R. Gordon Wasson Letter to Lathrop S. Haskins
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Scope and Contents
Letter, 23 June 1958, of R. Gordon Wasson to Lathrop S. Haskins concerning "Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" and a quotation concerning "mushrooms" from John Ford.
Dates
- Creation: 1958 June 23
Language of Materials
English
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Biographical Information:
R. Gordon Wasson was an international banker, amateur mycologist, and author. He studied at the Columbia School of Journalism and at the London School of Economics. In 1926 RGW married Valentina Pavlovna Guercken (TW), a pediatrician. On a delayed honeymoon in 1927 in the Catskill Mountains of New York, the Wassons' lifelong gathering of "references to mushrooms and toadstools in the folklore of the world" began. Author of "Mushrooms, Russia and History."
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Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Found in R. Gordon Wasson, "Mushrooms, Russia and History" (QK 617 W35).
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the R. Gordon Wasson Letter to Lathrop S. Haskins
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2009-10-15
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository