Lawler, George W., 1886-1974

Person

Biography

George Ward Lawler (1886-1974) was born in Iowa. He was a bulb farmer and owner of the George Lawler firm which sold tulip and other flower bulbs. He married Esther Wyckoff Metzger in 1925. With his wife he had two sons, Ward and Donald. He is buried with his wife in Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Change to order from Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to George Ward Lawler, Box 107, Monroe, Washington, August 6, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Plant Materials and Beatrix Farrand Agent Accounts / Sub-Group: Beatrix Farrand Correspondence on Plant Material

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1943.08.06

Scope and Contents:

Copy of typescript change order from Isabelle Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to George Ward Lawler (George Lawler, firm) requests an additional 50 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for Mildred Bliss.

Letter from Isabelle Stover to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1942 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1942.06.29

Scope and Contents:

Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle M. Stover to James Bryce tells him 5 different varieties of tulip bulbs are available from George Lawler and encloses a copy of a letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher. The enclosed letter is no longer with this letter.