purchase of Rembrandt Corner from My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] W.S. Kilton Worcester, Mass February 9, 1906 Boston Art Club/would like to own more 10 1 updates placement of paintings at the Club, informs of the sale of Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick W. Bancroft 124 Vernon St Boston January 28, 1906 A Bit of Remembrandt 10 1 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Joseph H. Choate 8 East Sixty-Third Street January 26, 1906 RSVP note 10 1 personal note mentions Prof & Mrs Burgess having luncheon with My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] T.S. Peck Burlington, Vt January 8, 1906 Pres Roosevelt & the German Ambassdor Reid 10 1

Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg June 23, 1907 personal note 10 2 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eliza R. Butler 119 East 30th Street [New York] February 25, 1907 personal letter 10 2 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Nieder-Walluf, Rheingau [Germany] January 28,1907 small note card most of it written in German 10 2 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A. Berndoff [illegible] Berlin Schloss March 3, 1907 personal note 10 2 personal letter & update regarding pictures at the Club. 'You are one of the very few exhibitors who had praise from Philip Hale the My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick 124 Mt Vernon St Boston March 14, 1907 critic of the Herald & an artist himself' 10 2 [Ruth Burgess] unknown Berlin Schloss unknown empty envelope 'To Mrs Burgess' penciled in 10 2 Dear Mrs Burgess! [Ruth Burgess] R. O. [illegible] illegible May 3, 1907 personal note 10 2 [In German] Wilthelm Diltkeg Berlin Schloss July 7, 1907 note card entirely in German 10 2 Dear Mrs Burgess Annie Gregory Nicholson 7 Oakwood Court London July 1, 1907 personal letter 10 2 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eliza R. Butler Bar Harbor Maine July 15, 1907 personal letter 10 2 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible [illegible] July 11,1907 Thank you note for painting of fiancee 10 2 Dear Misses Burgess! [Ruth Burgess] Karolar Brauer Karbrube August 25, 1907 personal note 10 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wanda Wallenberg Schloss Wilhelmshohe August 25, 1907 personal note with envelope 10 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Philippeburg August 30, 1907 personal note 10 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Schloss Wilhelmshohe September 1, 1907 personal note with envelope 10 2 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Strassberg [illegible] 1907 postcard most of it written in German 10 2 small note card with envelope - envelope embossed with Paul Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [Berlin] November 3, 1907 Rosenberg Berlin 10 2 personal note/ comments how beautiful Ruth's paintings must be 'the beautiful expression of that which is very fine grained and conceived by one who is large souled and of noble purpose'.Mentions sending Ruth copies of two if Emily Dickinson's My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Florence Newell Barbour 151 Saratoga Avenue Rochester N.Y. December 16, 1907 poems 10 2 thank note written by the charge of Her Majesty the Empress with Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Berlin Schloss October 25, 1907 envelope 10 2 thank you note for wedding gift - a picture from a home in My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sally Field Gardner [unknown] unknown Ogunquit 10 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eric F. Cunningham Duke of York's School Chelsea S.W. [UK] December 23, 1907 personal note 10 2 unknown unknown unknown unknown unused postcard written in German with two images 10 3 thank you note written on The Waldorf Astoria New York Dear Professor Burgess Louis Lombard New York March 23,1908 stationery 10 3 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Chin Yung Yen Peking April 10, 1908 illustrated postcard sent from Peking/ Best regards written in 10 3 President's Room stationery/ interest in beginning 'that much My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible Columbia University New York April 21,1908 desired and long promised portrait' 10 3 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fannie Hotel Palais Donn'Anna Posillipo Naples May 27, 1908 personal letter 10 3 June 16, 1908 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Berlin N.W. [penciled in] personal letter 10 3 Thank you note written on behalf of the Imperial Majesties, the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Berlin Schloss January 7, 1908 Emperor and the Empress with envelope 10 3 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unknown Redstone Montepelier, Vt July 2, 1908 Empty envelope postmarked Montepelier Vt 10 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller [illegible] Palais [illegible] June 28, 1908 note on behalf of The Majesty the Empress 10 3

letterhead of Society of Universal Science. Requesting a letter be Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Andrew McConnell Chicago, Ill April 13, 1908 sent to Miss Shanks at University of Chicago discussing the work 10 3 [In German] [In German] Berlin- Steglitz April 4, 1908 note written in German 10 3 Photo postcard of Prinz August Wilhelm and woman. Good luck unknown August Wilhelm unknown unknown written on back 10 3 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Tremans Horsted Keynes Sussex July 29, 1908 personal note 10 3 Frau Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frau Margarethe Curschmann Leipzig, Den January 28, 1908 typed letter entirely in German 10 3

Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Dillingham US Senate Wash DC at Montpelier, Vermont Sept 30th, 1908 typed letter regarding publication of poem 'The Golden Dome' 10 3 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Countess Rantzan Berlin October 24, 1908 thank you note and envelope written on behalf of Her Majesty 10 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Wilhelmshohe August 24, 1908 postmarked postcard with Panorama 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne [illegible] [unknown] Sept 28th, 1908 personal letter 10 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louisa Groben Berlin N. W. 40 October 30, 1908 personal note 10 3 thank you note for portrait of Leonard Frost Aldrich. Truly Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Barre Civic Fed of Women Barre October 10, 1908 appreciate it as a work of art 10 3

letter from Exec Committee/members of the Womans Art Club Dear Madam President [Ruth Burgess] Womans Art Club - 12 signatures New York November 5, 1908 regretting Ruth's resignation as President, please reconsider 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Grace Fitz-Randolph Corr Secy 3 Washington Square New York November 7, 1908 appears to have accompanied with letter directly above 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Grace Fitz-Randolph Corr Secy 3 Washington Square New York November 16, 1908 special mtg of Womans Club regarding resignation 10 3 postmarked postcard with village (Numberg) drawing on front/ Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.H.S. Normberg August 6, 1908 German print 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas [illegible] 119 East Thirtieth St December 3, 1908 acknowledgement of arrival of portrait 10 3 Thanksgiving Day, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ruth [illegible] Stuart 220 West 59 Street 1908 personal note 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer Bronxville, NY December 7, 1908 personal note 10 3 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna unknown Deccember 16, 1908 personal note 10 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] US Senate [illegible signature] Washinigton D.C. December 16, 1908 personal note 10 3 Mr. A. Barton Hepburn, Pres. Chase Natl Bank NY Frank Jay Gould New York December 21, 1908 letter acknowledging letter of introduction 10 3 unknown [illegible] Bigelow (Century Club) unknown unknown personal note 10 3 My own Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Peter 1187 Lexington Ave December 26, 1908 personal note 10 3 thank you note written on behalf of the Emperor and Empress, Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller [illegible] Palais [illegible] December 12, 1908 Princes and Princesses with envelope 10 3 Boston Art Club Stationery. Discusses changes in the Club from My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edward T. Farrell Boston January 1, 1909 salesman perspective encouraging consideration of private 10 4 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unknown [in German] [in German] January 8, 1909 letter written entirely in German 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Francis 41 East 33rd St New York January 16, 1909 thank you note for diary given as an Xmas gift 10 4 letter sent upon Prof Burgess' resignation from Colombia /wishing My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Seth Low 30 East 64th Street New York January 26, 1909 the best 10 4 Mr Chairman [Columbia University] Seth Low unknown January 4, 1909 letter regarding Professor Burgess' resignation 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] 18 East 41st Street January 26, 1909 thank you note for tickets to Opera 10 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Andrew McConnell New York January 29, 1909 thank you letter for support of Society of Universal Science 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] 18 East 41st Street February 4, 1909 thank you note for invitation 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E. M. Scott 142 Eighteenth Street East March 4, 1909 thank you note for the Prize 10 4 [In German] Maria [in German] [in German] March 16, 1909 note entirely in German 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] The Plaza New York April 2, 1909 personal note 10 4 [In German] [In German] Stationery letterhead -Davenport, Iowa April 7, 1909 [in German] 10 4 acknowledgement of arrival of portrait of Dr. Althoff with great My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas [illegible] Columbia University New York May 31, 1909 thanks 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Moore four East Fifty Fourth [New York] May 5, 1909 personal note 10 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] R. A. Wilhelmshohe June 11, 1909 personal note 10 4 June 15, 1909 ( Dear Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Fannie 1187 Lexington Ave Tuesday) personal note mentions being proud of 'your great talent' 10 4 recorded conversation bewteen Mrs. Burgess Dr. Wright/ empty unknown [no salutation] unknown Redstone Montepelier, Vt June 16, 1909 envelope 10 4 a great artist, a great woman, a great mother - and such a My dearest [Ruth Burgess] unknow [Fannie] Valley Farm Phoenicia Ulster Co. NY July 4, 1909 devoted friend' 10 4 Mrs Professor Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unknown [in German] Villa Dreher in Schiersee July 4, 1909 postcard most of it written in German 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible initials] McDowel Phoenicia NY July 19, 1909 personal note 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible initials] McDowel Phoenicia NY July 27, 1909 personal note 10 4 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Hotel Wilhelm[illegible] August 13, 1909 thank you note for 'charming picture of my son' with envelope 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Egmond a/d Hoef, Holland Sept 27th, 1909 personal note 10 4 Thank you note from Columbia College for gift of Dr Althoff's Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Jonh B. Pine No.63 Wall Street, New York October 5, 1909 potrait 10 4 Sealed letter from Board of Trustees thanking Ruth Burgess for unknown [no salutation] John B. Pine Columbia College New York October 4, 1909 portrait of Dr. Althoff 10 4

[In German] Marie Althoff [in German] October [illegible] 1909 note in German 10 4 [unknown] Countess Keller Weimar [Germany] October 24, 1909 telegraph with thank you note 10 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Schloss Wilhelmshohe November 22, 1909 personal note with envelope 10 4 Dear Mrs Burgess Grafin von der Groben [unknown] [unknown] small card with personal note 10 4 note written in German on back of apparent invitation also written [unknown] [unknown] Dessau [Germany] November 25, 1909 in German 10 4 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] December 1, 1909 dinner invitation 10 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 30 East 64th Street New York December 12, 1909 personal note 10 4 Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] in German Berlin December 26,1909 note in German 10 4 Mrs R. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] of Prussia [unknown] [unknown] Postkarte with photograph of two women (with envelope) 10 4 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Prof Paszkowsky Berlin December 31, 1909 personal note 10 4 [Ruth Burgess] Grafin Rrockvorff (?) Berlin December 30, 1909 telegraph written in German 10 4

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate [illegible] 926 Fifth Ave [NY] January 12, 1910 personal note 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] Berlin January 21, 1910 Note written in German 10 5 Dear dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate [illegible] 926 Fifth Ave [NY] March [illegible] 1910 personal note 10 5 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [In German] [in German] March 30, 1910 note written in German 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] [in German] [illegible] 1910 note written in German 10 5 note thanking Mrs Burgess for a sketch of the late Baron [illegible] Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Brockdorff Neues Palais June 15, 1910 with envelope 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] June 22, 1910 note in German 10 5 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Brockdorff Neues Palais June 25, 1910 thank you note written on behalf of the Empress 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German in German June 24, 1910 note written in German 10 5 Mrs. R.P. Burgess in German Schwerte [Germany] July 2, 1910 Postkarte with note written in German 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] Marie Althoff in German in German 1910 note written in German 10 5 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] in German in German August 3, 1910 note written in German with envelope 10 5 [Ruth Burgess] in German in German in German 1910 note written in German with envelope 10 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] August 19, 1910 personal note 10 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Caroline Choate Naumkeag, Stockbridge Mass September 3, 1910 personal note 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] Rabensteinfeld Mecklenburg [Germany] [illegible] 1910 note written in German 10 5 Dear Mrs Burgess R.S. Cox [illegible] September 7, 1910 personal note 10 5 Dear Mrs Burgess Anna B. Berlin [unknown] Postkarte 10 5 Dearest Professor and Mrs Burgess Leonhard Breslau [Germany] October 13, 1910 personal note 10 5 Note of thanks, had contained $50 plus interest in form of bank Mrs Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Henry E. Fifield Montpelier, V.T. October 20, 1910 check 10 5 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark October 24, 1910 thank you note on behalf of Her Majesty 10 5

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unknown Amercian Embassy, Berlin Germany October 28, 1910 mentions a Bergonzi Violin of 1727, 25000 marks ( with envelope) 10 5 [Ruth Burgess] Juliet L. P.H. unknown unknown personal note 10 5 My dearest friend [Ruth Burgess] R. Leonhard Breslau [Germany] November 10, 1910 personal note 10 5

[in German]Noovember in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] [in German] 1910 note in German 10 5 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Berlin December 3, 1910 personal note 10 5 in German [Ruth Burgess] Marie Althoff Steglitz [Germany] in German 1910 note written in German 10 5 Mrs Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Margaret Mersereau Art Students' League, New York December 14, 1910 letter stating Life Membership to the Art Students' League 10 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louis [illegible] Chateau de Trevano Lugano Suisse December 15, 1910 personal note 10 5 My dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Leonhard Breslau [Germany] December 20, 1910 personal note 10 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] 468 Riverside Drive New York December 26, 1910 thank you note for picture received as a gift 10 5 Thank you for portraits of Mr William C Bradley and Mr Dorr My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Edward Field VT Historical Society Montpelier, V.T. December 30, 1910 Bradley from VT Historical Society 10 5 Dear Madam Hans [illegible/mongram H.G] [illegible] December 31, 1910 Thank you note 10 5

Mrs Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [Germany] unknown Postkarte wuth photo of Unser Kaiser and son Enkel 10 6 Our dear Friends Belle [illegible] Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass January 4, 1911 personal note 10 6 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] In German [In German] Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] January 8, 1911 Notecard in German 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.F. Cummingham Bhurtpore Barracks Tidworth [England] January 5, 1911 personal note 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] January 7, 1911 personal note 10 6 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Berlin January 13, 1911 written in German 10 6

Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Berlin January 28, 1911 personal thank note written on behalf of Emperor and Empress 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elly v Lelerr-Thofs Noroh Ober/Schles[illegible] January 27, 1911 personal note 10 6 letter of regret- unable to exhibit submitted painting in Berlin & Dear Madame Martin Birnbaum (Berlin Photographic Co.) 14 East 23rd st Madison Sq So New York January 30, 1911 Munich 10 6 Dear Mrs Burgess Charlotte Grese [illegible] [illegible] personal note 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] 468 Riverside Drive New York February 8, 1911 personal note 10 6 Mrs Burgess unknown Berlin postmark unknown empty envelope 10 6 My beautiful & beloved friend Susan M. Ketcham 1010 Carnegie Hall [New York] February 22, 1911 personal note 10 6 Dear Mrs Burgess R.S. Cox unknown March 6, 1911 personal note 10 6 unknown [penciled in My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Laura [illegible] Postmarked Taormina Italy 1905-11} postcard of Rocca Bella, Taormina 10 6 personal letter that mentions Mr Goldthwaite's 'tickled to death Our dear friend Mrs. Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle S. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass March 25, 1911 with the picture' 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Bryant Park Studios 80 West 40th St N.Y. March 29, 1911 personal note 10 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [illegible] 30 East 64th Street New York April 10, 1911 personal note 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.L. Bronswell New York April 15, 1911 thank you note 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Poultney Bigelow Bigelow Homestead Malden on the Hudson NY April 25, 1911 thank you note for 'your admirable work of art 10 6 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] L.R.R. Malta April 27, 1911 Postcard from Admiralty House Vittoriosa Malta 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible] 468 Riverside Drive New York April 27, 1911 personal note 10 6 thank you note for the picture, had enclosed $1000 check for the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. [illegible] 61 Park Ave [New York] June 9, 1911 work 10 6 Dear Mrs Burgess Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] June 5, 1911 personal letter 10 6 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Gin & Company Educational Publishers June 12, 1911 note that mentions a check and a picture. 10 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Amherst, Mass June 12, 1911 note mentions portrait of Dr [illegible] 10 6 Dear Mrs Burgess M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark June 17, 1911 note of thanks on behalf of the Emperor and Empress 10 6 My very dear friend Susan M. Ketcham Lock Box 216 Ogunquit, Me June 1, 1911 personal note 10 6

Mrs John Burgess [illegible] Wilhelmshohe July 27, 1911 Postcard with 'Rembrandt: Kakhlkopf. Alter' 10 7 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Holstein July 1, 1911 note written in German 10 7 postmarked August 3, in German [Ruth Burgess] in German unknown 1911 Postkarte with landscape scene written entirely in German 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.A. Barnes [illegible] Sussex England August 30, 1911 personal note 10 7 Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. [illegible],Laura & Wm Shepherd Italy September 1, 1911 postcard from Lake Garda, Italy 10 7 postmarked Sept 4, Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen Rome, Italy 1911 postcard from Rome 10 7 postmarked Sept 13, Mrs John Burgess Martha [illegible] Hamburg [Germany] 1911 postcard from Hamburg 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Leonard McLaughlin Mt Hope Kenwood Rd Albany, NY October 5, 1911 personal note 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eliza [illegible] Howland Briarcliff Manor, New York October 11, 1911 personal note about Newport RI 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Virginia B. Gibbs Newport RI October 11, 1911 personal note about Newport RI 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ethel Fowler 14 Clifton Rd. Brighton [England] October 11, 1911 personal note 10 7 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark October 1, 1911 thank you on behalf of Empress 10 7 [illegible] 11, 1911 [postmarked Jan 11, Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Berlin 1911 personal note with New Year greeting with envelope 10 7 Dear Mrs Burgess Jane Sloan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI October 13, 1911 personal note about Newport RI 10 7 April 22, [postmarked Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] L.R.Robinson Tunis [Tunisia] 1911] postcard of Café arabe 10 7 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] New York November 5, 1911 personal note 10 7 Andrew McConnell [Society of Universal Letter containing the Fifth Lesson, discusses blood condition and Mrs R.P. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Science] Chicago Chicago [Illinois] Sept 20th, 1911 recommendations 10 7 Andrew McConnell [Society of Universal Mrs. R.P. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Science] Chicago Chicago [Illinois] November 8, 1911 Letter explaining deep breathing, uric acid diseases 10 7 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.F. Cunningham 3 Harbor Terrace [illegible] Cornwall [England] November 11, 1911 personal letter 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lilly Barret London [England] November 12, 1911 personal letter 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler 5749 Woodlawn Ave Chicago, Ill December 14, 1911 personal note 10 7 in German [Ruth Burgess] Marie Althoff Berlin [illegible] 1911 Postcard [no receiving address or postmark] 10 7 [illegible] Women's Club of Boston My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] letterhead 40 Beacon St Boston, Mass October 18, 1911 personal note 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler New York December 20, 1911 personal note 10 7 thank you note for diary. Mentions 61 Park Ave & 'portrait of My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Francis Plimpton Lewis Farm Walpole Mass December 26, 1911 father'[George Plimpton] 10 7 thank you note on behalf of Empress w/ postcard photo of Prinz Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark December 29, 1911 Wilhelm & Louis Ferdinand 10 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.F. Cunningham Tournay Barracks Aldershot December 31, 1911 personal note 10 7 thank you note: 'a fine little watercolor & pretty bit of Germany on My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 22 Gramercy Park [New York] January 5, 1912 my mantel' 10 8 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Clara S[illegible] [illegible] January 21, 1912 thank you 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Fleming 1600 Spruce St Philadelphia January 29, 1912 personal note 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler Berlin February 24, 1912 personal note 10 8 Closure of savings account. Thank you for 'beautiful collection of Mrs. John Burgess William S. Smith [Montpelier Savings] Montpelier, V.T. February 26, 1912 paintings contributed' 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hedwig Preuschen Cassel [Germany] April 24, 1912 personal note 10 8

Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] John W. Leonard [Woman's Who's Who] 43 West 27th St New York May 3, 1912 apologies for RPB being victimized by a Who's Who scheme 10 8 May 4 ( Saturday) Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles E. Morrison unknown [penciled in '1912?'] thank you note for concert tickets 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] February 9, 1912 personal note 10 8

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William [illegible] 44 West 77th Street [New York] May 10, 1912 note 'leaving for Northampton 'to finish my underpainted picture' 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] May 12, 1912 personal note 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark June 12, 1912 personal note 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Volia [illegible] New York July 1, 1912 personal note 10 8 note regarding the purchase of the Jewett House seeking Mrs. J.W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] C.D. Wheelock Montpelier, Vt July 3 [8?], 1912 permission to use the name 10 8 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edward Marshall 446 West 23rd St New York July 28, 1912 personal letter about 'Bat' 10 8 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Elisa May Pinehurst St Johnsbury, Vermont August 9, 1912 personal note 10 8 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John Friedrich & Bro [violins] 279 Fifth Ave New York August 20, 1912 Violin repair letter/bil 10 8 follow up to violin repair. Unknown maker. Has German Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] John Friedrich & Bro [violins] 279 Fifth Ave New York August 22, 1912 characteristics 10 8

Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] John Friedrich & Bro [violins] 279 Fifth Ave New York August 26, 1912 thank you letter for payment received for 'old German' violin repair 10 8

Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Chas. A. Tyrrell M.D. 134 West 65th St New York Sept 12th, 1912 letter regarding health of John Burgess. Treatment for Anemia 10 8 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred New York October 10, 1912 letter regarding genealogy of Jewett Family 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. Countess Keller Neues Palais Wildpark [Germany] October 22, 1912 note of thanks on behalf of the Empress 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess Charlotte Grese illegible November 6, 1912 personal note 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Evon [illegible] illegible November 13, 1912 personal note 10 8 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles E. Morrison Albany, New York November 30, 1912 personal letter 10 8 December [illegible] My dearest Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenora Florence, Italy 1912 personal letter 10 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. E. Kelly unknown December 11, 1912 personal letter 10 8 postkarte in envelope/ in German /may contain Russian writing as in German [Ruth Burgess] illegible in German December 25, 1912 well 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Roderick Terry Linden Gate Newport RI December 30, 1912 personal note 10 8 letterhead of Ginn and Company Educational Publishers/ writing is My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Leonard McLaughlin New York December 21, 1912 illegible 10 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 18 East 77th St. [New York] December 23, 1912 personal letter 10 8

Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fredrick W. Bancroft 124 Mt Vernon St Boston January 16, 1913 thank you note 10 9 [Ruth Burgess] May Riley Smith 241 West 74tSt [New York] January 18, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie H.S. Low 30 East 64th Street New York January 23, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dearest Frau [Ruth Burgess] Laura Hotel Regina [illegible] Suisse January 26, 1913 personal letter 10 9 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Potsdam [Germany] February 16, 1913 in German 10 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.L. Kelly 318 W 57th New York February 19, 1913 personal letter/ has sketching in it 10 9 unknown James Kelly [written in pencil] 318 W 57th New York unknown Typewritten page of 'My Calvary' poem 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily Spafford unknown March 13, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear and [illegible] Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Withelm Pasquowski Berlin April 22, 1913 personal letter mentions 'the success of your exhibition in NY' 10 9 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Cassel [Germany] April 25, 1913 letter in German 10 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Daniel [illegible] Staffor Hotel London S.W. [England] April 26, 1913 personal letter mentions 'his portrait will go down to posterity 10 9 Dear Professor Burgess & Mrs Burgess [illegible] Sedgley 33 East 67th St [New York] April 27, 1913 personal note written on behalf of Mrs Auchincloss 10 9 thank you note written on behalf of Countess Keller for the Royal Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Rantzan Neues Palais Wildpark [Germany] May 7, 1913 Highness with envelope 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice Page Cathedral Ave Garden City L.I. May 6, 1913 thank you note 10 9 Dear Friends Roderick Terry unknown May 12, 1913 thank you 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York May 22, 1913 personal note 10 9

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maria [illegible] S.C. Newport RI June 2, 1913 thank you note with letterhead of Convent of Our Lady of Cenacle 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 61 Park Ave [New York] June 8, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Leonhard Breslau [Germany] July 8, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Maud Chateau de Trevano Lugano Suisse August 17, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie W [illegible]. Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY September 3, 1913 personal note 10 9 personal note mention art work acquired at the Histed sale 'a My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York September 22, 1913 Greuze for $39!!! & Actress Ada Rehan 10 9 September 28, 1913 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelius Rubner unknown (Sunday) personal note of thanks 10 9 personal note mentions Ada Rehan & American Art Association My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York September 29, 1913 re: acquired painting 10 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI October 12, 1913 thank you note for donation 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Vincent G. Bowditch 50 G Beacon St Boston October 15, 1913 thank you note 10 9 October 16, 1913 letter responding to questions about painting acquired during the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada Rehan 62 Cadogan Place [London, England] (Monday) 'Ada Rehan sale' 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna unknown October 22, 1913 congratulatory letter on 'triumph of newspaper article 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada [illegible] Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts October 23, 1913 personal note 10 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mathilde Keller Neues Palais Wildpark [Germany] October 25, 1913 note on behalf of Her Majesty the Empress 10 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] November 11, 1913 personal note 10 9

My dear R.J.B. Mary A. S.S. New Amsterdam November 11, 1913 personal note with letterhead of Holland-America Line Rotterdam 10 9 personal note. Mentions 'mystery of the Portrait'. Suggests a Dear Mrs Burgess Ada Rehan 164 West 93rd St. New York November 13, 1913 Kodak be taken to send her 10 9 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Maud Chateau de Trevano Lugano Suisse November 23, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elly v Lelerr-Thofs illegible November 26, 1913 note in German 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore unknown December 1, 1913 personal note 10 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 468 Riverside Drive New York December 4, 1913 personal notecard 10 9

Artist of 'distinguished success' but failed to live up to your My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Arthur Curtis James 99 John St New York December 9, 1913 contract of copying a portrait 'Had a bargain and you backed out' 10 9 postmarked Dec 9, Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible Hilversum [ Netherlands] 1913 New Years greetings/ in envelope 10 9 mentions picutre hanging in Board Room. Exchange was by no My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Arthur Curtis James 99 John St New York December 12, 1913 means fair & 'I have the long end ogf the bargain' 10 9 Dear Friends Louis Lombard Chateau de Trevano Lugano Suisse December 15, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary A. Munich [Germany] December 19, 1913 personal note 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 30 East 64th Street New York December 22, 1913 personal note with Xmas greetings 10 9 unknown [no salutation] in German in German December 21, 1913 printed notecard in German 'Steinmaster' with German handwriting 10 9 printed notecard in German with English handwriting Xmas unknown [no salutation] in German Berlin December 21, 1913 greeting 10 9 Gentile Signora [Ruth Burgess] Adele Sartoria Salo [Italy] December 28, 1913 New Years' greeting written in Italian 10 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 18 East 77th St. [New York] December 31, 1913 personal note of invitation 10 9 thank you note contained in bound booklet of photos. Front page Mr & Mrs Burgess Mathilde Keller Berlin January 1, 1914 signed [illegible] 11 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] M.A. Munich [Germany] January 4, 1914 personal letter 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Francis Plimpton 61 Park Ave [New York] January 6, 1914 thank you note 11 1 Dear Mrs Burgess illegible 620 Fifth Avenue [New York] January 10, 1914 personal letter 11 1 My dear R.J.B. Mary A. Hotel Quissana Wiesbaden [Germany] January 18, 1914 personal letter 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. Plimpton Union Club of Boston January 24, 1914 personal note 11 1 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Frederick W. Bancroft 124 Mt Vernon St Boston January 26, 1914 personal letter 11 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary A. illegible February 1, 1914 personal letter 11 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary A. Hotel Quissana Wiesbaden [Germany] February 28, 1914 personal letter 11 1 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Willard 43 Commonwealth Ave Boston March 3, 1914 personal note discussing Frederick's death 11 1

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible unknown March 9, 1914 personal note/ letterhead of Laurel in the Pines, Lakewood NJ 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible unknown March 11, 1914 personal note about funeral of Frederick Bancroft 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Friedrich Hirsh 401 West 118th St New York March 11, 1914 personal note mentions Chinese Art 11 1 Dear Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Henry K. Willard 85 Ford Place Pasadena, California March 26,1914 note about genealogy re: The Willard-Bradley Memoirs 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada Sewall Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts April 5, 1914 personal note 11 1 Dear Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] H. K. Willard 85 Ford Place Pasadena, California April 24, 1914 thank you note for requested info on Field family genealogy 11 1 personal note mentions Berlin art exhibitions. 'real important Dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] Anna Bade Charlottenburg Uhlandstrasse [Germany] May 2, 1914 pictures in private hands in Berlin' 11 1 thank you note from Art Association for facilitating a success My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Walter [illegible] unknown [Newport Reading Room letterhead] May 6, 1914 concert 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie H.S. Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY May 19, 1914 personal note 11 1 Dearest dear friend illegible illegible May 25, 1914 personal note 11 1 personal note. Mentions seeing Rembrandts and other works of Dear Mrs Burgess Lillian R. Robinson Moscow June 5, 1914 fine art 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Friedrich Hirsh 401 West 118th St New York June 7, 1914 personal note 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George [illegible] Merril St Paul's Rectory Stockbridge, Mass June 9, 1914 personal note 11 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelius Rubner unknown June 30, 1914 personal note 11 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fr. E. Chadwick Twin Oaks Newport Rhode Island June 30, 1914 thank you note 11 1 letter stating RPB elected as member of Corporation of the Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] illegible Newport Rhode Island July 14, 1914 Newport Hospital 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 54&56 West 40th St. New York July 21, 1914 thank you note on The Republican Club of NYC letterhead 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eliza S. [illegible] On the Heights Dublin, N.H. July 23, 1914 personal note 11 2 My dear friend Anna Bade Obersalzberg Berchtesgaden [Germany] July 30, 1914 personal note 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Portsmouth, Virginia September 4, 1914 personal note of goodbye - our friendship has changed 11 2 RPB reponse to above letter/ scribbles of mathematics on My dear Anna R.P. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] unknown unknown backside 11 2 September 9 (Thursday) [1914 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Julia L. Killon unknown penciled in] personal letter 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna unknown September 13, 1914 personal letter 'please forgive my last letter 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York September 11, 1914 personal letter mentions belief in Germany winning 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm Safford Jones The Parsonage 29 Kay St September 21, 1914 note on Channing Memorial Church Newport RI letterhead 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Althea Platt Van Dyck Studios 939 8th Ave New York October 3, 1914 personal note mentions RPB painting beautiful works 11 2 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Willard 43 Commonwealth Ave Boston October 7, 1914 thank you note 11 2 unknown [postmark Mrs RP Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. de Forest Brush Verona [Italy] difficult to read] postcard of Basilica di S. Zeno Maggiore Verona Italy 11 2 October 15, 1914 (Thursday0 [1914 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George L. Peabody 57 West 38th St [New York] penciled] belated birthday wishes. Note in envelope 11 2 My dear Mr. Jones unknown unknown September 20, 1914 unsigned [Ruth Burgess] 11 2 acceptance in the Providence Water Color Club. Smaller work of Mrs Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. Alden Brown Providence Rhode Island October 27, 1914 Italian scene noted 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York October 29, 1914 note about '323' rental property 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] ]illegibl]e Farnham 992 Fifth Ave [New York] November 1, 1914 personal note 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York November 17, 1914 personal note 11 2 [Ruth Burgess] Black Starr and Frost [jewelers] [New York] November 27, 1914 receipt of '3 Stone Dia Ring via Adams Exp Paid' confirmed 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. W.Cunningham George Hotel Reading [London, England] November 27, 1914 personal letter 11 2 letter stating the return of diamond ring by express.'thoroughly Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Black Starr and Frost [jewelers] 5th Avenue New York November 30, 1914 gone over, is perfectly safe' 11 2 Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Black Starr and Frost [jewelers] 594 Fifth Ave New York November 30, 1914 Advice of Shipment of Ring 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess Mathilde Keller Neues Palais Wildpark [Germany] December 3, 1914 thank you note on behalf of the Empress 11 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall 606 West 122nd St. [New York] December 7, 1914 note of thanks for 'excellent pictures' and memories 11 2 unsigned forwarded letter written by American friend of [illegible] [Ruth Burgess] [sent to RPB by Mrs JC Hall] [Berlin, Germany] December 8, 1914 about war 11 2 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harris Reeser Hoboken [New Jersey] December 9, 1914 personal note declining invitation 11 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E. P. [illegible] unknown December 12, 1914 personal letter 11 2 thank you note for birthday wishes on behalf of H.M. [His Majesty] Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mathilde Keller Berlin [Germany] December 2, 1914 with envelope 11 2 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Hall 606 West 122nd St. [New York] Decmeber 24, 1914 thank you note for the picture 'such an excellent one' 11 2 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Geo. F. O'Shaunessy House of Representatives Washington December 21, 1914 receipt of RPB letter opposing Woman Suffrage 11 2 My dear, dear friend [Ruth Burgess] unknown 316 West 94th St. New York December 27, 1914 thank you note for the picture 11 2 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German 203 West 81st St. [New York] December 29, 1914 note in German 11 2 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. L. Kelly unknown December 28, 1914 personal note 11 2

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelius [illegible] unknown January 1, 1915 thank you note for Xmas gift 11 3 My dear dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F. Roche 18 East 77th St. [New York] January 2, 1915 thank you note for 'the lovely water color' 11 3 Postmarked January 4, New Years's greeting in English on postcard of soldiers with Professor & Mrs John W. Burgess Professor Schadow West Flanders 1915 German writing on front 11 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna 2513 South 21st St Philadelphia, Pa. January 7, 1915 personal letter 11 3 Dear Mr & Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.W. Cunningham George Hotel, Reading [London, England] January 19, 1915 personal letter 11 3 personal letter mentions the Smith's acquiring Thomas B Clarke My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle T. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass January 22, 1915 rug from Amer. Art Galleries 11 3 postmarked January postcard of the Governor's Mansion Albany NY -'a picture of my Mrs R.P. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Olive [written in pencil] postmarked Albany NY 27, 1915 new house' 11 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna von [illegible] Cassel [Germany] February 8, 1915 personal note about Friedrich's death - with envelope 11 3 letter from Argus and Patriot newspaper in response to a RPB My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Morris F. Atkins Montpelier, Vt February 23, 1915 comment 11 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William Shepherd 468 Riverside Drive New York March 24, 1915 personal note 11 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs [illegible] W. Clark Montpelier, Vt April 4, 1915 personal note 11 3 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Otis Clapp & Son 439 Boylston St Boston Mass April 9, 1915 letter regarding pharmaceutical ( Rx) mix up 11 3 Dear gentle friend [Ruth Burgess] Lavender [ A penciled in below] Florence, Italy April 13, 1915 long personal letter 11 3 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anita Muck unknown April 21, 1915 note accepting invitation. Mentions taking a train 11 3 My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle T. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass April 26, 1915 personal letter 11 3 letter suggesting a donation of sketches, pictures, charcoals, etc Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Institure Alabama May 4, 1915 to the school 11 3 personal note with envelope declining invitation citing 'differences My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edwin Channing [illegible] 24 Old Bench Rd Newport, RI May 9, 1915 in sympathies in the great war' 11 3 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Willard 43 Commonwealth Ave Boston May 13, 1915 personal thank you note 11 3 thank you note on behalf of the Art Association with Newport My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Walter [illegible] unknown June 4, 1915 Reading Room letterhead 11 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada Smith Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts June 18, 1915 personal letter 11 3 Dearest of Ladies [Ruth Burgess] E.C.C. Woodbine Cottage Bar Harbor Maine June 25, 1915 personal note 11 3 My dear Mr & Mrs Burgess David L. Walsh [Governor of Mass] Com. Of Mass, State House June 29, 1915 thank you note for hospitality 11 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily H. S. Bedford Hills July 1, 1915 personal note 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible Herkimer Co. New York July 8, 1915 personal letter on letterhead of Adirondack League Club 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 70 Fifth Ave New York July 14, 1915 personal note 11 4 [postmarked July 20, stamped and postmarked postcardfrom World's Panama-Pacific Professor & Mrs John W. Burgess Geneva San Francisco [California] 1915] International Exposition 11 4 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] illegible Gottingen, 4 Reinsgraben [Germany] July 26, 1915 personal letter 11 4 Frau Burgess [Ruth Burgess] in German Berlin July 28, 1915 in German on Konigliche Bibliothek letterhead 11 4 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Whittemore Easthampton August 1, 1915 personal note 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 5th Ave & 54th St New York August 11, 1915 personal note on University Club letterhead 11 4 invitation with envelope to the 8th Annual Conference of Professor & Mrs John W. Burgess His Excellency the Governor [Mass] Boston, Mass August 19, 1915 Governors 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] illegible 7 West 43rd St. [New York] August 22, 1915 personal note on the Century Association letterhead 11 4 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Addie D. Nickerson Fieldstone Hall East Brewster, Massachusetts August 31, 1915 personal note 11 4 Dear Friends [Mr and Mrs John Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Berlin September 9, 1915 personal note 11 4 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Marianne G. Farnhaum "Pinecroft" Woodstock, Vt September 12, 1915 personal note 11 4 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] R. S. Cox 237 Peak St Muskegon Michigan September 12, 1915 personal note 11 4 notice of unpaid dividend on Vt & Boston Telegraph Co stock Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] A.R. Brewer [VP Western Union] 195 Broadway New York September 18, 1915 owned by Mr. Jewett 11 4 Dear dearest [Ruth Burgess] Lavender illegible September 19, 1915 personal letter 11 4 My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle T. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass September 20, 1915 personal note 11 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. Earle B[illegible] Springfield, Mass September 14, 1915 personal note on Hotel Kimball stationery 11 4 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen, 4 Reinsgraben [Germany] September 20, 1915 personal letter 11 4 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F. M. [illegible] 168 B Yamashita oko Yokohama [Japan] September 20, 1915 personal letter. Speaks of the war and separation of families 11 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada[illegible] Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts October 8, 1915 personal letter 11 4

(Monday) [postmarked Dear Mrs. B [Ruth Burgess] L.M.[illegible] White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Oct 11, 1915] postcard with picture of Hinton, W. Va 11 4 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen, 4 Reinsgraben [Germany] October 12, 1915 personal letter discussing the war 11 4 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elenora Cushman 1505 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara California November 6, 1915 personal letter. Asks if 'you are painting in your new studio? 11 4 My dear dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 316 W 94 th New York November 15, 1915 personal letter. Mentions RPB's unhappiness 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fanny Scott [ilegible] The Clearfield 342 West 103rd St [New York] November 17, 1915 thank you note for the delicious honey 11 4 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Berlin November 20, 1915 personal letter [on Hotel Adlon letterhead] 11 4

My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenny Berlin November 22, 1915 personal letter speaks about the war [ on Hotel Aldon letterhead] 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sarah. L. Leonard 3054 Euclid Ave Cleveland November 20, 1915 personal note 11 4 Deearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenny Gottingen, 4 Reinsgraben [Germany] November 28, 1915 personal letter 11 4 My dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emeline Frances [illegible] 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts December 17, 1915 thank you note 11 4 announcement of special meeting of the Art Association of no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Maud Howe Elliot [Newport] re:December 16, 1915 Newport 11 4 [postmarked] Holiday greetings from Gov of NY State with stamped envelope & Professor & Mrs John W. Burgess Governor & Mrs Charles S. Whitman Albany, NY December 23, 1915 postcard 11 4 My dearest friends [Prof & Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Nubner New York December 24, 1915 thank you note for Xmas gift 11 4 Frau Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Prof. [in German] Berlin -Grunwald December 26, 1915 letter in German 11 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ethel Fowler 14 Clifton Road Brighton [England] December 26, 1915 personal letter 11 4 personal note [ handwriting is different than a previous letter with Darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Dorothy [illegible] 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Decmber 26, 1915 same address] 11 4 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] unknown March 29, 1905 non postmarked/stamped postcard Ceux Qui Passerent 11 4

Dear Mr. & Mrs Burgess J. W. Cunnningham Newcastle upon Tyne {England] January 1, 1919 personal letter 11 5

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise F. Peirce 31 West 72nd St New York New Years' Day 1916 personal note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] C. J. [illegible] U.S. Naval War College Newport R.I. January 11, 1916 personal note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Tillotson Stone Rowayton, Conn January 12, 1916 personal note with New Years' greetings 11 5 personal note mentions acquiring work by Robert Reed the portrait Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edward Watson New Orleans, La. January 18, 1916 painter thanks to RPB 11 5 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellie H. W. Friedrich The Ludlow January 21, 1916 thank you for sympathy note 11 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louisa Groben Furst Bismarckstrasse [Germany] Jaunary 24, 1916 personal note 11 5 Dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] H. R. 316 West 94th St. New York January 26, 1916 personal letter 11 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Crawford Street Roxbury [Massachusetts] February 15, 1916 personal letter 11 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.L. Kelly unknown February 26, 1916 personal letter 11 5 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Berlin February 28, 1916 personal letter much about the war on Hotel Adlon letterhead 11 5 photo postcard with note on backside 'encouraging honest & no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] M.H.S. [Mabel H. Slater] [Boston] February 1, 1916 modest artists'/newspaper clipping also found 11 5 My very dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Emily [unknown] March 6, 1916 personal note 11 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alphaeus Cole 33 West 67th St New York March 7, 1916 personal note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore 4 East 54th St. New York March 15,1916 personal note 11 5 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 30 East 64th Street New York April 4, 1916 thank you note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna Lloyd Ely 428 Washington St Norwich, Conn April 6, 1916 thank you note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Providence Rhode Island April 18, 1916 thank you note for contribution to [illegible] Aid Society 11 5 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Berlin [Germany] April 6, 1916 personal letter on Hotel Adlo letterhead with envelope 11 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. L. Kelly unknown April 20, 1916 personal note 11 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs John W. Clark Montpelier, Vt April 23, 1916 personal note 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 7 West 43rd St. [New York] April 26, 1916 personal note on Century Association letterhead 11 5

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lousie F. Peirce Cromwell Cottage [Kenyon College] Gambier [Ohio] April 27, 1916 personal letter 11 5 Dear Prof & Mrs Burgess Hans Ruser Hoboken [New Jersey] April 30, 1916 personal note. Mentions American-German relations 11 5

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.E. Davey Gambier, Ohio [Kenyon College] May 8, 1916 thank you from Alpha Delta Phi for picture of 'Brother Burgess' 11 5 personal note on letterhead of Kamakura Kaihin Hotel with two Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Kamakura [Japan] May 17, 1916 drawings 11 5

My dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] St.J.Gensler Washington D.C. May 19, 1916 letter requesting info from descendant of Senator Elijah Paine 11 5 My dear friend Mrs. Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle T. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass May 22, 1916 personal note 11 5 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elsa O. Stewart [unknown] May 22, 1916 postcard 'The Allies' with writing in German 11 5 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 524 Fifth Ave New York May 23, 1916 note written in English with German notation 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elisabeth [illegible] 42 Waumbeck St. Roxbury, Mass May 26, 1916 thank you note 11 5 Monday [1916 penciled Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lenora Speger [unknown] in] thank you note on Hotel Somerset stationery 11 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] St. J. Gensler Washington D.C. May 29, 1916 thank you note for letter 11 5 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen, 4 Reinsgraben [Germany] June 16, 1916 personal letter 11 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Dorothy Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts June 20, 1916 personal letter 11 5

Dear Mrs Burgess Marianne G. Farnhaum "Pinecroft" Woodstock, Vt July 24, 1916 personal note 11 6 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Chadwick Saratoga NY July 10, 1916 Western Union Telegram receipt 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY July 16, 1916 personal note 11 6 To Members of Burnham School Assoc [Ruth Burgess] Burnham School Association Brookline, Massachusetts July 14, 1916 update of Association business 11 6 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Dorothy Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts July 13, 1916 letter regarding RPB's attempt at publication of music 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marianne G. Farnhaum "Pinecroft" Woodstock, Vt July 9, 1916 personal letter 11 6 Dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY July 22, 1916 personal letter 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Big H. Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY July 26, 1916 personal letter discussing musical composition/suggestions 11 6 in German [Ruth Burgess] Emil Knab 448 Beacon St Boston, Mass August 10, 1916 note in German 11 6 My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 309 East 17th St New York August 14, 1916 personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Rubner [illegible] Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY August 16, 1916 note regarding 'the song'. Will forward it. 11 6 Sunday August 20 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Big H. Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY [1916 penciled in] personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Austin Flint Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY August 22, 1916 thank you note for contribution 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelia Chadwick unknown September 3, 1916 personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice [illegible] Boston, Mass Sept 10th, 1916 personal note 11 6 letter on Union Theological Seminary letterhead regarding Dr. Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] C.B. Price New York Sept 21st 1916 Hall's improbable return 11 6 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] American School of Metaphysics New York [October 1916] announcement of Office relocation 11 6 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian unknown October 2, 1916 note regarding furniture & shelving 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ray unknown October 10, 1916 personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hans Ruser Hoboken [New Jersey] October 10, 1916 personal note 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 524 Fifth Ave New York October 31, 1916 personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Copenhagen [Denmark] November 1, 1916 note on a postcard 11 6 My dear darling friend [Ruth Burgess] C. R. 316 W.94th St. New York November 1, 1916 personal note 11 6 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Custis Lee [unknown] November 8, 1916 personal note. Comments to signing a guestbook 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 524 Fifth Ave New York November 19, 1916 personal note 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY November 19, 1916 personal note 11 6 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C. R. 316 West 94th St. New York November 23, 1916 personal letter 11 6 postmarked November Frau Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Luise Greg Cassel [Germany] 24, 1916 note on postcard written in German 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alphaeus Cole [American artist] 33 West 67th St New York December 1, 1916 note of thanks for facilitating commision of Mr Behrend 11 6 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Berlin [Germany] December 10, 1916 personal letter on Hotel Adlo 11 6 My darling two angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York December 15, 1916 personal letter 11 6 thank you note for the gift of 'charming portrait'.Fine likeness & a My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Big H. [unknown] December 26, 1916 wonderful piece of artistic work 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maria [illegible] S.C. Newport RI December 26,1916 thank you note from Convent 11 6 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall postmarked Gottingen [Germany] December 27, 1916 personal note on postcard 11 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm P. Dillingham [U.S. Senate] Washington D.C. December 27, 1916 thank you note for Xmas gifts 11 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charlie Riverbend December 29, 1916 Xmas greetings 11 6 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York December 29, 1916 personal letter 11 6

Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Florence W. 123 East 53rd St [New York] January 2, 1917 personal letter 11 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada Moore 4 East 54th St. New York January 3, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 524 Fifth Ave New York January 12, 1917 personal note 11 7

My darling two angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] unsigned New York January 8, 1917 personal note 11 7

My darling two angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York January 22, 1917 personal note 11 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] S. Viereck 1123 Broadway New York January 23, 1917 letter regarding interruption of subscription 11 7 Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] C.H. Luckhardt [Music Publsiher] 36 West 40th St New York January 29, 1917 proof of title page for song. Approval sought 11 7 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. L. Kelly unknown January 30, 1917 personal note 11 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 320 Park Avenue New York February 2, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Stockholm February 17, 1917 personal letter with envelope. Hotel Anglais letterhead 11 7 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Copenhagen [Denmark] February 25, 1917 personal note on postcard 11 7 postcard of Mission Inn Riverside, California with personal note on Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. B. Behrend Pasadena [California] March 14, 1917 back 11 7 thank you note for sending Chansonette score [ published song My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen 542 Fifth Avenue New York March 15, 1917 by RPB] 11 7 Dearest dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Lavender A Bord Cie Gle Transatlantique' April 2, 1917 personal letter 11 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Helen Wright 740 West End Ave [New York] April 7, 1917 personal note on behalf of [T.C.] 11 7 postcard depicting St George. Printed writing in Russian. no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.R.R. 23 East 55th St [New York] April 10, 1917 Handwriting in English 11 7 personal note. Speaks of 'successful operation'. Wishing speedy My dear Professor Burgess [illegible]Ribner 316 West 94th St. New York April 10, 1917 recovery for dear friend [Ruth Burgess] 11 7 Dearest Darling Friend [Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 14, 1917 thank you note 11 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Martin Gleeson Newport RI April 14, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dearest of Friends [John & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 16, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Darling dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 18, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 19, 1917 personal letter with small photo of dog attached 11 7 Dear Mrs Burgess [illegible] Geist 23 Park Ave New York April 22, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 21, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 24, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Wednesday April 25, Dear Lady Burgess [ Ruth Burgess] Mary G. Rooney 7 Marni Street 1917 personal note, mentions enjoying the song 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 27, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York April 29, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York May 1, 1917 personal note 11 7 My dear Sister A.B.H. unknown May 7, 1917 short note concern for RPB's health 11 7 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI May 8, 1917 personal note 11 7 Dearest Darling [Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York May 8, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian Newport [ Rhode Island] May 9, 1917 thank you note for the check 11 7 Dearest Darling Two Angels C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York May 14, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dearest Darling C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York May 20, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily B. [illegible] 258 Marlborough St. [Boston, Mass] May 20, 1917 personal note of concern for RPB's health 11 7 Dearest Darling Two Angels C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York May 25, 1917 personal letter 11 7 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs. J.M. Clark Montpelier, Vt June 3, 1917 personal note, concern for RPB's recovery from appendicitis 11 7 Dear Mrs Burgess, Friend of Mine [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian Newport [Rhode Island] June 10, 1917 personal note 11 7 note about coal shortage, would painting sustain damage if Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M.E. [illegible] Montpelier, Vt Sept 12th 1917 inunheated Wood Gallery ??? 11 8 letter outlining history of Col Payne ['property of RPB of Newport Mrs. Ruth Payne Burgess Allan B. Downs 61 Elm St Lebanon, N.H. Sept 20th 1917 RI' written in at the top] 11 8 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Nace Brookline, Mass October 6, 1917 on stationery of Hotel Beaconsfield 11 8 note requesting autograph accompanied by printed collection list Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Homer Norris Vineyard Haven, Mass October 11, 1917 and intent further collection 11 8 personal letter. Mentions wanting to remember her as pro Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Netta B. Curtis The Bluffs Chatham, Massachusetts October 14, 1917 American (not pro German) 11 8

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] L. Lenehan Nashville [Tennessee] October 18, 1917 personal letter re Daisy's health, being fond of her dear Aunt Ruth 11 8 personal note, mentions disrespect to Prof Burgess motives, Dear Josephine ['copy' written in] Ruth B. [Ruth Burgess Murray Hil lHotel [New York] November 8, 1917 understanding the world agony 11 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor Spencer 45 West 39th St New York November 13, 1917 thank you note 11 8 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. Salter 95 Irving Cambridge, Mass December 2, 1917 personal note 11 8 wedding invitation of Lois Buchanan Cassatt to John Borland no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] unsigned Cheswold Haverford, Pa December 15, 1917 Thayer 11 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet [illegible] Pratt Atlantic City, N.J. December 26, 1917 personal note on stationery of Marlborough Blenheim Hotel 11 8 Dearest Darling Two Angels C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York December 26,1917 thank you note for Xmas gifts 11 8 My dear Professor & Mrs. Burgess Cornelius Rybner unknown December 27, 1917 thank you note for Xmas gift/ Happy New Year 11 8 thank you note for a 'painting done by your owns hands', 'forever a My dear Mme Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Regina Cattadori New York December 27, 1917 souvenir for me' 11 8 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne H. Low 320 Park Avenue New York December 29, 1917 thank you for Xmas gift 11 8 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charlie Riverbend December 30, 1917 personal letter 11 8

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor Spencer 45 West 39th St New York January 1, 1918 New Years greeting 11 9 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York January 1, 1918 personal note 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Skofield 258 Riverside Drive New York January 3, 1918 thank you the painting (with outdoor atmosphere) 11 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily B. [illegible] 258 Marlborough St. [Boston, Mass] January 7, 1918 thank you note 11 9 Dear Darling Two Angels [Prof & Ruth Burgess] C. R. 316 West 94th St. New York January 10, 1918 personal letter 11 9 letterhead of Van Dyck Studios, thanking RPB as sender was My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alechea H. Pratt 939 Eight Ave New York January 14, 1918 elected to Newport Art Association 11 9 Dearest Darling Friend [Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York January 18, 1918 personal letter 11 9 Dear Neighbor Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emily Spafford 152 West 57th St January 20, 1918 personal letter 11 9 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor Spencer 45 West 39th St New York February 7, 1918 2 letter of same date re: visiting Feb 21 or 22 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alethea H. Pratt 939 Eight Ave New York February 22, 1918 request for painting for Barnard Club Exhibition 11 9 thanking for providing painting for Barnard Club Exhibition, with My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alethea H. Pratt 939 Eight Ave New York February 27, 1918 instructions for sending 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise F. Peirce 52 East 54th St New York March 9, 1918 on York Club letterhead/ personal letter 11 9 My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor [Spencer] 45 West 39th St New York March 9, 1918 personal letter 11 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Gaillard 992 Fifth Ave [New York] March 10, 1918 personal letter 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore 4 East 54th St. New York March 10, 1918 personal letter 11 9 Darling two angels [John & Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York March 11, 1918 personal letter 11 9 Darling dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] C.R. 316 West 94th St. New York March 13, 1918 personal letter 11 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charlie Riverbend March 17, 1918 personal letter 11 9 in French note written on card with' Newport Rhode Island' letter in French [Ruth Burgess] Maria [illegible] in French Newport [Rhode Island] April 2, 1918 head 11 9 personal letter with envelope. Mentions Mr. Jewett's separation Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Martha Maltzen Scotia, California April 9, 1918 and RPB selling Vt house due to it 11 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI April 26, 1918 thank you note for maple syrup 11 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Arthur B. Emmond Newport [Rhode Island] April 27, 1918 thank you for the maple syrup 11 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W. Locke Corner Hall Hemel Hempstead Herts [England] July 19, 1918 letter with envelope, labeled 'Opened by Censor. 1933 11 9 Note from Teacher of Drawing at Moses Brown School My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sophia Pitman Newport Rhode Island July 22, 1918 Providence for Prof Burgess showing RPB paintings 11 9 Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt calling card for August 4th visit, in Professor & Mrs John W. Burgess Beaulieu Newport Rhode Island August 4, 1918 envelope 11 9 2 letters re: violin, contains notation of a check for $15 being sent Dear Bob [illegible] Little Rock, Arkansas August 18, 1918 on August 23, 1918 11 9 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charles W. Willard Los Altos, California October 22, 1918 personal note with envelope 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore 4 East 54th St. New York November 7, 1918 personal letter 11 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Boston, Mass November 9, 1918 Hotel Somerset letterhead personal letter 11 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John Hermon Randall 19 East 126 th St. [New York] November 11, 1918 letter regarding New Thought 11 9 personal note. Mentions the 'tragic fate of that almost invincible Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Rock Shater San Francisco [California] November 13, 1918 nation', annihilation of Germany's power 11 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Elisa May Willard 43, Commonwealth Ave Boston [Massachusetts] November 24, 1918 personal note 11 9

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J. Francis Murphy The Chelsea 222.West 23rd St [New York] January 30, 1919 note expressing interest in looking at 'your work' 12 1 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Shepherd 468 Riverside Drive New York City April 30, 1919 personal letter 12 1 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wilmot T. Cox 7 West 43rd St. [New York] May 18, 1919 personal letter 12 1 94 John St New York City [on U of Chicago note speaks of the'noble portrait' of his father painted by RPB & a My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Howard S. Bliss stationery] June 4, 1919 recent gift of the sketches for that painting 12 1 Acknowledgement of RPB's resignation from the Art Association Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maud Howe Elliot Newport Rhode Island June 13, 1919 of Newport 12 1 My dearest "R" [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor The Hague, Holland Sept 12th 1919 personal letter speaks of sender playing instrument again 12 1 acknowledgement of criticism. Arrangement to meet for further Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John F. Carlson Woodstock, NY Sept 20th 1919 discussion 12 1 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] Lenny B. Hall Hotel Savoy October 2, 1919 thank you note with blank sheet of stationery 12 1 My dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle T. Smith 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass October 22, 1919 personal letter 12 1 typed letter with envelope re: presentation of portrait of father originally at Amherst College. Much appreciation to this My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] P.O. March [Chief of Staff] Washington D.C. October 30, 1919 'extraordinarily good' picture. 12 1

in response to line 751 this personal 'copy' note was folded with My dear General March Ruth Payne Burgess unknown November 3, 1919 previous letter. re: March portrait & pleasure of having met him 12 1

typed letter with enclosed letter from General March acknowleding My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.A. Plimpton New York October 31, 1919 receipt and pleasure with arrival of portrait at Fort Myer 12 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A.[illegible] 10 East 38th St New York December 4, 1919 personal letter 12 1 January 2, 1920 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Pauline Bigelow [postmarked] Malden on the Hudson NY [postmarked] personal note 12 2 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] A.S. Moore 4 East 54th St. New York May 20, 1920 personal note 12 2 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Julia Point Reyes Sta Marin Co. [California] April 29, 1920 note expressing happiness for Jewett's marriage 12 2 in German [Ruth Burgess] P. Cattadori Gadone Riv [Italy] [illegible] postcard note from Gardone Riviera in German 12 2 personal letter, speaks of not having visited galleries in Newport Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W. R. Lynch [Rhode Island] May 31, 1920 lately 12 2 note marked 'copy' RPB mentions not having seen 'your books on Prof. John C. Van Dyke (Mrs) Ruth Payne Burgess Newport, Rhode Island June 2, 1920 art for years' 12 2 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] E.S.K Greenland June 4, 1920 personal note/ attached sheet is a different size 12 2 postcard of Harbor View Southport Conn. 'Everyone loves the Mrs J.W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Tom C.V. Southport, Conn June 16, 1920 picture' 12 2 typed thank you letter on Rutgers College letterhead for kind letter My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John C. Van Dyke New Brunswick, NJ June 8, 1920 about book on American Painting 12 2 personal letter mentions delight in her landscapes, her capability Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [unknown] June 17, 1920 with still life & portratirue 12 2 postcard note speaking of 'your painting adorns my wall & thus Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Pauline Bigelow postmarked Malden on the Hudson, NY postmarked Dec. 30 you aid in my pursuit of happiness' 12 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet James Beacon Hill House Newport, Rhode Island August 23, 1920 thank you note 12 2 Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sister M. Francis Montpelier, Vt Sept 15th 1920 thank you note from Convent of Mercy for treats received 12 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hilda Geist Florence [Italy] October 11, 1920 personal letter, speaks of Europe being in ruins after the war. 12 2

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Thompson Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury Farm, Vermont October 16, 1920 personal letter 12 2 note mentions ancestral home and thanks for praise of 'Collector's My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice Van Leer Carrick [author] Hanover, New Hampshire October 21, 1920 Luck' 12 2 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor Paris [France] October 23, 1920 personal note 12 2 Very dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Thompson Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont November 30, 1920 personal letter 12 2

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] May 10, 1921 typed personal letter, speaks of a gallery visit 12 3 My dearest "R" [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor The Hague, Holland May 16, 1921 personal letter 12 3 typed personal letter, speaks of Modernist art, value of new art, Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] May 19, 1921 etc. 12 3 Very dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jean 926 Fifth Ave New York May 21, 1921 personal note 12 3 thank you letter re: old photographs provided for preservation. On Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Dorian B. E. Kent Montpelier, Vt May 23, 1921 National Life Ins Company letterhead 12 3 Wednesday May 25, typed personal letter. Mentions attending the Junior Art Patrons of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] 1921 America exhibit with critique of Modernists 12 3 My dear Friend Ada S. Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts May 30, 1921 personal letter 12 3 May 31, 1921 typed personal letter, speaks of RPB devoting herself to the piano, Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] (Decoration Day) wishes she would paint 12 3 Dear J.W. Burgess Wilmot T. Cox 34 Pine St New York June 3, 1921 personal note 12 3 Wednesday June 8, typed personal note, commentary on Modernists, art works, glad Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] 1921 RPB has picked up the brush again 12 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] June 16, 1921 typed personal note 12 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] June 21, 1921 typed personal note with commentary on authors 12 3 [written in Dutch] [in Dutch] Kelley [in Dutch] July 7, 1921 postcard in Dutch/in German 12 3

Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hilda Geist Lake View Cottage Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey July 8, 1921 personal letter speaks of conditions in Europe. 12 3 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Dresden [illegible] personal letter 12 3 letter stating differing opinion regarding Treaty of Versailles, etc on My dear [illegible] [Ruth Burgess] Francis Peabody Asticou, Maine Sept 14th 1921 Belmont Hotel stationery 12 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Ahlborn [portrait artist] Bar Harbour, Maine Sept 22nd 1921 personal letter discussing travel plans 12 3 [In German] [In German] [in German] October 5, 1921 typed letter in German 12 3 personal letter with travel plans, mentions St Paul's School Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Ahlborn [portrait artist] New Hampshire October 13, 1921 Concord, NH, & Bar Harbour 12 3 personal letter ' still interested in my student' on Arlington Galleries Dear Mrs Burgess Charles E. Heney [art teacher] 274 Madison Ave New York October 21, 1921 [New York] letterhead 12 3 typed personal letter. Galleries in NY updates, mentions Bruce Wednesday October Crane paintings. Also mentions 'your little lad' returning from My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.R. Lynch [New York] 26, 1921 Montana 12 3 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Ahlborn [portrait artist] 258 Marlborough St. [Boston, Mass] November 16, 1921 thank you note. Also mentions political views 12 3 letter written in German with envelope. Contains a postcard with [In German] Mrs. Burgess Mathilde Keller [in German] December 31, 1921 illustration and German writing 12 4 Sunday February 26, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanora W. Sawyer Berlin 1922 personal letter 12 4 personal letter in envelope addressed to Mrs Moore of 4 East 54th April 16 [penciled in] St New York. On stationery of Palast-Hotel Berlin W. Contains My beloved Mrs. Moore Eleanor [Spencer] [Berlin] 1922 printed announcement in German 12 4 personal letter. Mentions Prof & RPB's triumphant trip to Amherst. Apology & 'vindication for all detestable experiences he had to Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H.G. 131 Church St. Newport [Rhode Island] June 28, 1922 undergo' 12 4 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H.G. 131 Church St. Newport [Rhode Island] August 28, 1922 personal letter 12 4 Thank you note for acct of presentation of 'your dear fathers' Thank you dear Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] Julia [Shafter Hamilton] Point Reyes Sta Marin Co. [California] Sept 24th 1922 portrait by beloved daughter', 'dear Uncle Payne' 12 4 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate Thompson 926 Fifth Ave New York Sept 27th 1922 personal letter 12 4 typed personal letter. Speaks of days of 'yore' & radio providing My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.W. Childs [Vermont] Sept 30th 1922 'human voice so far away…as if in the next room 12 4 personal letter on stationery of Columbia University Faculty of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Shepherd [New York] October 14, 1922 Political Science 12 4 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate T. Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont October 20, 1922 personal letter 12 4 personal letter speaks meeting a descendant [cousin of RPB] of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eldridge. H. Thompson Lebanon, NH October 29, 1922 Col Payne 12 4 Very dear and much beloved Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jean [S penciled in] Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont October 30, 1922 personal letter speaks of the beauty of Vermont 12 4 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate Thompson 926 Fifth Ave New York October 31, 1922 personal letter 12 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eunice A. Lyman 154 Hanover St. Fall River, Mass November 16, 1922 thank you note for the visit & conversation about Europe. Praises 12 4

