Castlethaward Curator Correspondence 2010-2017. #1. Lademattia Mifdem me know I had / rul Lindten for A letter actory for intelligun a Note: Example of for and was handwritten letter made but happy I from Mary G. W.DORR to Rogalind Haward the more I wo ale Your from Brittons telling In of whomabod < proplem And Sucloving A m have but not from Imraddian than blond n thingh CastleHoward 27th May 2010. WITH COMPLIMENTS With kind regards, Anna Louise (Maxon) Castle Howard - A one of a kind visit with Castle Howard's curator Page 3 of 4 " Lovely day @CastleHowardEst, also the most #dogfriendly stately home we've ever visited. You are here: Home > House & Grounds > Special Views, Talks & Walks > Bespoke Visits A One Of A Kind Visit Enjoy a truly unique Castle Howard experience with a one to one morning visit with our curator. 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Castle Howard is home to works of art of international significance and the curatorial team work closely with galleries from around the world to loan out items. Additionally, the team are responsible for the various exhibitions held within the house, including the award winning Duty Calls, which commemorates Castle Howard in times of war. This is one of a series of events and displays put together by the Yorkshire Country House Partnership to commemorate the centenary of WWI. Our curatorial department are also involved with research projects and inform others about the history of the house and estate through a series of tours, lectures, exhibitions and publications. The department is managed by Dr Christopher Ridgway, Curator and Assistant Curator, Anna Louise Mason, To contact them email curator@castlehoward.co.uk Discover More Talks & Tours Restoration & Renovation Exhibitions http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/the-estate/estate-diversity/curatorial-department 3/4 7/15/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size Re: Rosalind Howard & Mary Gray Ward Dorr Letters From AMason Fri, Jul 15, 2016 02:24 AM Subject : Re: Rosalind Howard & Mary Gray Ward Dorr Letters To : Ronald Epp This is most kind, thank you. The publication can be sent to: Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd Castle Howard York YO60 7DA. With my best wishes Anna Louise On 15 Jul 2016, at 04:48, Ronald Epp wrote: Dear Anna, You may recall our extensive correspondence in 2010 regarding several dozen letters you held in your archive between Lady Rosalind Howard and Mary Gray Ward Dorr, the mother of the Father of Acadia National Park. I transcribed these letters for you and promised at that time to send you a copy of the publication. And so on this centennial of both Acadia and the National Park Service, the fruits of our labors is now in the public domain. Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George B. Dorr was published in April and I would like the publisher to send you a copy, but first I would like to verify your address or --if you prefer--send it to Christopher Ridgway. Hopeful that I might visit Castle Howard next Spring, I remain, Most appreciatively, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=380512&tz=America/New_York&xim= 1/1 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 5 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.ne + Font Size Re: Dorr Letters from Castle Howard From : Ronald & Elizabeth Epp Sun, Jun 01, 2014 03:28 PM Subject : Re: Dorr Letters from Castle Howard To : Anna Louise Mason Cc : curator@castlehoward.co.uk Dear Anna, After a lapse of four years I write once again to let you and Christopher Ridgway know that I had the good fortune to attend the 11 April lecture given by Mr. Simon Howard at Winterthur Museum and Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware. It was a splendid event attended by more than two hundred people who were enthralled by his nearly conversational talk and sparkling images of the Howard estate. We did not get to speak directly but he ably fielded my query about the importance of the curatorial work being done by Dr. Ridgway. It whetted my appetite to visit the estate within the year. I completed The Making of Acadia National Park. Of course, it contains ample coverage of the Charles H. Dorr and Howard family interactions and extended correspondence. A conservation organization, The Friends of Acadia (www.friendsofacadia.org), will publish the biography of George B. Dorr in April 2016 as part of the centennial celebrations of the establishment of both the park and the National Park Service. I'm now deep in editorial revisions and write in part to ask if an image of the 1865 portrait of Rosalind Howard displayed in Dr. Ridgway's You Tube introduction to "Heroines & Harridans" can be secured for inclusion in my book. If so, what is the process? When a proofed copy of the chapter dealing with the Howard family is ready, I will send it to you to substitute for my earlier draft. A copy of the published biography will follow later. Please take note of my new contact information. All the Best, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 USA 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net From: "Anna Louise Mason" To: eppster2@myfairpoint.net Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 7:58:38 AM Subject: RE: Dorr Letters from