Box 1

Scope and Contents Forest Hill Lodge on Pennlyn Pike was the home of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll. Forest Hill, half a mile or more away, was the home of Sturgis' sister, Anna Warren Ingersoll. Before World War II, it was the summer residence of their father, Charles E. Ingersoll. It was designed by Cope and Stewardson. Nearby Hillfield was the home of Sturgis' brother, John H. W. and Anne Cadwalader Ingersoll. All three houses were essentially on the same property. The orchard was part of Forest...

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Contains photos of people and trips. Includes also professional photos of 1815 Walnut Street (no. 4) taken circa 1944.

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Contains photos of people and trips. No. 5 contains photos of R. Sturgis Ingersoll. 6 and 7 were kept by his mother Henrietta Sturgis Ingersoll. No. 8 contains photos taken by R. Sturgis Ingersoll and additional, more modern family photos were added as time went on.

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Contains photos of the three Ingersoll family houses on adjoining properties in Penllyn, including Forest Hill, Forest Hill Lodge, and Hillfield.

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A collection of PDFs of writings mostly by R. Sturgis Ingersoll, with some about him.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled in 1997 by Ingersoll's grandson, Perry Benson, Jr., and a presentation copy of "Some account of the singular beginnings of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia: 1957) by Grant Simon. The scrapbook, arranged in a binder, consists of copy photographs and photocopies of newsclippings and other documents pertaining to Ingersoll, his family and art collection, and his 35-year association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The binder also contains an index...