Description
The Ruth Rippon papers contains letters/correspondence, exhibit documents (announcements, programs, pamphlets, foam mounted
items), newspaper articles, publications, photographs, negatives, print sheets, slides, handwritten notes, sketches, drawings,
sketchbooks, scrapbooks, gradebook, yearbook, certificate, poster, and thesis on R. Rippon relating to the life and work of
the American ceramicist and sculptor.
Background
Ruth M. Rippon was born in Sacramento, California in 1927. She attended McClatchy High School and studied at Sacramento Junior
College from 1945 to 1947. She received a Bachelor of Education (1949) and Master of Fine Arts (1951) from California College
of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts).
Extent
11.5 Linear Feet
(6 record cartons, 1 OS box, 2 Flat File Folders)
Restrictions
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Library,
California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.