Letter from Joyce Gascoigne, 2820 Thirty-fourth Place, Washington, D.C. to Robert Woods Bliss, 1947-1949 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Joyce Gascoigne [Mrs. Julian Alvery Gascoigne] probably to Robert Woods Bliss asks if she might bring her brother, Sir Ralph Newman to see the Dumbarton Oaks garden. She says her brother is on the committee of the Royal Horticultural Society and also President of the British Fuchsia Society. Lady Wilson told Joyce about Robert Woods Bliss and it would be very nice if he could find the time to take Joyce and her brother around his lovely garden. She wonders if Wednesday or Thursday morning would be convenient for him. Below signature Joyce says "My husband General [Julian Alvery] Gascoigne is Deputy Commander of the British Army Staff in Washington, [D.C.]." The letter has Sept 7 at the top with no year, but it was probably created between 1947-1949 during the time General Gascoigne was assigned to the Deputy Commander position in Washington, D.C.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1949
Creator
- Gascoigne, Joyce Alfreda, Lady, 1904-1981 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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Extent
23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)Creator
- Gascoigne, Joyce Alfreda, Lady, 1904-1981 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Recipient, Person)
- Newman, Ralph Alured, Sir, 1902-1968 (Person)
- Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) (Organization)
- Wilson, Mary, 1916-2018 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment