Search
Close this search box.

‹‹ MORE NEWS

Treasures From the Archives: Letters Home (Part 4)

In the final installment, read more letters from 15-year-old Thompson Derr to his mother from the Ridgefield School in 1916.

Established in 1907 by Roland Jessup Mulford, the Ridgefield School stood on southern Main Street serving as a boarding school for boys during the school year and as the Ridgefield Inn during the summer.

March 6 and 13, 1916

Read Thompson’s sixth and seventh letters to his mother.

Note: Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, or click the < and > buttons below, to move through the slide show. Click the box-shaped icon or type Ctrl+Shift+F to enlarge the slide show to fill your screen.

The Treasures from the Archives series is supported by the CT Humanities and Fairfield County Bank.

Search

More Posts

Send Us A Message

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Join our mailing list and receive updates, news, and invitations.

Visit Us

Ridgefield Historical Society
4 Sunset Lane
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Tel. (203) 438-5821

Follow Us

Community

 © 2024 Ridgefield Historical Society, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy