Superintendent’s Letter Books, Diaries, and Monthly Reports [Mount Vernon]

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Superintendent’s Letter Books, Diaries, and Monthly Reports [Mount Vernon]

1885-1967

https://archives.mountvernon.org/repositories/2/resources/32

This collection includes the letter books and diaries of Superintendent Harrison H. Dodge from the 1885 to 1927, and the monthly reports to the Regent by Superintendent (later Resident Director) Charles Cecil Wall for the years 1948-1967. Dodge’s letter books contain letterpress and handwritten copies of outgoing correspondence. These were bound into 32 volumes in 1968-1969. The majority of these letters are to the Regent, and some take the form of a monthly report. Dodge’s diaries include handwritten day-to-day descriptions of the activities going on at Mount Vernon. Copies of Mr. Wall’s monthly reports to the Regent were also bound in 1968 “for ready reference.” (Council Minutes 1968) This collection includes these bound copies, but the reports are also duplicated in the Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director.

91 Volumes

eng, Latn

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Dodge, Harrison Howell, 1852-1937

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Wall, Charles Cecil, 1903-1995

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Charles C. Wall became Superintendent of George Washington's Mount Vernon in 1937, after the death of his supervisor Harrison Dodge. Wall described the Superintendent’s job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone “not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.” He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an acco...