Castle Howard Dear Ron Many thanks for your extensive transcription and in-depth notes on the Dorn letters. I have just printed it out for Chris to read - he is currently researching the 9th Earl and Countess for our forthcoming exhibition on Rosalind (as well as a lecture later in the year entitled Travelling Howards') and will, I'm sure, find it all most interesting. In answer to your questions: There are unfortunately no family diaries covering May-July 1876, nor are there any itineraries of family travel between the summer of 1876 and 1878. http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=209624&tz=America/New_York&xi.. 6/1/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 2 of 5 I have checked our correspondence indexes and cannot find any mention of Julia Ward Howe. It is not possible to confirm Mary Dorr's concerns for Mary Howard's mental health. As yet, Chris has not been able to go through the correspondence which would refer to Mary's health. This is something which he will be doing as part of the above research and he has said he will pass on any relevant information to you as he finds it. As for an opinion on whether the 9th Earl and Countess may have had good reasons for not wishing to entrust their children to the care of Mary Dorr, Chris says that it is too early to tell! As above, he hopes that he might be able to answer this question later in the year when he has done further research. Thank you once again for all that you have sent through. Kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [mailto:eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: 21 May 2010 16:01 To: Anna Louise Mason Subject: Dorr Letters from Castle Howard Dear Anna, Attached is a transcription of the Dorr Family letters to George and Rosalind Howard covering the sixteen years between September 13, 1876 and February 12, 1893. With the exception of two letters, thirty-one of the thirty-three letters cover the two and one-half year period between September 1876 and May 1879. The dates and sites for some correspondence is suspect, largely due to incomplete description by the author (Mary Gray Ward Dorr authored all but one letter, the exception being the November 7, 1877 letter from her son, George Bucknam Dorr). Through examination of the content and comparisons with more clearly defined correspondence, a reliable chronology has been developed. If there are Howard family diaries that cover May, June, and July of 1876, the dating of the arrival and departure of the Dorr family Naworth Castle houseguests could be determined. This is an important historical issue since the length of that stay is only described by George Bucknam Dorr, the surviving son of Charles and Mary Dorr, as a "lengthy stay" following the mid-May 1876 death of his brother William in New York City. Are there any itineraries of Howard family travel during the two years between the summer of 1876 and 1878? Since much of Mary Dorr's correspondence relates to efforts to visit Castle Naworth or to rendezvous elsewhere, such information would be useful to me to me for Mary frequently writes as if she is trying to induce the "homebody" Howard's to travel abroad. On a related note, one can't avoid the depth and breadth of Mary's emotional language toward the Howard's, thankfulness (for their compassion following William Dorr's death (a fact she nowhere mentions!) and appreciation for their value to her (Mary's self- absorption is most conspicuous, failing in most letters to even mention her son and husband). And there is also the quite surprising presumption on Mary's part that George Howard would not be offended at being asked--by her-- to serve as an artistic middleman between herself and Burne Jones in finalizing to her satisfaction the final artistic qualities of one of his paintings ("Hope") at the 1877 opening of the Grosvenor Gallery. I've had little success so far in trying to track down provenance information on the 'Hope' watercolor. I found it most revealing that six of the letters make reference to Julia Ward Howe, the American suffragist who was on a "tour" of the Continent with her daughter during 1877 and 1878. Mary Dorr hosted Julia in Europe and cared for her when Julia was ill in Italy. Mary Dorr and Julia in their teens and early adulthood (late 1830's) had been the closest of friends and Mary's emotional language in the surviving letters (in the Massachusetts Historical Society) bears a marked similarity to what she says about Rosalind forty years later! One wonders if there had been interactions between the Howard family and Julia Ward Howe at this time? As I mentioned earlier, it would also be helpful to know whether Mary Dorr's concerns for Mary Howard's mental health could be confirmed. She may have been projecting from the protracted mental difficulties that her son George B. Dorr was experiencing at this time. I am left with the impression that Rosalind and George Howard may well have had good reasons for not wishing to entrust their children to Mary Dorr given the overall character of the letters. Is that your impression as well? Well, I did not expect to write at such length. I hope you will be able to read the 21-page transcription in the foreseeable future http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=209624&tz=America/New_York&xi.. 