This collection documents the activities of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families of Newport, Rhode Island, New York State, and Cobham, Virginia. The three families are connected through marriages and members of these families continuously owned and occupied the Newport, Rhode Island home Kingscote from 1863 to 1972. The materials in this collection document the personal and collecting lives of the members of this family, particularly Gwendolen Armstrong Rives, the last descendent to occupy the home, and her mother Gwendolen King Armstrong. There is a particular focus on genealogical and travel materials. Materials include diaries, postcards, scrapbooks, clippings, Catholic religious ephemera, photograph albums, maps, brochures, currency, and notes.
All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the PSNC Archives and Special Collections are requested to contact the archivist, prior to reproducting, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although the Preservation Society has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim copyright ownership. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the copyright and to obtain any necessary permission from them.
The collection is open to the public, and there are no restrictions on access. However, the collection can only be seen by scheduled appointment.
Title of item, PSNCA.H.043: King-Armstrong-Rives Family Papers, Box #, Folder #, Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, R.I.
The collection is arranged topically into five series.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research
Series 3: Religious Ephemera
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting
Series 5: Ephemera
Originally built by architect Richard Upjohn between 1839 and 1841 and known as the George Noble Jones house, Kingscote was purchased in 1863 by William Henry King (1818-1897). William Henry King was a member of the prominent Newport King family. He was the youngest of David King (1774-1836), a Newport physician, and Ann Gordon's (1782-1852) five children. His siblings included George Gordon King (1807-1870), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island’s 1st district; Anna Maria King (1810-1843); Dr. David King (1812-1882), a Newport physician; and Edward King (1816-1875). Both Edward and William Henry King worked in the China trade as partners in the firm Russell & Co. William Henry King was institutionalized by his brothers in the McLean Asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1866. His property, including Kingscote, was managed by a series of legal guardians, including his brothers. As William Henry King outlived his brothers, his nephew, David King Jr. (1839-1894), the son of Dr. David King and Sarah Gibbs Wheaton (1814-1882), served as the guardian of his affairs and resided in Kingscote during the summers from 1875 until his death in 1894.
David King Jr. also made his money in the China trade, working for the firms Wetmore, Williams, & Co. and Russell & Co., before retiring in the early 1870s. David King Jr. married his first wife, Helen Van Cortlandt Morris in New York on January 26th, 1870. She died a year later while the couple was living in Fuzhou, Fujian, China. David King Jr. returned to the United States in 1873. On January 7th, 1875, he married Ella Louisa Rives (1851-1925). Rives was the daughter of Francis R. Rives (1821-1891) and Matilda A. Barclay Rives (1824-1888), and the granddaughter of Virginia politician William Cabell Rives (1793-1868) and Judith Page Walker Rives (1802-1882). The couple lived primarily in Washington, D.C., spending summers at Kingscote, and traveling extensively in Europe. The couple had 2 children, Maud Gwendolen, born on October 2nd, 1876 at Kingscote, and known hereafter as Gwendolen King Armstrong (1876-1968), and Philip Wheaton Rives King (1878-1922), born on June 5, 1878 in Paris.
After David King Jr.’s sudden death in 1894, Ella Rives King continued to rent Kingscote from the estate of William Henry King for the summer season, before purchasing the home in 1900 across five transactions with fifteen of his heirs. Officially, Kingscote became her full-time residence, but she would lease the house while staying for extended periods in France.
Philip Wheaton Rives King graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s of philosophy in 1901 (Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut 1701-1910, 1910). He married Gertrude Elizabeth Brown (1888-1961) in 1906 and lived in New York and Newport, Rhode Island. In 1916, he relocated to Paris. He served as a Directeur du Foyer du Soldat de Rastatt [Director of Soldiers' Home in Rastatt [Germanny]] from December 1917 to October 1919. Les foyers du Soldat were part of the Union Franco-Americaine, a collaboration between the American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and the French military to provide refuge for soldiers near the front lines during World War I. From May-June 1919, he was present at the defense of Villers-Cotterets. King contracted typhoid fever while living in Paris and died December 31, 1922.
Although Philip Wheaton Rives King attended day school, Gwendolen King Armstrong was educated at home by a series of tutors on subjects including literature, art, etiquette, French, German, and violin. Gwendolen King Armstrong made her debut in 1896. On September 12th, 1901, she married Edward Maitland Armstrong (1874-1915) at Kingscote. Armstrong was the son of artist and diplomat David Maitland Armstrong (1836-1918) and Helen Neilson Armstrong (1845-1927). David Maitland Armstrong served as charge d’affaires to the Papal States, American Consul in Rome, and Consul General in Rome. Edward Maitland Armstrong graduated from Columbia University in 1895 ("Recent Deaths: Served in Spanish-American War," 1915). In 1898, he served with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry U.S. Volunteers in Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War. Throughout his life, he worked sporadically as a landscape gardener ("Wedding in Old Trinity," 1901). Gwendolen King and Edward Maitland Armstrong had three children, David King Maitland Armstrong (1903-1967), Edward Maitland Armstrong Jr. (1905-1961), and Gwendolen Ella Rives Armstrong (1911-1972). The couple lived primarily in Babylon, New York, with visits to Newport, Rhode Island, Hibernia, Florida, and Europe. After Edward Maitland Armstrong’s death in 1915, Gwendolen King Armstrong relocated temporarily to North Hadley, Canada, before moving into Kingscote in 1929. Throughout her life, she was involved in community activities including volunteering with the Red Cross, the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, the Newport Garden Club, and the Newport Historical Society, among other organizations.
Gwendolen Ella Rives Armstrong was born on September 7th, 1911. She graduated from the Nightingale-Bamford School in Manhattan and was a member of the Manhattan Junior League (Mintz, 1936). On July 9th, 1936, she married Anthony Barclay Rives (1909-1964). Anthony Barclay Rives was the oldest of George Barclay Rives’ (1874-1935) three sons with his second wife, Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer (1882-1953). Anthony Barclay Rives’ brothers were George Barclay Rives (1910-1934) and Alexander Barclay Rives (1916-1986). George Barclay Rives Sr. worked as the secretary of the American Embassy in Vienna in the U.S. Diplomatic Service, the charge d’affaires in Brazil, and special assistant to U.S. Ambassador James W. Gerard in Berlin during World War I. Gisela Preinerstorfer was an Austrian opera singer. Anthony Barclay Rives was born in Austria and raised in Austria and Virginia, he graduated from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1938. He and Gwendolen Ella Armstrong Rives were second cousins as his paternal grandfather, George L. Rives (1849-1917) was Ella Rives King’s brother.
After their marriage, Anthony Barclay Rives and Gwendolen Armstrong Rives moved to Cobham, Virginia, and lived first at the Rives family property, Edgewood Estate, and later at Linden Lane Farm, a horse and pony farm Anthony operated with his brother Alexander. After her husband’s death in 1964, Gwendolen Armstrong Rives returned to Newport and moved into Kingscote with her mother, Gwendolen King Armstrong. The two lived together until Gwendolen King Armstrong’s death in 1968. Throughout her life, Gwendolen Armstrong Rives traveled extensively, including several trips to Europe and the United Kingdom. She maintained an interest in history, including her family and home’s history. Gwendolen Armstrong Rives continued to live in Kingscote until her death in 1972. At the time of her death, she was the sole owner of Kingscote as its previous owner, her grandmother Ella Rives King, had left the property to her grandchildren and Gwendolen Armstrong was her last surviving grandchild. She left the property to the Preservation Society of Newport County.
The collection was acquired as part of the bequest of the Kingscote property and its contents to the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1972 by Gwendolen Armstrong Rives in her will.
This collection was processed from the fall of 2025 to the spring of 2026 by the archives fellow, Megan O’Connell. Curatorial interventions in the house between the 1972 bequest and 2025 processing mean that original order was largely lost. The arrangement scheme for the collection was imposed during processing. It is noted in the description when the original order was maintained.
Some accruals are expected as materials that are on display in Kingscote are replaced with reproductions and processed into the collection.
Additional archival collections at the Preservation Society of Newport County originating from the contents of Kingscote were separated due to scope of collections, provenance, and in some situations digitization priorities. They include:
Sources consulted in preparing the biographical and historical note
Series 1 is arranged by family member or members. It is divided into six subseries:
Subseries 1: David King Jr.
Subseries 2: Ella Rives King
Subseries 3: Gwendolen King Armstrong, Edward Maitland Armstrong, David King Maitland Armstrong, and Edward Maitland Armstrong Jr.
Subseries 4: Gwendolen Armstrong Rives
Subseries 5: Anthony Barclay Rives, George Barclay Rives, and Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer Rives
Subseries 6: Unknown
Series 1: Personal/Biographical consists of diaries, news clippings, scrapbooks, passports, and other personal ephemera belonging to members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families who lived at Kingscote.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 1: David King Jr. is arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 1: David King Jr. contains diaries, legal documents, and notes created by or relating to David King Jr.
Material was removed from the Kingscote School Room on 1/26/2024 and held in archives storage until processing.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family" in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fourth drawer in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from slant-top desk (PSNC.6253) in Kingscote library.
Material remvoed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 2: Ella Rives King is arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 2: Ella Rives King contains diaries, legal documents, news clippings, identification cards, and notes created by or relating to Ella Rives King.
Material removed from fourth drawer in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room
Material removed from research binder for 2005 exhibit "Portrait of a Newport Lady." Previous location of the clippings in unknown.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from Kingscote and brought to archives storage during 2025 move of collections objects in Kingscote offsite.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 3: Gwendolen King Armstrong, Edward Maitland Armstrong, David King Maitland Armstrong, and Edward Maitland Armstrong Jr. is arranged by family member. The papers of each family member are arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 3: Gwendolen King Armstrong, Edward Maitland Armstrong, David King Maitland Armstrong, and Edward Maitland Armstrong Jr.
Material removed from child's desk (PSNC.5696) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote and brought to archives storage during 2025 move of collection objects in Kingscote.
Materials were previously cataloged and identified as PSNC.11946.29-.32.
Materials were removed from Kingscote and stored in curatorial offices at Chepstow before being brought to archives storage.
Material removed from fourth drawer of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room shelves.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from bottom left drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from the east closet in the Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from top drawer of secretary (PSNC.6041) in Kingscote South Drawing Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from child's desk (PSNC.5696) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from a binder labeled "Armstrong" in cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote and brought to archives storage during 2025 move of collection objects in Kingscote offsite.
Material was moved from Kingscote school room to archives storage on 1/26/2024.
Material removed from binder found in cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 4: Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 4: Gwendolen Armstrong Rives contains diaries, photo albums, scrapbooks, news clippings, notes, travels documents, and ephemera created by or relating to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives.
Material removed from child's desk (PSNC.5696) in Kingscote School Room
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is likely the creator of this scrapbook.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Material removed from writing desk/vargueno (PSNC.6371) in Kingscote Dining Room and Adjoining Hall.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives was likely the creator of the scrapbook.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is likely the creator of the scrapbook.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from left side bottom drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is likely the creator of this scrapbook.
Material remvoed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is likely the creator of this scrapbook.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Gwendolen Armstrong Rives is likely the creator of this scrapbook.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Postcards found inside the Chamberlain Calendar of French Cooking are in Series IV: Collectors and Collecting, Subseries I: Postcards and Prints, Box 41, Folder 3: Postcards removed from The Chamberlain Calendar or French Cooking.
Material removed from left side of bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from fourth drawer of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from Kingscote and brought to archives storage during 2025 move of collection objects in Kingscote offiste.
Material removed from left side of bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from left side of bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from child's desk (PSNC.5696) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from bottom left drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from bottom left drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 5: Anthony Barclay Rives, George Barclay Rives, and Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer Rives is arranged first by Anthony Barclay Rives' papers chronologically, then by his parents, George Barclay Rives and Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer Rives, and other family members chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 5: Anthony Barclay Rives, George Barclay Rives, and Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer Rives contains diaries, photo albums, scrapbooks, news clippings, notes, stationary, identification documents, and ephemera created by or relating to Anthony Barclay Rives, George Barclay Rives, and Gisela Antonia Preinerstorfer Rives.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from bottom right drawer in the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Material removed from envelope of papers belonging to Gwendolen Armstrong Rives and Anthony Barclay Rives, 1924-1947, undated in archives storage.
Material removed from right side of the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall
Material removed from right side of the bookcase (PSNC.7188) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from right side of the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from right side of the bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from Gourmet's Old Vienna Cookbook: A Vienna Memoir by Lillian Langseth Christiansen front cover on shelves off Kingscote kitchen.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom Closet.
Material removed from bottom left drawer in bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Photographs removed from album binding. Each page and binding are housed separately.
Photographs removed from album binding. Each page and binding are housed separately.
Photographs removed from album binding. Each page and binding are housed separately.
Photographs removed from album binding. Each page and binding are housed separately.
Photographs removed from album binding. Each page and binding are housed separately.
Cookbook likely compiled by or for Anthony Barclay Rives. Could also have been compiled by or for Gwendolen Armstrong Rives.
Material removed from shelves off Kingscote kitchen.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Passport removed from holder. Passport holder housed separately.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Passport removed from passport holder. Passport housed separately.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 6: Unknown is arranged chronologically.
Series 1: Personal/Biographical Subseries 6: Unknown contains sketchbooks, inventories, journals, stationary, and diaries found in Kingscote but unable to be identified as belonging to any specific members of the family.
