Royd R. Sayers Collection Finding Aid MS094

Royd R. Sayers Collection Finding Aid MS094


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Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business Number: 703-746-1791
lhsc@alexlibraryva.org
URL: http://alexlibraryva.org/lhsc

Helen Rutt

Repository
Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Identification
MS094
Title
Royd R. Sayers Collection (MS094) 1932-1968
URL:
https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/67
Quantity
.17 Linear Feet, 1 box
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Biographical / Historical

Between May 1932 and November 1941, Dr. and Mrs. Royd R. Sayers owned the boyhood home of Robert E. Lee at 607 Oronoco Street

Content Description

This collection pertains to the house on 607 Oronoco Street. The Sayers opened the house for Garden Week in Virginia, the Tour of Interiors and the Alexandria Garden Club Tour of Five Estates. Included are the pamphlets for the Tour of Interiors of Historic Homes in Alexandria and Garden Week in Virginia and the registers from the Tour of Historic Homes for the 1934 to 1941 period.

Arrangement

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Container List

Series I: Letters and Correspondence
1932 - 1935
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Series II: Blueprints
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Series III: Home Tours
1934 - 1944
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Series IV: Miscellaneous
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