Letters Between Elizabeth White and Wilfrid Wheeler

Publication

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Whitesbog Preservation Trust

Name/Title

Letters Between Elizabeth White and Wilfrid Wheeler

Entry/Object ID

1984.3.19

Description

Wheeler writes to Elizabeth about transportation problem with hollies. Will send copies of American Nurseryman and Horticulture with articles on holly. This has created interest--he will talk at Chestnut HIll Garden Club about cuttings he has planted. Varieties: Helen Makepeace, St. Ann, St. Mary. Wheeler writes Elizabeth asking her to fill a holly order for someone in NJ, asks again about shipping. Asks for 50 hollies to be sent bare root. Elizabeth writes that she will send NJ order and also 50 bare root hollies to Wheeler for him to try. She encloses a new circular.

Collection

Whitesbog Heritage Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note

Both Wheeler in Falmouth, MA and White at Whitesbog, NJ are close to army bases.

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.