Owner of the notebook may have been a Rives family member.
Owner of the notebook may have been a Rives family member.
Material removed from the Kingscote School Room east closet.
Material removed frmo Kingscote school room cupboard (PSNC.5692). Material was previously identified as PSNC.3734
Material was brought from Kingscote School Room to archives storage on 1/26/2024.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Journal of the same design and with the same handwriting inside was also found in Chepstow. It is currently in PSNCA.H.049: Morris Family Papers Collection Series 4 Subseries 2.
Journal possibly created by Gwendolen King Armstrong or Gwendolen Armstrong Rives
Material in the paper folder found with King Family Clothing (removed from trunks in Kingscote) and moved to Breakers Conservation Storage (in a box labeled 2 lingeries dresses and misc. King objects and floral dress).
Inventory may have been compiled by Ella Rives King or Gwendolen King Armstrong.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Series 2 is arranged by family. It is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1: King Family Subseries 2: Armstrong Family Subseries 3: Rives Family Subseries 4: Other Genealogical and Historical Research
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research contains genealogies, obituaries, news clippings, estate documents, printed material, notes and other materials related to the King, Armstrong, and Rives families and other historical topics of interest.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 1: King Family is arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 1: King Family contains genealogies, obituaries, news clippings, estate documents, and other materials related to the King family genealogy, collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Folder contains human hair and access is currently restricted. Materials connected to the hair must be removed before folder is given to researchers.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f), in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fourth drawer of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from secretary (PSNC.6041) in Kingscote South Drawing Room.
Folder contains human hair. Other material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries" is in: Box 26 Folder 9: Armstrong family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 19: Rives family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 10: Margaret LaFarge obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 15: Obituaries envelope (this folder contains the envelope itself)
Material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "Obituaries" in fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Other material from the Gwendolen's families envelope is in Box 27 Folder 4: Rives family genealogies- Gwendolen's families
Material removed from an envelope titled "Gwendolen's families" in fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material has been identified as FIC.2023.1823
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fourth drawer of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
At time of processing, material was in folder titled "Magazines, Country Life, Art News, and Antiques," in archives storage.
Material removed from front cover of Gourmet's Old Vienna Cookbook: A Vienna Memoir by Lillian Langseth Christiansen on the shelves off the Kingscote kitchen.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," from bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from seventh drawer, labeled "GKR," from brueau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.h) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 2: Armstrong Family is arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 2: Armstrong Family contains genealogies, obituaries, news clippings, estate documents, and other materials related to Armstrong family genealogy, collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Other material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries" is in: Box 25 Folder 3: King family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 19: Rives family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 10: Margaret LaFarge obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 15: Obituaries envelope (this folder contains the envelope itself)
Material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "Obituaries," in sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Originally in folder labeled "New York Historical Society."
The miniature described could be PSNC.6199 or PSNC.6026.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 3: Rives Family is arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 3: Rives Family contains genealogies, obituaries, news clippings, estate documents, and other materials related to the Rives Family genealogy, collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives Families.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Other material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries" is in: Box 25 Folder 3: King family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 9: Armstrong family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 10: Margaret LaFarge obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 15: Obituaries envelope (this folder contains the envelope itself)
Material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "Obituaries," found in sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Letters are stored separately from binder in which they were found. Binder is Box 27 Folder 1: Judith Page Rives transcribed letters binder.
Letters housed separately from binder in which they were found. Letters in Box 26 Folder 24: Judith Page Rives transcribed letters
Material found in fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Other material from the Gwendolen's families envelope is in Box 25 Folder 4: King family genealogies- Gwendolen's families
Material removed from an envelope titled "Gwendolen's families" in fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Print identified as PSNC.8059.
Material removed from Kingscote Stables Visitors Center.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 4: Other Genealogical and Historical Research is arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Genealogical and Historical Research Subseries 4: Other Genealogical and Historical Research contains genealogies, obituaries, news clippings, printed material, notes, and other materials related to genealogical and historical topics other than the King, Armstrong, and Rives families, collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives Families.
Also identified as PSNC.6763. Previously hanging in Kingscote Front Hall
Material removed from desk, child's (PSNC.5696) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Other material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries" is in: Box 25 Folder 3: King family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 9: Armstrong family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 19: Rives family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 15: Obituaries envelope (this folder contains the envelope itself)
Material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries," in sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fifth drawer, labeled "Family," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.f) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from fourth drawer of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.e) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Other material removed from Virginia National Bank envelope titled "obituaries" is in: Box 25 Folder 3: King family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 9: Armstrong family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 26 Folder 19: Rives family obituaries from obituaries envelope Box 27 Folder 10: Margaret LaFarge obituaries from obituaries envelope
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5641.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Labels refer to drawers of bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.a) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Series 3 is arranged chronologically.
Series 3: Religious ephemera contains prayer cards, scrapbooks, prints, and liturgical calendars collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from Kingscote South Summer Bedroom closet.
Album may have been created by Gwendolen Armstrong Rives.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from notepad with small window (FIC.2023.1485).
Series 4 is arranged into four subseries by material type: Subseries 1: Postcards and Prints Subseries 2: Stamps Subseries 3: Maps Subseries 4: Other Collectibles
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting contains art prints, post cards, stamps, maps, and other materials collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 1: Postcards and Prints is arranged by where materials were found in the house.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 1: Postcards and Prints contains postcards, with and without messages, postcard albums, loose prints, and prints albums collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Scrapbook should only be opened from the bottom. Front cover is damaged.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed shelves in Kingscote School Room
Album may have been created by Gwendolen King Armstrong or Gwendolen Armstrong Rives.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Album may have been created by Gwendolen King Armstrong or Gwendolen Armstrong Rives
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room
Material removed from shelves in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from metal box (FIC.2023.1902) in Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet
Material removed from Kingscote School Room East Closet.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from seventh drawer, labled "GK[R]," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.h) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom Closet.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom Closet.
The Chamberlain Calendar of French Cooking in Series I: Personal/Biographical, Subseries IV: Gwendolen Armstrong Rives, Box 6 Folder 8: Gwendolen Armstrong Rives Chamberlain Calendar of French Cooking.
Material removed from left side of bookcase (PSNC.7118) in Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from Kingscote attic.
Material was removed during move of objects to collections care facility in 2025. Material came into archives storage with label indicating it was from flat top desk in guides' sitting room and Kingscote School Room east closet.
Material was removed during move of objects to collections care facility in 2025. Material came into archives storage with label indicating it was from flat top desk in guides' sitting room and Kingscote School Room east closet.
Material was removed during move of objects to collections care facility in 2025. Material came into archives storage with label indicating it was from flat top desk in guides' sitting room and Kingscote School Room east closet.
Material removed from faux wood decorative box containing primarily Rives family papers in archives storage.
Material removed from top drawer of desk, slant-top (PSNC.6253) in Kingscote Library.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 2: Stamps is arranged chronologically.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 2: Stamps contains stamps collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Stamps were given number FIC.2023.1140
Material removed from Chesterfield cigarette tin (FIC.2023.1139) in Kingscote North Winter Bedroom.
Material removed from Queens de Luxe cigar box labeled G.B. Rives that contained cigarettes and a Chesterfield cigarette tin with stamps. Cigar box was removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from Kingscote during 2025 move of objects to collections care facility.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 3: Maps is arranged thematically.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 3: Maps contains printed maps from National Geographic and tourism brochures of museums, cities, countries, and regions collected by members of the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Material removed from cupboard (PSNC.5692) in Kingscote School Room.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 4: Other Collectibles is arranged thematically.
Series 4: Collectors and Collecting Subseries 4: Other collectibles contains other materials, namely cigarette cards, collected by the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
The cards are in a light blue Goldsmith & Silversmiths Company, LTD box (I13.KC2.13). Cards have number FIC.2023.1366.
Material removed from Kingscote South Summer Bedroom closet shelf.
Series 5 is arranged thematically.
Series 5: Ephemera contains printed material and ephmera such as news clippings, blank cards, currency, and notes belonging to the King, Armstrong, and Rives families.
Material removed from table, dressing (PSNC.5416) in Kingscote North Summer Bedroom.
Material removed from the top drawer of desk, slant top (PSNC.6253) in Kingscote Library.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from third drawer, labeled "Private Papers of Dr. David King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.d) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Original box indicated 12 cards purchased for $3. Only 7 cards were in original box, 3 were retained in the archives.
Material removed from bottom right drawer of bookcase (PSNC.7118) of Kingscote Service Hall.
Material removed from second drawer from the right in secretary (PSNC.6041) in Kingscote South Drawing Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Material removed from sixth drawer, labeled "MG King," in bureau chest/cabinet (PSNC.5461.g) in Kingscote Sitting Room.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.
Blotter pad has been discarded.
Material removed from Kingscote and brought to archives storage during 2025 move of collections objects in Kingscote offsite.
Material removed from Kingscote North Winter Bedroom closet.