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Riven Rock (Montecito, Calif.)

 Organization

Biography

The Riven Rock Estate was owned by the McCormick family, who purchased the 84 acre property in 1896 and in 1898 built a large two-story Mission Revival home on the premises. The estate's name came from an oak tree near the main gate, which was growing out of and had split a large boulder. It was where Stanley McCormick, the youngest child of Cyrus Hall McCormick and Nancy Fowler McCormick, and husband of Katharine McCormick, was confined for much of his life as he suffered from schizophrenia. from wikipedia.com

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cummings (Ellen) Photograph Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-065
Dates: 1918 - 1919
Found in: Gledhill Library

Riven Rock - the famed McCormick estate, 1980-01-20

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1980-01-20

Stribling Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2015-012
Dates: 1940 - 1947
Found in: Gledhill Library

When Stanley McCormick lived here, 1980-01-27

 Item
Content Description From the Collection:

Six scrapbooks contain all thirty years of the weekly local history columns written by Mrs. Rouse for the Santa Barbara News-Press newspaper. Numbering approximately 1,500, the articles are cataloged by keywords in the Gledhill Library Subject Index. See Arrangement note for date range of articles within each scrapbook.

Dates: Publication: 1980-01-27