[in German] Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M.[illegible] Keller [in German] January 13, 1923 letter in German 12 4 Certifying document of RPB Active membership in Vermont no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Vermont Historical Society Vermont January 16, 1923 Historical Society 12 4 New York Society of Painters notice of unanimous election of RPB My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alethea Platt [New York] January 23, 1923 as active member 12 4 personal letter with envelope - penciled in is a notation about the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne [illegible] [Germany] April 8, 1923 handwriting signed by RPB 12 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] H.L. Simpson New York April 16, 1923 Unbiased appraisal of 57th Street property at $65,000 12 4 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI May 15, 1923 thank you note for the lovely pansies 12 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Helena von [illegible] 19 Alton Place Brookline, Mass May 20, 1923 thank you note 12 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth C. Morrow Palisades Avenue Englewood, New Jersey May 31, 1923 thank you note for invitation 12 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne [illegible] London [England] June 28, 1923 personal note 12 4 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Gottingen [Germany] July 30, 1923 personal note 12 4 typed letter mentions RPB plan to set up 'little studio' Dec 1. Also Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] 646 and 648 Murray Hil lHotel [New York] October 10, 1923 mentions her still life painting 12 4 Dear [illegible] [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Hall postmarked Gottingen [Germany] October 24, 1923 in envelope 12 4 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Shepherd Hotel Somerset 150 West 47th [New York] October 22, 1923 personal note 12 4 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne [illegible] Hotel Excelsior Merano Italia November 5, 1923 personal letter with envelope 12 4

My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lucy Gottingen [Germany] January 12, 1924 personal letter, thank you Xmas gift 12 5 My dear Friend Thomas C. Hall Gottingen [Germany] January 28, 1924 personal note 12 5 typed letter with envelope. Mentions 'Henry's portrait' hung in the Dear Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] H. K. Willard Garfield Hospital [Washington DC] March 24, 1924 North Parlor. 'So kind of you to paint him for us' 12 5 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass May 18, 1924 personal letter 12 5

Shares joy & pleasure in Mrs Burgess' ' splendid come back', ' a Mr John W. Burgess C.E. Heney 274 Madison Ave New York May 21, 1924 high class artist', 'great art'. On Arlington Galleries letterhead 12 5 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore S.S. President Cleveland May 26, 1924 letter written en route to Honolulu 12 5 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Sister Genevieve Mt. Saint Mary Burlington, Vermont September 7, 1924 personal letter 12 5 personal note to renew friendship. Speaks of the suffering & My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Bertha Helmers ( Hamsfeld) Bremen, Germany September 10, 1924 hardship of the people of Germany 12 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen [Germany] September 21, 1924 personal letter 12 5 typed letter seeking contribution to the building of Saint Spyridon Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Basil Constantinidis Newport, Rhode Island October 2, 1924 Greek Orthodox Church 12 5 personal letter speaks of RPB painting, exhibits, lameness of her My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Bertha Helmers Bremen, Germany February 24, 1925 arm, carrying Girl in While to exhibit 28 yrs ago 12 6 note with previously enclosed check from Conn. Academy of Fine Thursday May 28, Arts for commission on sale of Butterfly Rose to Mr Edwin St. Dear Madame [Ruth Burgess] James Goodwin McManus Hartford, Conn 1925 Bingham 12 6 letter concerning shipment of a portrait and an address being made [letterhead of State of Vermont Chamber of Superior Judge Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Vergennes, Vermont August 1, 1925 and Chancellor 12 6 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] M.C.R.W. Short Hills [NJ] August 1, 1925 thank you letter 12 6 letter about 'Eugene' & his family history. On letterhead of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F. L. Fish Vergennes, Vermont August 3, 1925 MacDonough Commission of Vermont 12 6 letter concerning address, Eugene's history on letterhead of State Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Vergennes, Vermont Augsut 5, 1925 of Vermont Chambers of Superior Judge & Chancellor 12 6 letter about painting of donor of the library, perhaps RPB could Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Rutland Vermont September 29, 1925 retouch it. 12 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edith O' Shanghessey Rome [Italy] August 6, 1925 personal note 12 6 Bennington Battle Monument & Historical Assoc letter interested in pamphlet about Elisha Payne & the struggle for Vt. Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John Spargo Bennington, Vermont August 6, 1925 independence 12 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Ripley Weisse Short Hills [NJ} August 10, 1925 personal note 12 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Thomas Cedarville, Michigan August 17, 1925 personal letter 12 6 My my dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts August 21, 1925 personal letter 12 6 personal letter mentions the unveiling of the portrait [by RPB] of Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle Dency [illegible] The Tavern Grafton, Vermont August 23, 1925 the Judge [ a relative Roswell M. Field ] in Newfane 12 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass August 28, 1925 personal letter 12 6 letter requesting the author of the Gossip shop in The Dear Sir [John Farrar Editor of the Bookman] R.P. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [Montpelier Vt] on letterhead of the Pavilion September 2, 1925 Bookman[literary magazine] 'he adores Vermont' 12 6 thank you note for cordial note, identifying himself as author of the My dear Mr. Burgess John Farrar [Editor of the Bookman] New York September 24, 1925 'Gossip Shop', 'I am…who loves Vermont 12 6 thank you note for newspaper clipping regarding Judge Roswell Dear Cousin Ruth [Ruth Burgess] H.K. Willard [Boston] stationery of Hotel Touraine September 4, 1925 portrait 12 6 Dear Mrd Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Vergennes, Vermont September 5, 1925 personal note 12 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Vergennes, Vermont September 13, 1925 personal note in trying to arrange a visit 12 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M [illegible] Hall [illegible] 3025 N Street September 16, 1925 personal note 12 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Berry 22 Greenough Place [Newport, Rhode Island] September 17, 1925 sender is painting portrait of Miss Ward 12 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass September 28, 1915 personal letter, speaks about painting 12 6 personal letter on State of Vermont Chambers of Superior court Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Rutland, Vermont September 22, 1925 letterhead. 12 6 My [illegible] M.C.R.W. unknown September 5, 1925 personal letter with some words underlined in red 12 6

typed resolution of Windham County Bar Assoc to formally thank My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Arthur V. Piper Newfane, Vt October 20, 1925 RPB for portrait of Rosewell M. Field 'great historical value 12 6 letter reinstating RPB in the Pen and Brush Club [NYC] as a My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Fisher Torrance 16 East 10th St New York City February 5, 1926 resident member 12 7 notice of RPB's elected membership in the Allied Artists of Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] George Laurence Nelson 215 West 57th St New York City February 26, 1926 America, Inc. 12 7

personal note. Had 'opportunity to see your pictures at Montross Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Dorothy Q. Little 55 East 93rd St. [NY] Friday May 10, 1926 Gallery'. The lovely New England scenes so well interpreted 12 7 Dear Lady [Ruth Burgess] Francis B. Ingersoll 605 Carnegie Hall [New York] May 20, 1926 person note 12 7 My dear Friend [ Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen [Germany] June 16, 1926 personal letter 12 7 mentions the Old Newfane Courthouse & RPB's portrait of Roswell Field - splendid addition to the gallery/ much attention & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.L. Fish Montpelier, Vt October 5, 1926 admiration 12 7 Thank you so much Dear Friend [Ruth personal letter - 'you surely enjoyed your painting and rest in the Burgess] C.P.R. Onteora Park, Tannersville, NY October 7, 1926 mountains' 12 7 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Hall Gottingen [Germany] October 9, 1926 personal note. Mentions Lake Geneva [with envelope] 12 7 My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Houseboat Melisande Srinagar, Kashmir [India] October 18, 1926 personal note speaks of the beauty of 'this part of the world' 12 7 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 320 Park Avenue New York November 7, 1926 personal note speaks of RPB's return to NYC for the winter 12 7 Ling Fei [ 'I' encircled] Marichi unknown October 7, 1926 personal note speaks of 'your affections to me' 12 7 Monday Morning [postmarked Nov 8, Note mentions Annette haven spoken to Jewett, urging him to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annette [postmarked Grange Sta NY] 1926] write, working hard, no evidence of old trouble [with envelope] 12 7 personal note -' your letter made me Lonesome for Montepelier' Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Theodora Pope Riddle stationery embossed HillStead Farmington Conn November 8, 1926 [with envelop postmarked Hartford, Conn] 12 7 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Shepherd stationery embossed The Sheldon- New York December 15, 1926 personal note 12 7 My my Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] A.S. Moore stationery of S.Y. Alacrity [steamship] April 4, 1927 personal letter 12 8 Mrs John W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J Burgess Burlington, Vt. November 5-6, 1927 Postal Telegraph 'Caught in Flood out of Danger all Safe 12 8 Safe Deposit Envelope labeled 'Pertaining to Flood At Montpelier, no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] various sources Montpelier, Vt November 4, 1927 Vt' includes letters, lists, newspaper clippings 12 8 typed letter assuriing repayment of $ to RPB. Also discussed money owed sender by Jewett and other men of NYC. Jewett 'has Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Winchell, Jr. statonery of Hotel Marseilles New York April 27, 1927 made his bed'. Legal action to be taken [ with envelope] 12 8 thank you for your charming letter. Indebted to Prof Burgess, Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City April 21, 1927 respect and affection 12 8 My dear good Friend [Ruth Burgess] Hilda Geist 13 West 54th St [New York] May 6, 1927 personal note about travel plans 12 8 personal note mentions travel plans and hopes that RPB will 'drop Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] stationery of Park Lane Hotel London W.I. June 8, 1927 by' 12 8 mentions June 1st edition of Town & Country featuring 'Colours' Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.G. Kennedy stationery On Board S.S. Majestic June 18, 1927 by RPB courtesy of the Montross Galleries 12 8 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Baden- Baden [Germany] August 22, 1926 personal letter discusses the state of countries in Europe 12 8 typed letter procuring an editorial review of Prof Burgess volume My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John L. Southwick Burlington, Vt. September 6, 1927 'an event in the literary & educational world 12 8 My dear Professor and Mrs Burgess Cornelius Rybner [unknown] October 29, 1927 note of thanks for rememberance of birthday 12 8 envelope containing typed letter with information about the David Munson [Newspaper Inst. Of services of the Newspaper Institute, return envelope, & a Writing Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] America] 25 West 45th St New York December 5, 1927 Aptitude Test, 12 8 typed letter acknowledging RPB resignation/withdrawal from My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Helen Louise Johnstone The Town Hall Club 123 West 43rd St New York December 12, 1927 membership of the Town Hall Club 12 8 postmarked December Professor W. Burgess Poultney Bigelow Counselor at Law Malden on Hudson New York 22, 1927 Christmas greeting 12 8 Happy New Year dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth personal letter, mentions who has died, etc. Art Association will Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI January 2, 1928 acquire Swanhurst upon Milly Goodwin's deathe 12 9 My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore 4 East 54th St. New York January 11, 1928 personal letter 12 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Belle 49 Chestnut St Springfield, Mass April 11, 1928 personal letter thanking for Easter greeting 12 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Irving R. Wiles 130 West 57th St [New York] April 14, 1928 thank you letter for well wishes 12 9 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Marichi postmarked Short Hills New Jersey April 25, 1928 envelope [ on front 'precious to keep'] containing personal letter 12 9 typed letter regarding payment plan for Black Lynx Scarf 'one our My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] S.A. Haas [Leopold Haas Inc. Furriers] 9 East 48th St New York April 11, 1928 most valued customers' 12 9 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 139 State St Montpelier, Vermont July 2, 1928 personal note speaks of visting Montpelier 12 9

personal letter speaking of hopeful visit. Could meet Benjamin My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elbridge H. Thompson Lebanon, NH July 12, 1928 Payne . Sorry for loss of the old mansion [with envelope] 12 9 note of thanks for the visit and the check for 'possessions of a Dear Mrs Burgess Elsa K. Walker Mascoma, NH July 29, 1928 Payne' who prizes and appreciates them 12 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lydia Parrish Windsor, Vermont July 30, 1928 personal note of thanks for the visit 12 9 personal note about living in Vienna, what money can buy, looking Dearest R.B. [Ruth Burgess] L.D. Vienna [Austria] September 4, 1928 forward to Prof & Mrs Burgess visit 12 9 thank you for the picture of the edifice [St Augustine's Rectory & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] W.P. Crosby Montpelier, Vt September 10, 1928 new Convent ] 12 9 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lenny B. Hall Gottingen [Germany] December 4, 1928 personal letter, hope to hear from you soon 12 9 typed letter re: Mr Gellatly unhappiness in inability to house his Nicholas Murray Butler [Pres. Columbia donated art collection. Urges RPB to keep him in a 'pleasant Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Univ] Columbia University New York December 21, 1928 frame of mind' 12 9

Nicholas Murray Butler [Pres. Columbia typed letter marked confidential info of RPB. Assuring Mr Gellatly Mr [John] Gellatly [Art benefactor] Univ] Columbia University New York July 6, 1928 procurement of funds to build appropriate space forhis collection 12 9

typed letter marked confidential info of RPB. Speaks of leasing space in Heckscher Bldg to display collection & inspire Columbia Mr Butler [Columbia University] John Gellatly [Art benefactor] on letterhead on Columbia University July 2, 1928 Univer to build a great educaitonal art museum 12 9 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] R.C. Van Amringe Boston [Massachusetts] December 23, 1928 typed letter thanking RPB for presentation of etching of General 12 9 [postmarked Naples/stationery of Hotel Vittoria My very dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] A.S.M. Sorrento January 16, 1929 personal letter about travelsto Cairo [with envelope] 12 10 typed on letterhead of S.S.Ormonde Orient Line. Speaks of My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] A.S.M. postmarked Colombo [Sri Lanka] February 6, 1929 travels on the Red Sea & Indian Oceans. Marichi has gone 12 10

note of appreciation for the check, mentions making a table for Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm.H.Gillian Newport, Rhode Island February 11, 1929 RPB but time may not allow, difficulty meeting living expenses 12 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI February 19, 1929 personal note mentions neighbors in Newport 12 10 typed letter re: locating letter from RPB relative to Prof Burgess' Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City February 26, 1929 opening lecture in Berlin 12 10 typed letter thanking RPB for the 'little painting…composition, Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs. F. Sullivan Smith The Plaza, New York March 2, 1929 coloring, perspective and even sheen'. Such creative talent 12 10 letter in response to RPB's resignation from the Women's National My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maude M. [illegible] 630 Park Ave [New York] March 17, 1929 Republican Club. Discusses dues, reconsideration 12 10 typed report of submitted manuscript of diary containing material about the Kaiser. Not interested in publication of diary excerpts. My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] James N. Young Collier's 250 Park Avenue New York March 27, 1929 Offers other suggestions 12 10 thank you note for 'sending something extra for good measure' for Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian Newport, Rhode Island April 1, 1929 crafting a table 12 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI April 8, 1929 thank you letter for Easter greetings 12 10 envelope postmarked Teheran & newspaper clipping of Mrs Moore with Count Byron de Prorok at Carthage, speaks of travels My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Flying from Ispahan to Teheran April 12, 1929 in Persia 12 10 typed letter about A.S.M.'s travels in Bagdad, Greece, & other My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] A.S.M. En route to Sicily [postmarked Taormina] May 5, 1929 destinations. On stationery of S.Y. Sheelah 12 10 My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Ada S.M. Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts June 19, 1929 personal letter 12 10 My dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts June 28, 1929 personal letter 12 10 personal letter speaks of events attended, mentions Boston Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace [unknown] August 27, 1929 Symphony, menus 12 10 Dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts August 29, 1929 personal letter about the autumn events planned 12 10

thank you letter for 'your thoughtfulness', the pamphlet 'Pageant of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mason S. Stone Montpelier, Vt Sept 11th, 1929 Craftsbury' was an excellent historical presentation 12 10 thank you note for' your kind attention in writing', speaks of press Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.G. Kennedy 375 Park Avenue [New York] Sept 29th, 1929 noticing gift presented to Metropolitan Museum 12 10

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hans Ruser an bord Milawaukee Sept 29th 1929 thank you for invitation to celebrate Prof Burgess' 85th birthday 12 10 thank you for 'your note and the admirable portrait of Professor My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York October 15, 1929 Burgess which I shall greatly cherish' 12 10 postcard photo of Alexander Ferdinand Prinz v. Professor 1929 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] August Wilhelm [phot. Sette & Kuntze, Potsdam] [unknown] written on front. Xmas greetings and New Year wishes 12 10 speaks of visiting NY soon, James Brown Scott & a recent letter Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] T. St. John [illegible] Summit, New Jersey January 5, 1930 from the Kaiser re alleged Kronrat of July 5, 1914 7 verdict agst 12 11 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan Daleswell Gibbs Ave, Newport RI January 30, 1930 personal letter, updating Newport happenings 12 11 typed letter thanking RPB for sending Prof Burgess' letter to be Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York February 20, 1930 read at the tea 12 11 declines invitation. Mentions visit to Milch Galleries & 'enjoyed your pictures' that have 'acquired a quality & delicacy that did not My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George W. Jacoby 44 West 72nd St New York February 26, 1930 exist before' 12 11 typed letter expressing pleasure in being with RPB & her group on My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City March 3, 1930 Saturday 12 11 To Members of Faculty of Pol Science in typed COPY of letter wishing Colleagues a delightful evening & Columbia Univ John W. Burgess [unknown] February 28, 1930 cordial greetings 12 11 Newport Trust letterhead. Will hold settlement of notes until return My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George W. Bacheller Newport, Rhode Island May 16, 1930 to Newport [ with envelope] 12 11 The Etude Music Magazine letterhead offer to purchase article ( to be 'boiled down' to 3000 words) about piano lessons with Theresa My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] James Francis Cooke 1712-1714 Chestnut St Philadelphia, PA. June 25, 1930 Carreno in 1888 12 11 typed letter from Art Association of Newport re renewing membership & encouraged to submit work for the Water Color My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Walter Coles Cabell 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport Rhode Island July 3, 1930 Show 12 11 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth R. Pennell 449 Park Avenue New York City July 9, 1930 personal letter of appreciation for renewed friendship 12 11

Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] August 27, 1930 personal letter about Professor's birthday, friends in Brookline 12 11 letter regarding mailing RPB's 'switch' for $5 price, enjoyed seeing Very dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lucy L. Kelleher 22 Elm St Mopntpelier, Vt Sept 25th, 1930 her 12 11 letter congratulating Professor on the recognition accorded by the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frederic R. [illegible] 2 Rector Street November 5, 1930 University 7 intelligent thinking people of America 12 11 comments to RPB's Dahlias picture - 'powerfully arrested' by its My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles [illegible] 169 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY November 5, 1930 charm and colour.' If I could afford it, I would buy it' 12 11 mentions reading RPB's article in 'The Etude' about pianist Carreno. Discusses his encounters with the' remarkabkle woman My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Vincent de Sola Colonial Hall Kew Gardens [NY] November 9, 1930 & musician' 12 11 Mentions Carreno article in Etude Magazine, paid $35 and praise My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] James Francis Cooke [Etude Magazine] 1712-1714 Chestnut St Philadelphia, PA. November 12, 1930 from a man about the article 12 11 Saturday morning Dear dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Lynn Bailey [unknown] November 15, 1930 personal letter 12 11 typed condolence letter re: Professor Burgess' passing [with My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York January 13, 1931 envelope] 12 12 Mrs John W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs W. Bayard Hale [unknown] January 16-20, 1931 Postal Telegraph 'most sincere sympathy 12 12 Executrix certificate of Probate Jurisdiction for the estate of John Ruth Payne Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 23, 1931 W. Burgess 12 12 mentions RPB as executor and representative of Professor's Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 24, 1931 estate, explains next steps of appraisals, etc 12 12 explains next steps in settling the estate, opportunity to 'restore Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 29, 1931 your shattered nerves' 12 12

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George W. Bacheller [Newport Trust Co.] Newport, Rhode Island January 29, 1931 discusses Estate of John W. Burgess 12 12

Mrs Burgess my dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian 22 Elm St January 29, 1931 condolence letter 12 12 hard bound Telegram with envelope in German signed by August Mrs Ruth Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible - possibly from Kaiser Wilhelm Doorn [Netherlands] January 31, 1931 Wilhelm 12 12

typed letter regarding counseling RPB in choosing person to talk My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City February 4, 1931 about Prof Burgess' magnificent mind & influence with envelope 12 12 typed on letter of Columbia University with envelope rec'd Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York February 17, 1931 Professor Lindsay Rogers to aid in bio of Prof Burgess 12 12 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fred Sicely Montpelier, Vt February 9, 1931 note of condolence and appreciation for the box of clothes 12 12 typed note of thanks for the 'charmingly framed photograph of Prof My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York February 28, 1931 Burgess [with envelope] 12 12 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Newfane, Vt March 18, 1931 personal letter 12 12 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Ruth Freiin von Scholley [in German] Stuttgart [Germany] March 27, 1931 printed announcement [in German] 12 12 personal letter speaks of audience with the Pope, and travels to My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Salerno, Italy April 1, 1931 German [with envelope] 12 12

Dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] Thursday April 9, 1931 personal letter 12 12 thank you note for 'your generous Easter gift'. Speaks of loneliness, kind thoughtfulness, & happiness when 'I worked for Mrs Burgess, Dear Friend Wm. H. Gillian 22 Elm St April 10, 1931 you' 12 12 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne [illegible] New York April 10, 1931 personal letter 12 12 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Ahlborn 258 Marlborough St. [Boston, Mass] April 14, 1931 personal letter speaks of missing Professor Burgess 12 12 note mentions sending the 'sheep picture today'. Trouble My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Derrick 220 W. 57th [New York] April 16, 1931 removing paper from the glass 12 12 thank you note for check received. Hope picture has arrive din My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William R. Derrick 220 W. 57th [New York] April 21, 1931 good condition 12 12 thank you note to 'you and your son, my good friend Jewett' for Dear Mrs Burgess Harry C. Cotter 34 East 50th Street New York April 20, 1931 hospitality 12 12 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Edwin R. [illegible] 145 Central Park West April 28, 1931 thank you for telegram wishing happy anniversary 12 12 typed letter discussing compilation, classification of manuscript My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City April 28, 1931 and hopes to help with possible biography 12 12 typed letter with hopes of RPB attending Service at Columbia. My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Raymond C. Knox Columbia University New York May 18, 1931 Had enclosed ticket for Chapel seating 12 12

typed letter requesting titles and publishers of Prof Burgess' books Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Albin Russman 563 Cauldwell Avenue Bronx, NYC June 11,1931 'that tell the hidden truth of world's economic & political instabilty' 12 12

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frank D. Fackenthal Columbia University New York July 7, 1931 typed thank you note for the invitation 13 1 typed letter of thanks & suggesting verbage for donation of Prof Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Columbia University New York July 7, 1931 Burgess' Collection to Columbia University 13 1 discusses revision of Prof Burgess' biography in National Cyclopedia of American Biography, requests different photograph Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] James T. White [publishers] 70 Fifth Avenue New York July 8, 1931 & copy of signature 13 1 typed letter re: copying of the autobiography, discusses the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York July 10, 1931 University as recipient of all materials Columbiana 13 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] A.S.M. Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts July 18, 1931 personal letter speaks of travels and visits, etc with envelope 13 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Melvil Dewey Lake Placid, NY July 18, 1931 typed letter with attached Members Privilege Card 13 1 typed personal letter explaining potential visit, 'marvelous Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Melvil Dewey Lake Placid, NY July 18, 1931 Adirondak air' 13 1 typed letter re: manuscript of Prof Burgess' Autobiography being Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Columbia University New York October 23, 1931 copied. Where to send it? 13 1

letter discussing Mme Carreno's possible biography. Would like to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Vincent de Sola Colonial Hall Kew Gardens [NY{ July 31, 1931 intro Mr. Tagliapietra & Marta Milinowski of Vassar to RPB 13 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. [illegible] Plimpton Lewis Farm Walpole Mass July 12, 1931 personal letter, speaks of missing Prof Burgess 13 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Martin F. Keating Montpelier, Vt August 3, 1931 personal note 13 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island August 17, 1931 typed letter lising tax bills due 13 1 personal note apologizing for not returning a letter on letterhead of Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Charles Thompson Cambridge, Massachusetts August 25, 1931 Harvard Univ Press 13 1 short note that had contained 'my designed covers for the Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Elton M. Manuel [Zeppelin Post Specialist 7 Walnut St Newport, Rhode Island November 4, 1931 Reception' [with envelope] 13 1 thank you note for 'giving me this pin as a souvenir of dear Prof Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Alhorn Hamilton, Mass November 6, 1931 Burgess' 13 1 postmark December Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] postmarked Boston, Mass. 13, 1931 empty postmarked envelope - Capt Welch written in 13 1 typed letter satting engravers have completed portrait plate for the Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] James T. White [Publishers] 70 Fifth Avenue New York Sept 14th, 1931 National Cyclopedia, please send signature 13 1 typed letter stating receipt of Pres Roosevelt's letter to Prof Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Librarian Columbia University New York November 11, 1931 Burgess from Dr Lindsay Rogers 13 1

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mabel Frazer Florence, Italy November 24, 1931 personal letter speaks of travels in Italy, friends' visits, Xmas plans 13 1 letter apologizing for not sending the china sets sooner [with Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A.H. Bozyan Newport, Rhode Island December 3, 1931 envelope] 13 1 typed letter with suggestion of asking Prof Woodbridge to write Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City December 5, 1931 biography of Prof Burgess 13 1 letter discussing Payne genealogy complete with 3 pages of Dear Madam [Ruth Burgess] Wallace L. Payne Vergennes, Vermont December 7, 1931 'record of Elisher Payne the first in America' 13 1 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible initials] Gottingen [Germany] December 8, 1931 personal letter 13 1 typed letter glad that RPB likes suggestion of Prof Woodbridge My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City December 9, 1931 writing biography. 13 1 postmarked Oct Mrs John W. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] return address Columbia University NY New York postmark [illegible]1931 empty postmarked envelope 13 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Quincy 4 Charles River Sq. [Boston, Mass] December 13, 1931 personal letter, updates of friends 13 1 typed expression of 'my grateful appreciation…on the occasion of My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York December 16, 1931 the Nobel Peace Prize' 13 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island December 17, 1931 typed letter for receipt of tax returns, will get them to IRS, etc 13 1 thank you note for placement of holly in the building 'a charming no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Mrs Orlando Rouland 130 West 57th Street New York December 23, 1931 thought' 13 1 typed thank you note for sending poem, good wishes for My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Raymond C. Knox Columbia University New York December 23, 1931 Christmastide and New Year 13 1 thank you for generous gift. The old days working 'so happily for Mrs Burgess, my Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Wm. H. Gillian 16 Battery St Newport R.I. December 24, 1931 you' & 'How nice Prof Burgess always was to me' 13 1 handsigned, printed telegram in German with typed Christmas Mrs Ruth Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wilhelm [handwritten signature] Doorn [Netherlands] December 28, 1931 greeting in English [ with envelope] 13 1

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 2, 1932 typed letter re: estate taxes and questionare to answer 13 2

greeting card [front side in German] signed by 'our Dear Empress for her last Xmas in Doorn. Handwriting on back explains history of card and passes it on to RPB 'safe in your hands'. Mentions the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Potsdam -[illegible] January 3, 1932 terrible state of this poor country, 'under Hitler's flag'. 13 2 typed letter re: Prof Woodbridge. Included copy of letter from Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York January 4, 1932 Woodbridge [see next entry] 13 2 typed letter that accompanied entry #1001, Prof Woodbridge feels My dear President Butler (S) Frederick J.E. Woodbridge Berlin W. 10 Hohenzollernstr [Germany] December 22, 1931 incompetent to write biography, made suggestions 13 2 typed letter with suggestion of Prof Tugwell's review of Prof Burgess papers to determine who may be qualified to write Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City January 7, 1932 biography 13 2 letterhead of Ginn & Company Publishers, gave plates of Prof Burgess' book to Columbia, was invited to speak at Cumberland University commencement & if sender attends will speak of Prof My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. A. Plimpton 70 Fifth Avenue New York January 14, 1932 Burgess' history & work 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 15, 1932 typed letter re: Safe Deposit Box, bond and mortgage 13 2 typed letter confirming the cost of classifying, cataloguing & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City January 18, 1932 preparing Prof Burgess' materials can be met 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island January 21, 1932 typed letter confirming Federal Tax Return was filed 13 2 typed letter re: Prof Burgess' materials. May start at anytime 'you My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City January 26, 1932 wish to have all the material sent to the Library' 13 2 typed letter delighted to see you at dinner & 'whenever you are Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City January 29, 1932 ready to send the manuscripts' [with envelope] 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island February 8, 1932 typed letter acknowledgin RPB's favor re: income tax 13 2 typed note thanking for gracious note received. Importance of Prof Dear Msr Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York February 13, 1932 Burgess valued 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island February 19, 1932 typed letter regarding IRS visit 13 2

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Alhorn 258 Marlborough St. [Boston, Mass] February 21, 1932 personal note. Mentions artist Ethel [Polly] Thayer & an exhibit 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport, Rhode Island February 24, 1932 typed letter re: fees and disbursements [with envelope] 13 2 thank you note for sympathy card. Remember boarding school & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Harrison 4 East 54th St. New York February 26, 1932 pleasure her husband took in RPB's painting 13 2 speaks of expressing appreciation of the beautiful tribute to the Prof Moon [Parker T. Moon] Appears to be rough draft written by RPB [unknown] February 28, 1932 Board of Division of Academy of Political Science 13 2 thank you for gracious letter. Happy to inform the Academy My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Parker Thomas Moon Academy of Political Science Columbia University NY March 2, 1932 officers of your note 13 2 Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Moritmer A. Sullivan Newport Rhode Island March 3, 1932 typed letter re: NY property, safe deposit box, etc. 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island March 8, 1932 typed letter re: affidavit, draft of income tax & filing 13 2

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Vladimir G. Simkhovitch Columbia University New York March 15, 1932 letter with condolences and had contained collection of essays 13 2 typed letter re: Prof Burgess' death certificate and income tax Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island March 18, 1932 extension 13 2 typed letter acknowledging receipt of contents of safe deposit box Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island March 28, 1932 from Mr Littlefield & Charles Fisk 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island April 11, 1932 typed letter re: tax return for 1931 13 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island April 25, 1932 typed letter re: no update from IRS. 13 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York May 23, 1932 typed letter with question regarding Prof Burgess papers 13 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York May 25, 1932 typed letter thanking RPB for her response to his question 13 2 typed letter inquiring on the 'track of that manuscript' for study My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City June 17, 1932 [with envelope] 13 2 typed letter discussing the manuscript, conferring with Mr. Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City June 20, 1932 Plimpton re: Linsday Rodger's manuscript 13 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Adelene Kissam [illegible] Maccluer Sunset Hill Richfield Springs, New York June 28, 1932 personal letter, speaks of missing husbands 13 2 typed letter introducing enclosed letter to Judge Leahy re: taxes & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mortimer Sullivan Attorney at Law Newport Rhode Island July 14, 1932 closing of the estate of Prof Burgess 13 3 Dear Judge [Edward L. Leahy] [unsigned Mortimer Sullivan] Newport Rhode Island July 14, 1932 copy of letter sent to Judge. See entry 1030 13 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City August 9, 1932 typed letter accepting invitation to Newport 13 3 typed letter thanking for provision for return journey. 'Looking My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Broadway at 116 St. New York City August 13, 1932 forward to the pleasure of seeing you' 13 3 typed thank you note for visit. Also assuring proper examination My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York August 20, 1932 and secure transport of materials to the library 13 3 Dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] A.S.M. Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts August 21, 1932 personal letter 'have not heard from you' -speaks of travels 13 3 typed letter with handwritten notation at bottom introducing Milton H. Thomas Curator of Columbia who will arrive in Newport to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frank D. Fackenthal Columbia University New York August 26, 1932 review the Burgess papers 13 3 thank you note for old letter ( which have been copied and returned). Helpful in Geneaology. Interested in Paine/Hopkins Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wallace L. Payne Vergennes, Vermont Sept 15th, 1932 relationship 13 3 typed note re: findings of LL.D. (Amherst degree) & Professor's Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Milton Halsey Thomas Columbia University New York September 6, 1932 ancestry 13 3 typed note acknowledging safe arrival of Burgess documents. Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Milton Halsey Thomas Columbia University New York Sept 13th 1932 Already found the pamphlet by the Kaiser 13 3 typed note pleased to hear more documents to come. Business school would like Vt RailRoad records if 'you have not sent them Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Milton Halsey Thomas Columbia University New York Sept 20th, 1932 to Harvard' 13 3 thank you for your note about the lecture. Discussing 'who will replace the Ten', America needs a renaissance of 'real art' away Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Robert Macbeth 15 East 57th Street New York Sept 20th, 1932 from modernism 13 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maria D. Norris Bristol, Rhode Island Sept 28th, 1932 note to a new friend, cites a poem about friendship 13 3 Envelope contains handwritten notes, signed by August Wilhem [unknown - likely Xmas on postcard photo of 3 Highlander dogs and a religious postcard To dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [Germany] 1932] with Xmas wishes 1932 13 3 Large envelope with typed cover letter paperclipped to older Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Milton Halsey Thomas Columbia University New York December 17, 1932 letters regarding Columbia University matters 13 3 Thank you note relating to Prof. Burgess Reminiscences [in Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler New York January 3, 1934 envelope] 13 4

postmarked Jan 10, photo postcard of Prinz August Wilhelm with handwriting on photo Mrs Ruth Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] in German on front postmarked Mittenwald [Germany] 1934 'Heil Hitler'. Personal note on backside with holiday wishes 13 4 typed letter with enclosed photograph with writing on it San Miguel Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Costa Rica [Central America] January 24, 1934 Costa Rica 1934. Season greetings 13 4

photo of unidentified man in an envelope within another envelope. Photo has handwriting on back, signed by August Wilhelm. Thank My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wilhem F.[illegible] Doorn [Netherlands] February 14, 1933 you note for copy of the Atlantic & personal greetings 13 4 in German [Ruth Burgess] M.Keller Potsdam Neuer Garten [Germany] February 13, 1933 note with envelope in German 13 4 Frau John W. Burgess Prof [illegible] Haus Doorn [Netherlands] March 7, 1933 typed letter in German 13 4 [illegible] Acting Chief of Majesty's typed letter with envelope on behalf of Imperial Majesty Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Household Doorn [Netherlands] July 28, 1933 anticipating a visit from RPB 13 4 typed letter acknowleding charming letter, discusses new edition Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Southampton, NY August 1, 1933 of Prof Burgess' book 13 4 postmarked Sept 22, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] postmarked Putbus [Germany] 1933 postcard acknowledging thank you note, 'majesties are well' 13 4

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [In German] address in German [Germany] October 1, 1933 postcard of painting stamped & postmarked with personal note 13 4 typed letter with envelope 'Welcome home'. Mentions enthusiasm My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University New York October 3, 1933 for proofs of Prof Burgess' autobiography 13 4 typed letter with envelope acknowleding President's receipt of My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M.A.LeHand [private secretary to FDR] The White House Washington October 18, 1933 Foundations of Political Science by Prof Burgess 13 4 in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] Potsdam [Germany] December 23, 1933 Xmas greeting postcard written in German with envelope 13 4 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Robert & Marguerite Nisbet So. Kent Conn [undated] Merry Christmas 1933 homemade card 13 4 in German [Ruth Burgess] [In German] Berlin [Germany] December 24, 1933 postcard of Hall Romanischer written in German 13 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Irving R. Wiles 130 West 57th Street New York December 24, 1933 thank you note for 'handsome book' 13 4 E.C. Smith [letterhead of Exec Dept State Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] of Vt] St. Albans, Vt. October 20th thank you note for 'use of your house' 13 5 Dear Mrs Burgess L.G. Runkle 324 Fifty-Seventy St. West [ New York] [undated] personal note 13 5 personal note speaks of Fall River & asks about RPB favorite My dear little Ruth [Ruth Burgess] L.G.R. 513 High Street Fall River, Mass [undated] painting, small or large, etc 13 5 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.G.R. [RPB penned in 'from Mrs Runkle] The Jackson Sanatorium Dansville, NY May 27th personal note 13 5 note of thanks for the portrait, 'We think it is fully worth $300'. On My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily H. Spafford Bedford, NY [undated] backside RPB penciled in 'pertaining to my work' 13 5 Dear Mrs and Mr. Burgess Mary and Morris Ray [penciled in Slater] 120 West 57th St Sunday thank you note for gifts. 'It is snowing hard here' 13 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Marie Strickland Palazzo Feroni Florence [Italy] [undated] personal note with calling card of Lady Strickland enclosed 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Smith [unknown] Monday note declining an invitation 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice [illegible] [unknown] March 12th personal note 13 5 personal note speaks of horrific shock, glad you are safe [penciled in 'Refers to the Windsor Fire' -? Great Fire of Windsor, Nova Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Madeline 272 W. 86th St [New York] Sunday Scotia 1897] 13 5 personal note speaks of that 'idylic day' that the sender's sister no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] May Riley Smith 241 West Seventy Fourth St [New York] [undated] passed away 13 5 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] May Riley Smith 241 West Seventy Fourth St [New York] May 6th personal note 13 5 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] May Riley Smith 241 West Seventy Fourth St [New York] March 24th personal note expressing thanks for the invitation 13 5 My dearest Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] personal letter 13 5 thank you note for the beautiful picture of Edith 'enchanted with it Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Susan A. Gilman 260 West 57th St [New York] Christmas Eve as a picture' 'exquisitely painted portrait' 13 5 thank you note for the lovely picture, 'words cannot express the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Margaret 150 West Seventy Ninth St [New York] [undated] gratitude' 13 5 November 22nd My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary [illegible] Brattleboro, Vt [illegible personal note, speaks of travels 13 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] [undated] personal note 13 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 152 West 57th St [New York] [illegible] 2nd personal note, mentions $15 13 5 tiny thank you note card [with envelope] for the calendar, refers to Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Varinda Jefferson Davis [unknown] [undated] 'my especial Yankee'. 13 5 calling card [with Miss Jefferson Davis crossed out] handwritten Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs Jefferson Davis Beauvoir House, Mississippi [undated] 'happy Xmas' 13 5 tiny note card with envelope 'for my darling Ruth with her old Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] [undated] friend's love 13 5 thank you note for the delicious fare,' most I have eaten since my My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V.J.D. [unknown] [undated] illness' 13 5 handwritten note regarding availability to get together. On printed Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. J.D. 123 West 44th St [New York] [undated] calling card of Mrs Jefferson Davis 13 5 tiny note with envelope address to Mrs Burgess & Mr. Jewett For my dear girl [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] [undated] Burgess] ' a shawl I knitted myself' 13 5 personal note. Speaks of Paris, 'Les Independents' exhibit, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Cassatt [artist] One East 66th st [New York] Friday expenses, fees, cost of artworks 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer Bronxville, NY January 13th personal note looking forward to lunch next week 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer Bronxville, NY February 19th personal note about upcoming visit 13 5 note announcing safe arrival and looking forward to dinner on the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer [New York ] on letterhead of Bronxville NY November 22nd 4th 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Clark 302 West 88th St [New York] April 26th personal note 13 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 34 Gramercy Park [New York] Monday personal note. Declining invitation 13 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] [undated] personal note of thanks for the gift of the silver dish 13 5 stationery embossed Stoneleigh East Grinstead personal letter. Mentions Mr Woods, 'do you play golf in My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [England] [undated] America?', inquires about RPB's son 13 5 typed letter. Mentions Mary Willard's son & his delightful deviltry Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Eva [unknown] [undated] and treachery - 'isnt he the absolute limit!' 13 5 personal letter mentions the portrait of Murray -'most grateful to My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Butler 119 East Thirtieth St [New York] Friday you' 13 5 note that had had a program enclosed. Looking forward to next My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] R. Burmeister [unknown] Thursday Monday 13 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George de Forest Brush 19 W 31st [New York] December 13th note in receipt of RPB letter. Would like to see some work 13 5 letter with many drawing of animals & fish. Speaks of missing a Dear Mr. Wood [illegible] NY May Thursday fish dinner & of a 'certain sale' of a painting 13 5 personal note card with instructions to' take Conrad Dreher no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Poultney Bigelow New York [letterhead of Century Club] [undated] [German stage actor] under your wing' 13 6 note of thanks [signed by the entire committee] for RPB's skill & no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Executive Committee of Woman's Art Club New York [undated] tact in planning the Barnard Club exhibit 13 6 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer [unknown] Wednesday AM personal note 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sarah Schuyler Butler [unknown] December 27th thank you note for the 'little silk bag' 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Portland 81 Free [81 Free St Portland, Maine Thursday personal note 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Portland 81 Free [81 Free St Portland, Maine [undated] personal note 13 6 Dearest Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Ogunquit, Maine August 4th personal note 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances [illegible] Plimpton 125 East 35th Street [New York] [undated] sympathy note on RPB's father's death 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 2001 Empire Building New York June 2nd personal letter mentions enclosed check 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary R. Poland [unknown] August 20th sympathy note on RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Bertha Runkle 22 Old Broad Street London [England] [undated] personal letter. Speaks of being the wife of an army officer 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice W. Rollins 170 West 59th St New York January 7th letter of sympathy for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] E. Rockwell York Harbor [Maine] September 1st sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary H Rollins [unknown] [undated] sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Saroma Richard Cue [unknown] [undated] sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My poor dear girl [Ruth Burgess] Lucy [illegible] London [England] September 7th sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] Thursday afternoon sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Miranda Stranahan The Homestead St. Albans, Vt [letterhead] August 26th sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charles M. Thompson [unknown] Wednesday sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 Dear, dear Lady Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Your little Whiteheads [unknown] [undated] thank you note for your 'great great kindness 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Julia A. Wright [unknown] [undated] sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Leonhard Breslau [Germany] [unknown] personal note about young Mr Burgess not being well. 13 6

