Letters Between Elizabeth White and Wilfrid Wheeler

Publication

Whitesbog Preservation Trust

Name/Title

Letters Between Elizabeth White and Wilfrid Wheeler

Entry/Object ID

1984.3.38

Description

Nov. 9: in which Elizabeth describes the holly committee meeting at the estate of Judge Brown in Locust. Estate has a dip full of natural growth holly. Has moved various trees from there around his grounds. Fifty or more 6' to 20' trees. Fine display of native holly. They also went out to Sandy Hook to look at hollies, an inspection "strictly limited by the military authorities", then the key dinner at the Rumson Club. Judge Brown organized it well, asked everyone what they thought significance of meeting was for them. Experiment station will write an instructive circular for gardening and produce a set of kodachrome slides for lectures on holly. Talk of Holly Society along lines of Rose Society. Try to get law passed for protecting holly in NJ.

Collection

Whitesbog Heritage Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note

People at meeting: Judge Thomas Brown, General Ostram, Major Anderson, Col. Parks (from "The Fort, Sandy Hook?), Dr. C.H. Connors, Prof. H.R. Cox, Dr. O.W. Davidson,Prof. R.B. Farnham & Dr. P.P. Pirrone (NJ Agricultural Experiment Station), Mr. Dilatush, Mr. Nearing, Elizabeth White.

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Wilfrid is misspelled as "Wilfred" on this typewritten copy of the original letter. This was brought to the archives' attention by Wheeler's great-granddaughter Emily Wheeler. Original letters were then found after the copy was accessioned.