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John H. Flagg 114 West 58th St NY July 4th personal letter, mentions the very hot weather, Mrs Willard's death 13 6 handwritten The Golden Home poem with note at end about no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] E.R.F. Montpelier, Vt [undated] submitting it to New England Magazine 13 6 personal letter. Pictures arrived and 'my Vermont gallery' is My dearest Twin [Ruth Burgess] [unknown] Hill Crest Peterboro, NH [letterhead] Wednesday July 8 complete 13 6 personal note.Speaks of artistic temperment of RPB, depression, For precious Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Peter Woodland Ulster Co. New York August 3rd and beautiful works 13 6 personal letter 'your wonderful talent for catching expression has My blessed Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Peter Woodland Ulster Co. New York August 19th made your portrait painting a great success' 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary E. Cook on letterhead Onteora Club Catskill Mts NY August personal letter expressing sympathy for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Chigwell Stoneleigh, East Grinstead [England] September 11th sympathy note for RPB's father's death 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Chigwell Stoneleigh, East Grinstead [England] August 30th personal letter 13 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs. G.W. Clark [unknown] Saturday PM thank you note for visiting 13 6 note paper 'Given by the Children of Northfield St in Honor of Mr. no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] James Jary [unknown] [undated] T.W. Wood 13 6 Dear Sirs Mary E. Wilkins [unknown] [undated] short note 'begging your pardon' 13 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Chigwell Stoneleigh, East Grinstead [England] January 29th sympathy note 13 6 Friday morning personal note. Mentions death of parents, glad 'seriously planning My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York November 9th on taking up your painting. It is a gift too unusual to be neglected 13 7 My dear [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East 17th [New York] Thursday morning personal letter mentions Eugene Field 13 7 Wednesday morning My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East 17th St New York Sept 6 personal letter 13 7 Tuesday September My dear [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East 17th Street [New York] 12, 1893 personal letter 13 7 My dear good Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East 17th Street [New York] November 7th personal letter 13 7

My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East 17th Street [New York] Tuesday October 16th personal letter 13 7 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McDowell 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York Sunday June 30th personal letter 13 7 Monday November My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York 12th personal letter 13 7 Monday morning Sept My dearest Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Peter 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York 12 personal letter 13 7 My dearest [illegible] Fannie McD Hill Crest Peterboro, NH [letterhead] Thursday July 16 personal letter 13 7 My own Mimsey [Ruth Burgess] Peter Pertisau [Tyrol Austria] [undated] personal letter. Mentions travels & Barnard 13 7 personal letter. Speaks of finding accommodations at the Gerard My dear dear Ruth Varina Anne Davis [unknown] [undated] NYC 13 7 Ah, Mimsey dear [Ruth Burgess] Peter 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York Friday morning personal letter 13 7 Saturday September My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Varina Anne Davis Marlborough Hotel New York 30th personal letter. Mentions having malaria, sending a photo to RPB 13 7 personal letter. 'Are you painting?' Sender states ' I finished two Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] F Prospect St Burlington, Vt [undated] portraits of General Ripley this winter' 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] R.H. Field letterhead of Montpelier, Vt May 2nd personal letter 13 8 [penciled in 'begun Jan Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elisabeth [illegible] [unknown] 2nd' personal letter. Mentions the Academy 13 8 Dear Madame [Ruth Burgess] Leigh Hunt [unknown] [undated] note of regret for inability to accept dinner invitation 13 8 note regretting inability to 'go to you today'. 'In the throws of heart Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] 8 o'clock failure all night' 13 8 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V. Jefferson Davis [unknown] Tuesday eve invitation to visit 'at four o'clock' 13 8 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George de Forest Brush [unknown] [undated] RSVP note 13 8 My dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Juliet L. P. [illegible] New York April 5th note to coordinate luncheon plans 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Juliet L. P. [illegible] New York April 6th note firming up luncheon plans 13 8

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theodore [illegible] Berlin. W. [Germany] June 12th note to make plans. 'Did not know you would come back to Berlin' 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY [undated] thank you note for the photographs of the house 13 8

Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenora Baltimore [undated] note speaks of 'playing with Mr Boyle'. Mentions Philharmonic 13 8 letter speaking of Edward [American composer] and his musical talents [in envelope] & recent reviews in major publications, interst My beloved Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD [unknown] Sunday morning in Columbia University 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Katherine MacKay #174 Madison Ave New York March 15th note declining an invitation 13 8 note thanking RPB for 'writing what you did in your wonderful My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Katherine MacKay #174 Madison Ave New York March 26th book' 13 8 note requesting a favor -'will you write something for me on the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Katherine MacKay #174 Madison Ave New York March 20, 2016 final page of this book?' 13 8

My dear [Ruth Burgess] [unknown] [unknown] Tuesday 6:00 note speaks of acquiring a letter of introduction for Mr Burgess 13 8 letter speaking of Edward [American composer] and perhaps no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Fannie McD 309 East Seventeeth St Stuyvesant Sq New York [undated] Columbia creating a position for him [with envelope] 13 8 letter speaks of Edward and Columbia, newspaper articles, etc My dear Twin [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] [with envelope] 13 8

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Corinne Lawton [illegible] Cranach Strasse 35, Weimar [Germany] February 21st speaks of the marriage of the Grand Duke, the cold weather, etc 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marian MacDowell 303 West 88th Street [New York] October 22nd note thanking RPB for the sketches, husband is very pleased 13 8 postcard postmarked & stamped from 'Italian pleasure'. 'You no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] A.B.M. Ravello [Italy] March 1st would both adore this lovely place' 13 8 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German [Germany] in German postcard sized note in German 13 8 My dear and best beloved Ruth [Ruth Burgess] V.J.D. [Mrs Jefferson Davis] The Gerard 123 West 44th St [New York] Sunday night tiny notecard requesting drawing and sketching of a young woman 13 8 [unsigned- calling card of Mrs Jefferson no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Davis] 123 West 44th St [New York] [undated] tiny notecard 'with tender Easter greetings' 13 8

[unsigned - calling card of Mrs Jefferson For my beloved Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Davis]123 West 44th St [New York] [undated] hope that she may be happy through the coming year' 13 8 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Fanny H. Moore 78 Madison Ave Morristown, New Jersey [undated] thank you for 'your choice liitle water colors 13 8 letterhead of Metropolitan Club 5th & 60th st [New thank you for 'the charming gift, painted by my cousin who has a My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred York] April 20th achieved a name in the world of art' 13 8 invitation for 'roughistication', 'bring your own tobacco, whiskey, & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Poultney Bigelow Bigelow Homestead Malden on the Hudson NY July 28th porterhouse' 13 9 [illegible] Poultney Bigelow Bigelow Homestead Malden on the Hudson NY September 27th invitation to 'spend a week or two with brush, paints , books' 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth L. Betton Gibbs Avenue Newport, Rhode Island October 9th personal note, RPB will be 'welcomed in our midst 13 9 note thanking for letter of introduction. Mentions Maharaja My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer Onteora ClubTannersville, NY May 9th [illegible] Baroda & President Butler. 13 9 small notecard expressing delight in seeing RPB again, portrait. Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Patricia [illegible] 1 Lexington Avenue [New York] [undated] Card has mathematical calculations written in 13 9 letter speaks about society people, failed marriage, etc 'please Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs J.W.C. [Mrs John W. Clark] Montpelier, Vt November 8th don't forget to burn this' 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer Boston [Massachusetts] December 7th personal letter. Speaks of travel to Rome 13 9 letter seeks introduction letter to [illegible] Baroda of India. My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer 254 West 85th St [New York] April 28th Wonders if RPB knows 'anyone sufficiently acquainted' 13 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Cassatt [American artist] 1418 Spruce Street December 23rd letter speaks to artists in Paris, independent exhibitions 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E. F. Cunningham [illegible but content suggests England] December 18th seasonal wishes 13 9 My very dear and much admired Lady [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen Cragsmoor Ulster Co. New York July 11th personal letter. Speaks of fabulous New England woman - RPB. 13 9 personal letter. Speaks of women's suffrage, Rome as being a My very dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen London, England February 8th 'transplanted NYC', and Sicily 13 9 Dear Mr and Mrs Burgess [illegible] letterhead of Waldorf Astoria New York [undated] thank you note for the flowers 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Newport [Rhode Island] June 1st thank you for your kind note 13 9 note written on behalf of the Art Club hoping for RPB to agree to Dear Lady [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth Watrous [artist] 222 W. 59th St [New York] December 8th reinstatement of Presidency of the Club 13 9 personal letter discusses Jewett's marriage, 'sorry that it came about in this way', neighbor trying to be 'loyal to all three' of My dear neighbor [Ruth Burgess] Alice V. Whittemore [Newport, Rhode Island] Wednesday evening Burgess 13 9 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] R.W postmarked Montpelier Vt postmarked March 10 scenic postcard with note about arrival of Spring 13 9 note re: Art Club, please reconsider membership, mentions Miss My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E. M. Scott 142 East 18th [New York] November 10th Platt's exhibition 13 9 note mentioning galleries, inviting submission of work no larger Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A.L. [illegible] 141 West 85th St. [New York] Thursday morning than 17X21 by next week 13 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Rosamond Eustis Newport, Rhode Island Monday RSVP of dinner invitation 13 9 in German [Ruth Burgess] Luise Greger Cassel [Germany] in German handwritten letter - in German 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Linden Gate Newport [Rhode Island] October 9th personal note re: social engagement 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Linden Gate Newport [Rhode Island] Saturday personal note re: social engagement 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Linden Gate Newport [Rhode Island] November 11th personal note re: social engagement 13 9 Dear kind Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate [illegible] [unknown] [undated] thank you note, complimenting the painting 13 9 Dear dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate [illegible] [unknown] [undated] Merry Xmas, thank you for the beautiful picture [painting] 13 9 Madeline [ scribbled in Madeline Schiller My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] pianist] 144 East Fifty sixth street [New York] [undated] thank you note for all the wonderul memories 13 9 note wishing Dr Burgess feel better, looking forward to husband My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Arnold Schick 419 West 117th St [New York] December 28th reading Dr Burgess' book 13 9 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German stationery 468 Riverside Dr [unknown] in German 13 9 postcard with personal note on postcard with a photo of Tunis Rue no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.R.R. postmarked Tunis April 24th du Riche [stamped & postmarked] 13 9 postcard with personal note, stamped & postmarked Biskra -photo no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.R. Robinson Biskra, Constantine [Algiers] April 15th of Quartier de Medjnech 13 9 admiring RPB's work. Will send 'my motor this afternoon'. Open or Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] L.R.R. 23 East 55th St [New York] Christmas Day closed car? Will put a fur in for warmth 13 9 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillian R. Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] March 31st thank you for the lovely gift [a painting] 13 9 thank you dear and generous neighbor for the portrait - a 'very no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.G. Runkle [unknown] Monday-no Tuesday rare piece of portraiture' 13 9

My dear neglected one [Ruth Burgess] L.G. Runkle West End New[illegible] December 21st personal letter speaks of Army life, 'intellectual & emotional coma' 13 9 written on behalf of Countess Keller & His Majesty and Her Royal Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Countess Rantzan Neues Calais September Highness 13 9 personal letter speaks of having seen Jewett, baby daughter, wife Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie [P.Q. penciled in adjacent] [unknown] April 25th is at her father's now 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charlotte Latrobe Pell 127 Rhode Island Avenue Newport October 9th welcoming RPB to neighborhood in Newport 13 9 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 61 Park Avenue Sunday personal note 13 9 personal note. Speaks of RPB severing all connections with Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie P. Montpelier, Vt October 15th Montpelier, sale of the property 13 9

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen Smith [unknown] August 5th personal note. Mentions Frederick's grave, furniture bequeathed 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth Hope Slater Hopedene [Newport, Rhode Island] Sunday 16 [illegible] note declining invitation 13 10 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Turin [Italy] October 31st letter in German 13 10 thank you note for picture received as a gift & received Dear kind Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate [illegible] 926 Fifth Ave New York Christmas photograph 13 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.P. Smith [unknown] November 1st personal letter 13 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [Alva] illegible Vanderbilt [Newport Rhode Island] Tuesday dinner invitation 13 10 My dear precious [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Linden Gate Newport [Rhode Island] Christmas Day thank you note 13 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda Marguson [illegible] Linden Gate Newport [Rhode Island] Monday personal note 13 10 personal note. Not able to travel to Italy this year due to elderly Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elly [illegible] [unknown] Thursday parents 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William J. Whitmore [artist] 318 West 57th St. [New York] May 25th note. Mentions art exhibits of sender 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] William J. Whitmore [artist] 318 West 57th St. [New York] December 22, 2016 personal note. Speaks of Russia, artists, etc 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances [illegible] Elm Court Bellevue Ave Newport, Rhode Island October 10th thank you for the book. 13 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillian R. Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] October 14th personal note 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Rocke Elm Court Bellevue Ave Newport, Rhode Island September 30th thank you note for invitation. Must decline 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Rocke Elm Court Bellevue Ave Newport, Rhode Island November 10th personal note 13 10 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] Christmas Day thank you note for the water color gift. 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Rocke Elm Court Bellevue Ave Newport, Rhode Island Nov 30th personal note. Saying goodbye for the season 13 10 My dearest Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Rocke Wyndham Newport, Rhode Island March 6th personal letter 13 10 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sarah [illegible] Swanhurst Newport, Rhode Island August 6th RSVP to an invitation 13 10 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Paris, France July 20th personal letter 13 10 Merry Christmas & thank you for the beautiful painting. 'Your work Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] Christmas Day is so beautiful' 13 10 Dearest "Mama and Papa" Dave bber [??????] Gardone Riviera Gardasee [Italy] September 14th personal letter 13 10 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] Sunday personal letter 13 10

My dear Lady [Ruth Burgess] Adelaide Estee Montpelier, Vt [undated] letter of warm regards/ letterhead had state seal of Vermont 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maud Howe Elliot Oak Glen Melville, Newport RI April 26th personal letter speaks of an exhibit in the making 14 1

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maud Howe Elliot Oak Glen Melville, Newport RI August 26th personal letter speaks of 'comedy of errors' in trying to meet RPB 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Fifield Montpelier, Vt May 19, 2016 personal letter. Mentions sender's 82nd birthday 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Vernon Court [letterhead] July 28th personal letter 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Vernon Court [letterhead] July 30th personal note/ RSVP 14 1 thank you note speaks of Ernest Haskell [American artist & My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emily Morris [illegible] [unknown] Monday illustrator] -his steeple pictures & bookplates 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Thirty three Park Avenue July 16th personal letter 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Thirty three Park Avenue November 25th thank you note for invitation 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Margaret Thayer Graham Montrose Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia [letterhead] [undated] personal note of thanks 14 1 Dear kind Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] [unknown] November 10th personal note, mentions Newport life 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Vernon Court [letterhead] September 30th personal letter 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna G. [illegible] Vernon Court [letterhead] September 9th personal note 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Rose W.P. [illegible] Brooklyn [NY] September 4th personal note 14 1 Secretary of Garden Associaton of note announcing RPB election to Garden Assoc. Mentions dues My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Newport RI Garden Assoc Newport RI letterhead [undated] to be sent to Hugh D. Auchincloss [NY] 14 1 personal note 'looking forward to seeing you', speaks of the war Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jenny P. Hall 606 West 122nd Street [New York] [undated] and Germany 14 1 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jenny P. Hall 606 West 122nd Street [New York] [undated] thank you note for hospitality 14 1

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary F. Jacobs Whitholme Narragansett Ave Newport, RI Wednesday, the 2nd note that had 'tickets enclosed for the show' on Tuesday Sept 8th 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Humphreys Mayfair Blg 5th Ave at 52nd New York [letterhead] December 28th personal letter 14 1 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jenny P. Hall 606 West 122nd Street [New York] [undated] personal letter 14 1 My dearest Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenora [unknown] Wednesday personal letter 14 1 My dear Dr. & Mrs Burgess Lydia [illegible] [unknown] Tuesday thank you note for the grapes 14 1

My dearest [Ruth Burgess] Lenora [on stationery of Ernest H. Jackson] 2 Clark Street Brooklyn NY [stationery] [undated] personal letter. Mentions the success of 'Scenes from Crawford' 14 1 Hildene Manchester Vt [the Lincoln Family home] My dearest Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenora stationery Thursday personal letter. Mentions dancing with President Taft 14 1 mentions staying at the Wilburs since the Lincolns are entertaining Mr & Mrs Taft. Speaks of Jewett & how he realizes his actions My dearest [Ruth Burgess] L. [Lenora's handwriting] Manchester Vermont [stationery] August 30th have hurt RPB 14 1 Hildene Manchester Vt [the Lincoln Family home] personal letter. Mentions' how charming everyone here is, My dearest Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Lenora stationery Wednesday especially the Lincolns' 14 1 Printed advertisement for the Jewett Inn 157 State St Montepelier, no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] Montpelier, Vt [Sept 16, 1912] C.D. Wheelock proprietor 14 1 My dear Professor Burgess Edith O' Shanghessey The Breakers [Newport RI] [undated] thank you note for invitation 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie P. [unknown] [undated] personal letter 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George L. Peabody [unknown] Tuesday evening note of invitation to dinner 'the first Sunday of Lent' 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie [unknown] Friday - 11 pm thank you note for the gifts 14 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George L. Peabody Narranganestt Ave December 19th personal note 14 1

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo. A. Plimpton 61 Park Avenue [NY] October 23, 1913 personal note. Mentions RPB new career includes music, painting 14 1 personal note. Thank you for the gifts, Xmas greeting, & Happy Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie [unknown] [undated] New Year 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] The Waldorf Astoria New York letterhead Jan 16th personal note 14 1 personal note speaks of the prospect of being neighbors with Prof My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] George L. Peabody 224 Madison Avenue [New York] March 6th & Mrs Burgess 14 1 thank you for th 'exquisite little watercolor, it is the strangest you Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth Avenue [New York] Christmas have done & I love it'. 'I have three of your paintings' 14 1

Dear kind Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth Ave New York Monday thank you for the 'exquisite bit of work that arrived this morning' 14 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Rebecca [illegible] Spencer Newport RI [stationery] Tuesday August 11th personal note with luncheon invitation 14 1

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Daniel illegible] Dresser [unknown] Saturday personal note 14 2

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Margaret La Farge Sunnyside Place Newport, Rhode Island Tuesday personal note discussing' Miss Jackson's magnificent playing' 14 2 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Mrs Elisha [illegible] Wayside Bellevue Avenue Newport, Rhode Island [undated] Note accepting invitation of August 18th 14 2 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] February 7th note complimenting work & exhibit of RPB. 14 2 American Ambassador & Mrs Walter Hines stamped & postmarked envelope containing invitation to wedding Mr & Mrs Burgess Page 6 Grosvenor Sq W. London [England] postmarked July of Katharine Alice Hines Page 14 2 My sweet friend [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen [unknown] [undated] personal letter 14 2 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] M.A. October 26th Sunday neighborly note 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor illegible] By the Sea, Newport, Rhode Island stationery Monday note of invitation to dinner 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Ward McAllister Beechtree Rhode Island Avenue, Rhode Island Thursday RVSP to play cards on August 18 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible Bayard Brown] Harbour Court Newport, Rhode Island [undated] thank you note 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Theo. Battenhaussen New York December 6 th personal note. Mentions Boston symphony, NYC 14 2 Merry Xmas & Happy New Year. ' University misses its Senior My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Sarah Schuyler Butler 60 Morningside Drive [New York] December 21st Professor very much' 14 2 personal letter speaks of regugees from Belgium, the Italians, Dearest dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Lavender [possibly Geneva, Switzerland] [undated] refers to our 'Year of the Lord 1914' 14 2 My dear RJB [Ruth Burgess] Mary A. Hotel Quissana Wiesbaden [Germany] February 11th personal letter. Speaks of the Emperor & Empress 14 2 My dear RJB [Ruth Burgess] Mary Appleton Baur Au Lac Zurich [stationery] December 6th personal letter 14 2

Dear beautiful friend [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen Hotel Beau- Sejour Champel Geneva [Switzerland] November 30th personal letter 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emma B. Auchincloss Hammersmith Farm Newport, Rhode Island Thursday Note of invitation 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Cunningham 4 Pembridge Square W. [England] June 17, 2016 thank you for wedding gift. Would love to see you 14 2 Hawkesyard Cottage Rugeley, Staffs England no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen [stationery] [undated] personal letter 14 2 My dear RJB [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] Baur Au Lac Zurich [stationery] November 24th personal letter 14 2 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Mary A Baur Au Lac Zurich [stationery] [undated] personal letter 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Butler 60 Morningside Drive [New York] April 20th personal note of thanks 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lois B. Cassatt Stoneacre [Newport, Rhode Island] [undated] luncheon invitation for July 30th 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Mulhern Washington [DC] Dec 17th personal note 14 2 personal note. Speaks of Montpelier's decline & Jewett & his family securing 3 rooms in the Jewett Inn for the entire summer of Dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Montpelier, Vt Jan 26th 1913 14 2 personal note. Mentions Jewett as having been 'the prize in the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] John W. Clark Montpelier, Vt March 23rd game which was played to capture him' 14 2 personal note thanking for the newpaper clip about the 'Crawford' Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs. J.W. Clark Montpelier, Vt October 26th which RPB played a prominent part 14 2 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche [unknown] Tuesday personal note RSVP for Saturday 14 2 My dear Mrs. Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche 263 Clarendon Street Boston [Massachusetts] December 6th personal note 14 2 postcard size notecard. Thank you for the kind wishes & beautiful My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelius Rubner postmarked New York October 27, 2016 sketches 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F. Roche New York November 17, 2016 personal note 14 2 personal note of thanks for the beautiful picture. So beautiful. My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] Thursday Love your Italian scenes. Hung near the lovely 'Rina' 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche 18 East 77th St. [New York] December 11th personal letter 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 32 Kay St Newport Rhode Island Wednesday night note of apology for not being able to visit 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie W. Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY Thursday evening thank you note for hospitality &value of dear friendship 14 2

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 32 Kay St Newport, Rhode Island Friday night August 8th personal note discusses Newport neighbors 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.G. King Newport, Rhode Island October 26th note of declining invitation 14 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs J.W.C. [Mrs John W. Clark] Montpelier, Vt March 13th personal letter. Mentions Jewett. 14 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche 18 East 77th St. [New York] January 4th personal note declining invitation 14 2 Darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts [undated] personal letter thanking RPB for generosity 14 2 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts [undated] personal letter 14 2 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma [unknown] Monday evening personal letter. Sender speaks of her 'pro German friends' 14 2 personal letter. Speaks about German, Belgium, politics of the Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts [undated] world 14 2 14 2

Dear R. B. [Ruth Burgess] Ellie H. D. Innsbruck [Austria] [undated] personal letter speaks of travels, Germany, Europe 14 3 stamped and postmarked postcard of Hofkirche Innsbruck. Dear R. B. [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] D. Innsbruck [Austria] Mentions F. Wilhelm, the bay is finished 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Dorothy Caufield Fisher Mariemont Newport Rhode Island [stationery] Friday morning personal note 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Fifield Montpelier, Vt January 18, 2016 thank you note for the gift 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maud Howe Elliot Newport, Rhode Island June 5th thank you for 'The Song Recital' evening/ 'Rare and artistic 14 3 personal letter speaks of the music club, also looking forward to My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Adelaide Estee 139 State Street Montpelier, Vt [undated] seeing the portrait 'you are so precious to paint for me' 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Gertrude [illegible] Grossman 16 Catherine Street [Newport Rhode Island] [undated] personal note speaks of the concert, the song, the program 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Virginia B. Gibbs Bethshan Gibbs Avenue June 26th thank you note for the salmon, ' a fine fish' 14 3 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] J.L. Gardner [Isabella Stewart Gardner] Fenway Court [Boston] December 20th Christmas Greeting & Happy New Year 14 3 Thank you for the plant for the flower show. Sender speaks of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Caroline Ogden Jones Mid-Cliff Ochre Point [Newport Rhode Island] February 18th being hoisted into a 'roller chair' 14 3 Note confirming 'pleasure of speaking on Alaska Saturday Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] L. Howard United States Navy Yard New York Friday afternoon at 3:30 14 3 speaks of 'if Germany had only faced the inevitable, if Emperor Ruthie Dear [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] had only conceded to hid people' 14 3 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Temmy [?] 4 Reinsgraher [Germany] May 22nd speaks of American soldiers, Adelaide's death 14 3 invitation to Prof & Mrs Burgess invitation to visit the President My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Miller Hayes Spiegel Grove Fremont, Ohio October 30, 2016 Hayes home while visiting Kenyon College 14 3 stamped postcard with picture of bank in Granby, Quebec, writing My dear Madame [Ruth Burgess] M.C. Carroll Quebec [Canada] [undated] on back in French 14 3 personal note on Easter morning. Speaks of Fred Bancroft's death Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.W. Clark Montpelier, Vt April 12th at the prime of his life 14 3 personal note. 'Do you realize how talented you are? Not only in My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] J.W. Clark Montpelier, Vt April 13th Painting but music also' 14 3 personal letter. Will have tea. Speaks of RPB's fairness & loyalty Dear Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [unknown] [undated] to Germans, 'clinging to a rosy past' 14 3 Easter greeting on postcard. Speaks of having an audience with Dear dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen Rome [Italy] [undated] the new Pope 14 3 David I. Walsh [Governor of Comm of MA Executive Chamber State House Boston My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Massachusetts] MA [undated] thank you note for hospitality 14 3

Darling Ruth [illegible] 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts July 28th personal letter ' our poor dear father left us [died] this afternoon' 14 3 My dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Thursday evening personal letter. Speaking of loss 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna N. Ward 304 Marlborough St [Boston] December 7th personal letter 14 3 Dearest Ruth Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts December 27th personal letter. Mentions Christmas greetings 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen F.Vanderbilt Dexter House Chester, New Hampshire [undated] note declining invitation 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lucy Thorndike Newport, Rhode Island May 31st personal note - pleasure meeting you both 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen F. Vanderbilt [unknown] [undated] personal note - mentions going to Chester NH 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [illegible] [unknown] September 7th personal note declining invitation 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen F. Vanderbilt Harborview Newport [Rhode Island] [undated] personal note 14 3 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lorna C. Visscher Sasco Hill Southport, Connecticut June 12th note mentioning the arrival of the portrait in perfect condition 14 3

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M. W. Slater 448 Beacon Street [Hooper Mansion, Boston, MA] [undated] personal note to introduce a friend who will be in Newport to visit 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen Smith Montpelier, Vt April 8th personal note 14 3 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Mary Riley Smith 241 W. 74th St [New York] December 31, 2016 New Years' wishes 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada [illegible] Hotel Aquidneck Newport Rhode Island stationery [undated] personal note with RSVP 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen Smith Montpelier, Vt June 6th personal note 14 3

Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] M. H. S. 448 Beacon Street [Hooper Mansion, Boston, MA] [undated] personal note. Thrilled for your visit. Will meet at Back Bay Station 14 3 note card with sketching of a woman in party attire with personal Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] M.H.S. [unknown] [undated] note 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson Willsborough, Essex Co. New York August 31st personal note 14 3 Dear [illegible]friends Aff Bar' Muenchinger-King [Hotel, Newport RI stationery] [undated] note 'long to see you' 14 3 Dear [illegible] M.S. [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 3 note with sketching of insect in spider web on back side 'caught at Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] M.H.S. Hotel St. Regis New York stationery August 15th last' 14 3 My dear Friends [Prof & Mrs Burgess] M.H.S. Hotel Touraine Boston stationery May 8th personal note 14 3 We miss you dear friends [Prof & Mrs personal note with newspaper clipping re: dedication of a Burgess] [unsigned] 448 Beacon Street [Hooper Mansion, Boston, MA] [undated] [President] Hayes monument in Ohio 14 3 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth St [New York] Monday personal note 14 3 Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont Monday evening personal note of thanks 14 3 Dearest Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jean Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont September 21st thank you note for hospitality 14 3 14 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Dewey University Club Madison Square [NY] stationery Thursday personal note arranging meeting. Discusses elections and 14 4 My very dear Friends [John & Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth Avenue [New York] Thursday personal note. Discusses loss of Kate's husband 14 4

unstamped postcard with photo of Valkenburg, Ruine. Handwritten no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] [unknown] [unknown] [undated] in 'Limburg is the province most unjustly desired by the Beligians'. 14 4

Dear Host & Hostess [John & Ruth Burgess] M.H. S. [unknown] Thursday personal note of thanks. Written before leaving for N.H. 14 4 personal note card asking if a comb was left behind. Mentions the no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] M.H.S. [unknown] [undated] Governor coming to dinner. 14 4 personal note with drawing of woman holding a 'Vote for…' Flag. Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] M.H.S. [unknown] [undated] Inquires about a visit on the last of Nov. 14 4 Tuesday December Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charlotte Sprague [unknown] 14th personal note of thanks for the gift. 'Wish you were nearby' 14 4 personal letter. Speaks of the' leaves about gone' & Vermont Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont Monday being the most beautiful state 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche [unknown] June the 7th personal note 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.R. [unknown] June the 2nd personal note 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche 18 East 77th St. [New York] February 14th personal note 'thanks for the letter' 14 4 note describing accommodations available to the Burgesses when My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise Peirce Cromwell Cottage [Kenyon College] Gambier [Ohio] February 12th visiting 14 4

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alice Redfield Phillips Redfield Homestead Montpelier, Vt November 10th personal note thanking for the magazine. Speaks of Montpelier 14 4

speaks of seeing Dr Burgess at Amherst, RPB's serious illness, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Geo Plimpton University Club Madison Square [NY] stationery July 12th Francis graduating Exeter, attending Amherst in the Fall 14 4 US Naval War College Newport, RI Office of the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Austin M. Knight President [undated] personal note thanking RPB for the book 14 4 US Naval War College Newport, RI Office of the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Austin M. Knight President Wednesday personal note sorry for keeping the book 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] H. Moon [Newport Rhode Island] [undated] personal note speaks of the summer, Newport, and full life 14 4 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada Moore 4 East 54th St. New York Saturday AM personal note speaks of visits 14 4

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ada S Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts October 28th personal note. Mentions being 'sorry to hear your have been ill' 14 4 personal note. Mentions Thanksgiving, preparing for the winter at Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Wayside Devon Chester, PA October 23rd '1507' 14 4 Harriet Welles [writer, wife of Admiral personal note. Sorry to hear of RPB's illness. Mentions esender Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Welles] 2024 O St NW Washington DC October 28th writing short stories for publication 14 4 postcard photo 'View of Ikaho'. Unstamped, printed Japanese no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] writing & handwritten note about 'beautiful scenery' 14 4 Thank you note for 'exquisite drawing', 'I shall add my drawing to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson [unknown] Saturday my very dear Collection Burgess'. 14 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.W. Spenser Tokyo, Japan [undated] personal letter 14 4 personal note. Speaks of a wonderful dinner with Minister of Costa Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] B. 448 Beacon Street [Hooper Mansion, Boston, MA] [undated] Rica, Mrs Gardner. 'Chef out did himself' 14 4 postcard sized note with drawing of woman in Flapper style dress. Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] Personal note handwritten 14 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor [illegible] By the Sea, Newport, Rhode Island stationery August 7th personal note declining invitation 14 4 school closes the 25th personal note with family updates. Mentions RPB's Powell Gallery My dear Sister A.B.H. Morris Harvey College Barboursville, W.Va of this month' exhibit in NYC 14 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] The Broadmoor Colorado Springs stationery [undated] personal note 14 4

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Welles [ Scribner published author] Aldine Hotel Philadelphia stationery Tuesday personal note mentions Easter, visiting Newport in the summer. 14 4 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Saturday personal letter. Thank you hospitality, asks about Jewett 14 4 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma [Boston] Sunday personal letter 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Comstock Risscher 122 East 40th St [NY] January 14, 1917 thank you note re: the book, the Great War 14 4 Xmas greeting & note of appreciation for 'those friends who have My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleonore von [illegible] Berlin [Germany] [Christmas greeting] not lost their faith in us' re: Prof Burgess' stand 14 4 personal note explaining sale of Newport home to George My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Helen Peabody 224 Madison Avenue [New York] March 8th Peabody Eustis 14 4 Harriet Rice Pitman Pres Providence Water note inquiring if RPB would submit the 'smaller foreign sketches' My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Color Club Providence, Rhode Island [undated] for the rotary exhibition 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] F.R. [Frances Roche] [unknown] Dec 3rd personal note 14 4 postcard sized note with handrawn illustration of a composer cheering 'Bravo, bravo'. Congratulatory note RPB's musical My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] C. Rubner [unknown] [undated] publication 'Chansonette' 14 4

Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Hayes Palter Hotel Woodstock Times Square New York stationery [undated] note of thank you for hospitality 14 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elizabeth B. Custer 71 East 87th St [New York] Thursday personal note of regret for not responding to an invitation 14 4 speaks of time in Montpelier, mentions 'my husband [John [illegible] [RPB's own handwriting] 'I am now in Montpelier visiting' [undated] Burgess] is from TN, furniture from her grandfather 14 4 personal note. Supposes RPB will be working on her painting at My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] October 31st Murray Hill Hotel 14 4 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] Dec 29th thank you note for Xmas remembrance 14 4 entitled 'Kaiserhaus'. Personal letter discussing politics, prices of Dearest R.B. [Ruth Burgess] E.D. Carlsbad [Germany] July 30th items in Germany & Austria vs Paris 14 4 personal letter, discusses Germany, political tensions, 'what a Dearest R.B. [Ruth Burgess] Ellie [unknown] [undated] world Wilson has created' 14 4

Dear 'Mama' Burgess Dagmar [Dagmar C. Rubner] [unknown] [undated] note of thanks for the friendly warning 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] FR [Frances Roche] [unknown] Dec 30th personal note 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche [unknown] Easter Sunday personal note thanking for Easter gifts 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Cornelius Rubner Onteora ClubTannersville, NY [undated] note regarding corrections and suggestions for the song 14 5 note regarding corrections and suggestions for the song. "All my My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Big It' [Cornelius Rubner] Onteora ClubTannersville, NY [undated] students accept & use my corrections for publishing 14 5 no salutation [unknown] [Onteora Park] Tuesday August 8th a Piano Recital program 14 5 a Piano Recital program with handwriting on bottom 'As encore we no salutation [unknown] [Onteora Park] Monday August 14 played the little Brahms Valse' 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise Peirce 2541 Michigan Avenue Chicago January 9th personal letter 14 5 personal letter. Mentions Daddy and Jewett, meeting his wife and Dear Aunt Ruth Daisy [unknown] Monday little girl 14 5 personal letter. Speaks extensively about the war, Constantinople, Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] Thomas C. Hall Gottingen [Germany] Christmas break Germany, Persia 14 5 Dear Aunt Ruth Daisy Nashville [Tennessee] Sunday personal letter. Speaks of Jewett and his wife. 14 5 unstamped postcard with photo of Beacon Hill House Newport RI. Handwriting on back thank you for Xmas greeting. Happy New no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Harriet James [Newport, Rhode Island] [undated] Year 14 5

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] A.L. Keller [unknown] Sunday July 22nd personal letter. Speaks of Jewett and his wife about to separate 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low Broad Brook Farm Bedford Hills NY May 27th personal note 14 5 note discusses the Women's Aid Society ( RI Fund for a home in Prussia), German Red Cross donations, spread of knowledge of My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Henrietta von [illegible] [Newport] [undated] German literature and Art 14 5 [in German] Madame Maria Pia Mararzana Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle Newport RI February 22nd note in French 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Oliver Posfay [illegible] Wednesday note thanking RPB for birthday wishes 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.W.M. Century Club 7 West 43rd St [New York] February 27th thank you note for the song 14 5 thank you for the song. It will go into the program for Clarksville Dear Aunt Ruth Her Chicken' [Daisy] [unknown] Tuesday recital 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna [illegible [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna [illegible Vernon Court [letterhead] August 14th personal note 14 5 Thank you note for the check,'your kind letter commending my work' & thank you for the glimpse of self respect in being one's Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Wm, H. Gillian [unknown] [undated] own boss 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lucile R. Edgar [unknown] February 11th thank you note for kind sympathy 14 5 note re:sorry to see you & Prof leave, sadness in the present Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Maude Fay [American Operatic Soprano] [unknown] Wednesday conditions, sender going on tour next week 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Charlotte Taylor Evans [unknown] Tuesday afternoon note declining invitation 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] Sunday evening personal note of thanks 14 5 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] April 10th personal note 14 5 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Tuxedo Club Tuxedo Park New York October 19th personal note 14 5 note of thanks for the autographed copy of 'Chansonette' with no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] Marian G. Dowling [unknown] Monday congratulations 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise [illegible] [unknown] January 25th personal letter 14 5 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] November 29th thank you note for the splendid picture 14 5 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] November 11th personal letter 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Pauline Curley 102 West 57th st New York City [undated] personal letter 14 5 William Cotton [American portraitist & Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] caricaturist] [unknown] April 24th note of thanks for your generous and friendly interest in my work 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs J.W.C. [Mrs John W. Clark] Montpelier, Vt November 26th personal letter 14 5 Dearest dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Laura Allen Hotel Calumet 340 West 57th St NY stationery [undated] personal letter 14 5 personal letter comprised of 4 sections discussing travels Dearest dear friend [Ruth Burgess] Lavender Forest Hotel Vermala/Sierre [Switzerland] [undated] throughout Europe 14 5 American Artist & Author letterhead/information template 'your Dear Sir [unsigned] Press Reference Book Chicago, ILL [undated] name has been elected for representation 14 5 typed letter. Name elected for representation in Successful Dear Sir The Editors United Press Service Chicago, ILL [undated] Americans publication. Requests initialling 14 5 personal letter, sender mentions the war and writing letters to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Isabelle de Wolf Mirimar Bristol RI August 30th daughter 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Welles [unknown] Monday personal note about a recent visit 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Whitman Executive Mansion Albany [NY] [undated] personal note 14 5 stamped & postmarked postcard with photo of Takakkaw Fals, Mr & Mrs John Burgess [illegible] Canada [undated] Field, B.C. 14 5 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] The Governor & Mrs Whitman Executive Mansion, New York [undated] invitation to meet Members of the Legislature on Th Jan 27th 14 5 Love offering, to my dear Valentine' handwritten on possibly a no salutation [unknown] [unknown] [undated] homemade card 14 5 Dearest Ruth Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Monday personal letter 14 5 thank you note for the painting of 'mother, particularly the way you Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Dagmar [Dagmar C. Rubner] [unknown] Christmas Day painted the eyes'. Seasons greetings 14 5 thank you so much for the painting of Italy. 'I simply love that Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] December 26th picture!' 14 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts March 31st personal letter 14 5 Dearest Ruth and The Judge [Ruth & John Burgess] Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Friday personal letter 14 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Wednesday personal letter 14 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts April 16th personal letter 14 5 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] E. [Emma] unknown [32 Crawford St Roxburuy, MA] Wednesday evening personal letter 14 5 Dearest Ruth & the Judge [Ruth & John Burgess] Emma 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts Sunday note of thanks for hospitality at 'this sad time in our lives' 14 5 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] J Whittemore 318 West 57th St. [New York] December 31st personal letter 14 5 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Welles U.S. Naval Hospital Norfolk, Virginia January 13th personal note about Roger's abcessed gall bladder 14 5 personal note. Apologies 'for not being able to see more of you'. Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Welles Hotel Margaret Brooklyn, NY November 11th Proud of being friends 14 5

double width postcard photo of Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Stamped Albert Guionnaud of Paris. Handwritten no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] L.R.R. [unknown] [undated] note about the home having been occupied by the US President. 14 5

Darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts February 8th 8 page personal letter 14 6 Dear Beautiful Lady Laura Allen [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 6 Dear Beautiful Lady Laura Allen [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 6 personal note. Mentions Morris as having pneumonia, receiving Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. Alumni House St Paul's School Concord, NH [undated] the best of care 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 6 Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. St Regis Hotel [New York] February 2nd personal note 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [Montpelier] November 19th personal note 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [llegible] 448 Beacon St Boston, Mass [undated] personal note 14 6

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Harriet Welles U.S.S.Oklahoma NY Shipbuilding Co Camden, NJ February 20th personal note 14 6 handpainting stationery sheet scrawled with large letters 'I expect no salutation [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] you for tea on Thurs, Cardinal is coming' 14 6 unstamped postcard with photo of Marconi Wireless Station no salutation [illegible] Red Inn Monday Chatham, MA. Handwritten note mentions scenery 14 6 no salutation W.H.S. 448 Beacon St [Boston] stationery Good Morning note of many, many thanks 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Florence Mason 771 Madison Ave [New York] Janaury 24th note of thanks for sympathy 14 6 thank you note for painting to add to her 'Burgess Collection', Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson [unknown] Christmas Season's greetings 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate S. 926 Fifth Avenue [New York] Home! Wednesday thank you for the kind invitation 14 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson Hotel Vanderbilt New York [undated] personal letter 14 6 Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. 448 Beacon St [Boston] stationery [undated] personal note 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] October 9th personal note 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] [undated] personal note 14 6 personal note. Mentions a mutual acquaintance going to Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] Montpelier, Vt June 13th Northampton to help with commencement 14 6 personal sheet with handrawing of whales, note saying 'Farewell', Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] [unsigned] stationery of Chilton Club 152 Comm Ave Boston, MA [undated] mentions Roosevelt's minister of war 14 6 Dear Friends [ John & Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. 448 Beacon St [Boston] stationery [undated] Merry Christmas note 14 6

personal letter speaks of meeting Jewett's wife & child, contained My dear old friend [Ruth Burgess] Gertrude H. Munroe Smith [unknown] February 18th within letter was calling card of Mrs E. Payne Jewett Burgess 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nelson [unknown] [undated] personal note on stationery with initials HNS 14 6 note soliciting donation for RI Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marie Sturges Eustis College [undated] to Children 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan [unknown] Easter Sunday thank you note for the Easter gifts 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hans Schaven Berlin [Germany] [undated] thank you for Xmas greetings 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] September 5th personal letter 14 6 no salutation [ Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. 448 Beacon St [Boston] stationery [undated] personal note of New Years' Greetings 14 6

note of thanks for the watercolor 'making my Collection Burgess Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson [unknown] Christmas even more valuable' Also 'may 1916 bring you health & happiness' 14 6 My children [John & Ruth Burgess] Mabel N. Slater [unknown] [undated] thank you note for sympathy & remembrance 14 6 My beloved Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 309 East 70th St. Stuyvesant Square [NY] Monday Aug 5th personal letter. Speaks of painting & drawing. 14 6 note of thanks for the beautiful picture.'So Italian & attractive in Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] Tuesday composition & in coloring, to say nothing of the work' 14 6 stamped & postmarked postcard acknowledging telegram. Front photo depicts painting by [Maruyamo] Okyo with handwriting 'this Professor & Mrs Burgess [unsigned] Tokyo, Japan Nov 3rd is a masterpiece' 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Newport, Rhode Island [undated] personal note from 'neighbor' with New Years greetings 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] El Mirasol, Santa Barbara CA stationery Dec 28th personal note of thanks for the charming sketch 14 6 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Linda M. [illegible] The Huntington Pasadena, CA staionery Sunday Jan 15th personal note. Speaks of travels within California 14 6 note re: Bridge Tournament tickets for charitable cause to be held My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ruth Twombly Vinland Newport, Rhode Island [undated] Aug 28th 14 6 scribbled note in RPB's handwriting re: Bridge Tournament. Will no salutation [Ruth Twombly] Ruth Burgess [unknown] [undated] donate but will not attend or play bridge 14 6 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ruth Twombly Vinland Newport, Rhode Island [undated] note of thanks for the donation 14 6 Dearest Friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 316 W. 94th St New York February 16, 1916 personal letter 14 6 in German [Ruth Burgess] in German Berlin [Germany] February 16th letter in German 14 6 personal note of thanks for sympathy. Dried pressed flower Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson Greenwood Plantation Thomasville, Georgia March 10th enclosed 14 6

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.W. Spenser Wayside Devon Chester Co. PA [undated] personal note 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] Janaury 11th personal letter 15 1 personal note. Speaks of RPB's stay at a Jugendbrunner My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Elisa O. Stewart 2 Kay Street Newport, RI April 30th [Fountain of Youth] to feel stronger 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.W. Spenser [unknown] Thursday personal note with invitation to Tea 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth Avenue [New York] Friday personal note. Mentions RPB having been ill 15 1

magazine clipping announcing Mrs Slater's Scout Blanket Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. [unknown] [undated] invention, on backside handwritten note 'what do you think of this' 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] 99 Crawford Street Roxbury, Massachusetts [undated] thank you notecard for the book 15 1

personal letter. Speaks of the Hearn pictures to be sold. Sargent's My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] December 31st [John Singer] remarkable picture of John Rockefeller 15 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] February 21st personal letter 15 1 Dear Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [unknown] [undated] personal letter. Mention RPB's 'hand problem' 15 1 personal note. Meet at the Art-Alliance Galleries for Arts& Craft Dear Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [unknown] [undated] Exhibition 15 1 thank you note for the Xmas gift. 'Your life is so full of music & art' Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs J.W.C. [Mrs John W. Clark] Montpelier, Vt December 30th & the higher ideals of life' 15 1 Dear Ruthie [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [unknown] [undated] thank you note for the books 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lydia [illegible] Hughes [unknown] [undated] note about songs heard sung 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] March 22nd personal note 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Helene Roberts Saint George's School [Middletown, RI] May 8th note mentions sorry to hear 'you have had such an operation 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] G.W.Spenser [unknown] [illegible] 31st personal letter 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor [Spenser] [unknown] January 23rd personal note. Mentions concert appearances & Mr Wood 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.P.S. [E.P. Smith] [unknown] February 17th personal letter 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Louise [illegible] 118 Ninth Avenue, South March 24th personal letter. Mentions Daisy 15 1 Dear Friends [Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. Hotel St. Regis New York stationery March 3rd personal note 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marie [illegible] 145 East 36th Street [New York] December 26th personal note 15 1 thank you note for 'lovely, quiet scene' painting. New Years' Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson 926 Fifth Avenue [New York] Christmas greetings 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Lavral Stevenson Maryland [undated] personal note 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] January 7th personal note 15 1 note of thanks for the picture.'It is wonderful in every - so foreign, Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 13 East 55th St [New York] December 23rd so full of charm…' 15 1 Dear RP [Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. 448 Beacon St [Boston] stationery [undated] personal note card with handrawing on front 15 1 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Willis Spenser Wayside Devon Chester PA [undated] personal note 15 1 Darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace [unknown] Wednesday P.M. personal letter. Speaks of RPB visiting 15 1 Darling Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 32 Crawford St Roxbury, Massachusetts April 10th personal note card, mentions RPB's surgery 15 1 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace [Boston, Mass ] Monday personal letter 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Prunella W. [unknown] Saturday personal note 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Whittemore [unknown] [undated] personal note 15 1 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Katharine Bailey Walter Newton Highlands [Massachusetts] [undated] personal note about RPB visiting while in Boston 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anne N. Ward 304 Marlborough St [Boston] February 6th note with luncheon invitation on Feb 9th 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion [illegible] Stoneleigh, East Grinstead [England] July 10th personal note mentions General Dewey, Spain. 15 1 tiny calling card with handwriting 'hope you are regaining your no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Mrs Harry Yarnell 1 Kay Terrace [undated] strength' 15 1 personal note. Speaks of coal shortages, temperature sustaining Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Jennie P [unknown] January 3rd at 30 degree below zero, frozen homes 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] May 15th personal letter. Mentions RPB's being ill in Boston. 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche [unknown] Easter Sunday personal note 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche 23 West 51st [New York] March 22nd personal note. Mentions the Philharmonic 15 1 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marian Lincoln Perry [unknown] Saturday morning personal note 15 1

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Louise Peirce Cromwell Cottage [Kenyon College] Gambier [Ohio] October 20th personal letter. Mentions the sender's grave illness 15 1 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] St Botolph Club 4 Newbury St Boston, MA [undated] personal note 15 1 Dearest Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Florence W. [unknown] Sat PM Jan 19 personal letter 15 1 personal letter. Mentions arranging meeting with Mr Moore at the My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor 45 West 39th St New York stationery Sunday St Regis Hotel. 15 1 personal letter mentions Mr Moore and Madame, concert Dearest Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor 45 West 39th St New York stationery Friday schedules, 15 1

My very dear Mrs Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor 45 West 39th St New York stationery Tuesday mentions writing for more circulars, speaking with Mme Moore 15 1 personal note with thanks for the [Xmas gift] picture. 'We have the My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary Visscher 122 East 40th St [NY] February 5th little Italian picture…so much joy' 15 1

Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred Metropolitan Club Fifth Ave 7 60th St [New York] July 1st personal note 15 2 Royal Societies club St. James's Street S.W.1 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Fred [London, England] [undated] personal note 15 2 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Josephine [illegible] Dorset, Vt September 12th personal note 15 2 personal note of gratitude 'you are a beacon of light…as a painter & as a woman'. Short note at end thanking for kindness to 'my My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Violet & W.G.H. 327 Wilson Boulevard Clarendon, Va. Sunday little girl'. 15 2 407 Marlborough House Boren Ave Seattle note of thanks for the photograph of 'my idol' [ RPB]. Mentions Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Violet [Washington] Monday painting & commissions. 15 2 Xmas greeting card. Unsigned. Depiction of CJ Adams [English no salutation Mrs John Jesse Lapham [unknown] [undated] painter] painting Prince 15 2 My dear Mrs Smilie RPB [unknown] [undated] note of condolences, discusses Montpelier 15 2 My dear Mrs Burgess Ruth Burgess] Dagmar T.B. 316 West 9th St [New York] Friday note of greatfulness for condolences on Father's loss 15 2 c/o Ira Smith Pleasant Valley Dutchess County New Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annette York July 29th personal note, mentions Jewett and Ruth 15 2

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Horace Brown North Mowing Springfield, Vermont August 20th letter re: Southern Vermont Artists Exhibition at Manchester [Vt] 15 2 Old Yacht Club East Gloucester Massachusetts thank you for the account of the unveiling of the portrait in Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Nan Barclay stationery August 26th Newport 15 2 thank you note. Marvels at the portraiture. Mentions [illegible] Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Great Northern Hotel New York stationery [undated] Kennedy ( an old & dear friend) 15 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Great Northern Hotel New York stationery [undated] thank you note for the flowers 15 2 small notecard speaking of the severe flood & damage. With small My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Montpelier, Vt November 8th stamped envelope 15 2 144 B. St. N.E. Washington DC [on Tamarack Hill My dear [illegible] [Ruth Burgess] Augusta M. Dale Island Pon Vt stationery] Wednesday AM personal note. Speaks of friendship 15 2 personal letter thanking for the package. Discusses at length the My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Kate 135 State Street Montpelier, Vt December 29, 1927 devastation caused by the flood 15 2 note of thanks for the wonderful weekend. Appreciate being My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Marion Hastings 259 Newbury St [Boston, MA] Sunday morning shown about Newport, grateful for kindness 15 2 Dear dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Anna L. Kelton 106 Franklin St November 16th personal letter 15 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] May 11th personal note. 'My lovely picture means so much to me 15 2

personal letter. 'Saw your etchings at Harlow's - they are exquisite. My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Annie Low 320 Park Avenue New York June 16th I am so happy to own one…'A state road in Vermont 15 2 unstamped postcard with photo of Park Lane Hotel British Isles. no salutation [Ruth Burgess] E.G. Kennedy [unknown] [undated] Handwritten note. 15 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] King Oakwood Terrace Newport Rhode Island October 31st personal short. Hope you are able to come visit 15 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Montpelier, Vt [undated] personal note of thanks 15 2 My my dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts June 23rd personal note 15 2 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Rena Tucker Magee [artist] Montauk Manor Montauk Beach Long Island NY Friday 9PM personal letter 15 2 Dear Ruth & Dear Professor unsigned scrawl' Schloss Hotel Wilhemshohe Adolf Stecker May 12th personal letter 15 2 personal note. Thanks for the gifts. Notecard has handpainted Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] B [unknown] [undated] bamboo on front 15 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson Hotel Vendome, Paris [France] October 15th personal letter speaks of Paris 15 3 personal letter. Speaks of Brussels, the Philharmonic, & other Dearest "R" [Ruth Burgess] Eleanor Polast Hotel Potsdam Platz, Berlin [Germany] March 21st Euroopean travels 15 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Simpson Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont Friday personal letter. Anticipates visit from RPB when in Montpelier 15 3 Dearest R.B. [Ruth Burgess] E.D. Schloss Hotel Wilhemshohe Adolf Stecker September 16th personal letter speaks of Germany 15 3 personal letter. Speaks of travels, sailing, and new address once Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson Briarcliff Lodge [New York] June 21st in London 15 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson Hotel de [illegible] Rome [Italy] May 24th personal letter. Speaks of Paris, Rome, & other travels 15 3 personal letter. Thank you for remembering the Jewett & Reed My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Mary Reed 457 Main St Burlington, Vermont August 18, 1922 families relation. 15 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Lillie R Robinson 23 East 55th St [New York] Tuesday notecard - 'sending tickets to the concert' 15 3 The Savoy Plaza 5th Ave 58th & 59th Sts New York My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Frances Roche stationery February 19th personal letter written 'with dreadful hotel pen' 15 3 personal note with postcard photo of 'my old house'. Speaks of My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Alethea H. Platt [American artist] 939 Eighth Ave July 11th studios and travel 15 3 O very choice Mrs Burgess and Mrs Morse NYMPHS Brassknocker Farm East Craftsbury, Vermont Sunday night personal note 15 3 personal letter - speaks of the hard living conditions, & refers to My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Dresden [illegible] June 23rd 1917 & the Kaiser 15 3 unstamped postcard with photo of Geneva on front. Handwritten My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Dagmar [unknown] [undated] on back mentions RPB's operation 15 3 personal letter speaks of being in Florida & of the recently finished Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Ned Palm Beach Florida [undated] Wiles portrait of the sender/Xmas gift to son 15 3 Oh my friend [Ruth Burgess] M.C.R.W. [unknown] [undated] personal letter 15 3 personal letter with maple seed & stem attached. Speaks over Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi 11 Humbolt Ave Providence [Rhode Island] Thursday ground covered with these 'wings' 15 3 Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey May 25th personal letter 15 3 Fei Ling dear [RuthBurgess] Marichi Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal letter 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Marichi Short Hills, New Jersey November 7th personal letter. Mentions illness of sender 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Marichi Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal letter. Mentions receiving RPB's letter from Amherst 15 3 personal letter. Sender being a 'Chronic invalid' & poem no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] Pain included 15 3 Yes dear Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal letter. 15 3 no salutation Marichi [unknown] The seventh personal note. Thanks RPB for the song 15 3 Fei Ling dear [RuthBurgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal note 15 3 personal note speaks of Ruth being a favorite name. Ling Fei Ruth' [a waxed stamp written in Hebrew] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey March 10th means 'spirit flying' 15 3 Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [unknown] August 25th personal letter speaks of failing health 15 3 Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [unknown] July 16th personal letter 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [unknown] 25th personal letter. Sender mentions 'before I came to the hospital' 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [unknown] Another Seventh personal note - 'memories have held me in possession 15 3 Ling Fei - Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal note 15 3 note of thanks for the note. Mentions Columbia Univ celebration of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Butler Leeny Cottage Southampton, L.I. [Long Island] August 22nd 175th anniversary in October 15 3 My dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Emma 25 Copley Street Brookline, MA Tuesday personal note 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] M.C.R.W. [unknown] The 25th personal note 15 3 Ling Fei [Ruth Burgess] Marichi [Mrs Ripley Weisse stationery] Short Hills, New Jersey [undated] personal note 15 3 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Grace 25 Copley Street Brookline, MA Thursday PM personal note. Speaks of someone's death in the night 15 3 My dear [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [illegible] Salzburg August 24th personal letter 15 3 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] Montpelier bound Sunday Dec 4th personal letter. Speaks of Vermont 15 3 no salutation [Ruth Burgess] W.H.S. New York Nov 23 '26 personal note. Mentions 'what a joy', 'bound to be famous' 15 3 note congratulating RPB & Prof Burgess on the 'success of his Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Ellen [illegible] [unknown] October 25th long career as scholar and statesman'. 15 3 President's House Columbia University 60 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Kate Butler Morningside Dr NY October 14th personal note ' so sorry to have missed you' 15 3 personal letter. Speaks to anti German propagandists, My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Emil Ahlborn Seaside Inn Seal Harbor, Me. Stationery Sept 16th Williamstown, editorial in Boston Herald 15 3 I was enchanted [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Nathan [illegible] 1225 Park Ave Dec 13th personal note 15 3 personal note. 'Can never forget your kindness in doing this work My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Alice R. Phillips Home Friday A.M. on the portrait' 15 3 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada Moore Rockmarge, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts October 18th personal note 15 3 note of thanks for the invitation to hear 'your Sisters' and what a My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] E. Morrison [unknown] Monday wonderful evening 15 3 My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore [illegible] [undated] personal letter. Mentions Florence & Taromina 15 3 stationery embossed with Ladies International Club note suggesting a visit the next day. On backside ( in different My Dear Mrs Moore Sallie Reynolds Reid emblem April 10th, 1924 handwriting ?RPB's) speaks to Mr Reid's illness 15 3 lengthy personal letter. Speaks of travels, the Germans, the My Dear Friend [Ruth Burgess] Ada S. Moore Yacht [illegible] May 20, 2016 Greeks 15 3 My dear dear friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] St Luke's Hopsital Private Pavilion New York [undated] personal note 15 3 personal letter. Speaks of conditions in Germany.' US sailors not Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hans Reiser Hamburg [Germany] Nov 22nd allowed on land. 'War is still on'. 15 3

Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible]Lea[[illegible] The Mooring Peconic Long Island stationery [undated] personal letter 15 4 personal letter. Thank you for hospitality & pleasure of your Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Martha [unknown] July 15, 2016 company 15 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Martha Lake Placid NY July 21, 2016 personal letter 15 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mrs. H.S. Bowling Green Bar Harbour Maine June 11th personal letter. Mentions RPB's portraits as wonderful 15 4

small pamphlet of the Jones Library (photo, history of Samuel Minot & the library). Handwriting of RPB on front commenting to no salutation [unknown] The Jones Library Amherst MA [undated] the beautiful building. 'They were lovely to us especially librarian' 15 4 postcard note addressed to RPB Milch Gallery 108 W. 57th New Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Pauline Bigelow postmarked [illegible] On Hudson postmarked Feb 16 York. Handwritten note of 'blessing on your show' 15 4 small envelope identified as 'A Pack of Cards' RP Burgess 'Elite Playing Cards pamphlet and Artist's Bill of Particulars for no salutation [unknown] [unknown] [undated] Retouching Allegorical Paintings 15 4 notecard front with Hebrew writing, dried flowers 'from Jerusalem', back with handwritten note 'to greet you on arrival, Easter no salutation [Ruth Burgess] Anne H. Patteson [unknown - possibly Jerusalem] [undated] blessings 15 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Hazel D. Owen (Mrs Alden) Barton, Vermont March 9th thank you for writing to me re the little article in the Times 15 4 thank you for your visit-discusses a publication, expensive of the Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Mary B. Sterling Chapman Jamestown, RI October 10th narrative 15 4 personal note. Happy to receive pamphlet of Mr Wood. It is Beloved friend [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Great Northern Hotel New York stationery [undated] 'priceless' 15 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] E.S. [unknown] Sunday personal letter. Thank you for Xmas gifts 15 4 personal note with folded newspaper clipping. Thank you for Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Jane Swan [unknown] Friday morning sharing the newspaper article about Vermont 15 4 personal note re: Mr Butler as' first Burgess Professor'. Speaks of Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Staples Rogers 780 Riverside Drive New York City stationery Friday night President Butler [Columbia University] 15 4

My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Gladys Wiles Jepson [American artist] 130 West 57th Street New York Monday thank you note for 'proposing me for the Society of NY Painters' 15 4 Dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Lea Wiles 130 West 57th Street New York June 11th personal note. Mentions RPB's painting 15 4 My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] [unknown] [undated] personal note 15 4 Thank you for invitation to AAA reception. Mentions 'your beautiful My dear Mrs Burgess [Ruth Burgess] [illegible] Great Northern Hotel New York stationery January 27th roses and still life…a real work of art'. 15 4 15 4 Stamped & postmarked self contained envelope with note of Mrs John Burgess [Ruth Burgess] Natalie Bayard Brown Harbour Court Newport, Rhode Island postmarked April 15 RSVP for luncheon on April 18th 15 5 Dear Ruth [Ruth Burgess] Winnie [unknown] [undated] small note with New Year 15 5 no salutation M.R. [unknown] [undated] little note card with watercolor drawing of vase & flowers 15 5 tiny book 'My Easter Greeting with gold ribbon, pop up cross by Thompson-Smith Co NY. 'My prayer for neutrality in America & no salutation [unsigned] [unknown] [undated] Peace for all the World' 15 5 tiny book 'For Old Time's Sake'. Wishing a prosperous New Year no salutation Nicholas Murray Butler [unknown [undated] & a poem by H.M.Burnside 15 5