6/1/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 3 of 5 and if so I would much appreciate reading your insights and impressions--and hearing about any other matters that I raised in the preceding paragraphs. I'll also send you in several weeks a revision of the chapter of my George B. Dorr biography manuscript that deals with this episode. Enjoy the weekend! As ever, Ron Epp Quoting Anna Louise Mason Dear Ron Many thanks for your e-mail. I'm delighted you have found the letters both interesting and insightful and will be excited to read your reflections and queries. Chris Ridgway is currently on holiday but I will speak to him about Mary Howard on his return next week. He will be able to pinpoint any documents in our archive which might refer to her health and I will dig these out to study. I'm delighted that you were able to piece together the chronology of the letters. I'm afraid that I just didn't have the necessary time to be able to complete such a jigsaw of events and conversations! I rather fear that my own notes may have been somewhat erroneous! I look forward to hearing from you again and will be in touch next week with any further information which we might have to offer. Kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [mailto:eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: 19 May 2010 21:07 To: Anna Louise Mason Subject: Update Dorr Letters from Castle Howard Dear Anna, Just a brief note to let you know that I have read the copies of the Dorr correspondence to George and Rosalind Howard and transcribed the content into your outline. A valuable experience! The content and cross references enabled me to arrange the letters chronologically. In the next couple of days I'll polish off some rough edges and send the transcribed content to you as an email attachment. I'll also send some personal reflections and queries. I hope that you will find therein some new insights into the Carlisle family as seen from Mary Dorr's correspondence over seventeen years. I know that my appreciation for her has grown, my understanding of the motivation for their travels has matured, and I better understand how George Bucknam Dorr's health issues and relationship to his parents helped shaped his character. Would your archive contain any documents that relate to Mary Howard's health during her teen and early adult years? I ask because of remarks that Mrs. Dorr makes about therapies for Mary Howard in her letter from The Hague on October 10, 1877. With best wishes to you and Dr. Ridgeway. Ron Epp Quoting Anna Louise Mason Dear Ron I'm delighted to hear that the package of Dorr letters has reached their destination! I would be most interested to find out any additional information from your own readings. I will, of course, pass on your thanks to Dr Ridgway. I look forward to hearing from you again soon! Kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [mailto:eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: 03 May 2010 21:11 To: Anna Louise Mason Subject: Re: Dorr Letters from Castle Howard Dear Anna, My wife excitedly brought in your packet of Dorr correspondence from the mailbox this past Saturday. Needless to say, I quickly opened it and scanned a couple of the letters. I've spent about six hours working my way through the first seven letters. I've not attempted to transcribe all the content but I've been adding to the content of your partial transcription. I am working toward a http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=209624&tz=America/New_York&xi 6/1/2014 XFINITY Connect Page 4 of 5 chronological arrangement. I now more fully appreciate the effort you put into this project and am all the more appreciative. My thanks again to Dr. Ridgway! Your suggestion to keep one another in mind as we progress with our research is most welcomed. It will take me at least a week to complete my rendering. I'll send you then an altered copy of your transcription and a summary of what I've learned anew about the Howard and Dorr family. Most Cordially, Ron Epp Quoting Anna Louise Mason : Dear Ron Having posted them on Monday, I hope that our letters are now safely on their way to you. Thank you for the three interesting documents which you sent us. Dr Christopher Ridgway has asked me to convey his appreciation and hopes that we may keep one another in mind should further relevant information come to light. With kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk Castle Howard Estate is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Number: 480214. Registered Office: Estate Office, Castle Howard, York, YO60 7DA. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 eppster2@myfairpoint.net Castle Howard Estate is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Number: 480214. Registered Office: Estate Office, Castle Howard, York, YO60 7DA. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. Ronald H. 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If you have received this message in error, please http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=209624&tz=America/New_York&xi. 6/1/2014 Exhibitions :: Castle Howard :: It's a beautiful day Page 1 of 2 Home Contact Us I Latest News I Receive E-Newsletter Online Shop Site search Search House & Gardens What's On Shop & Eat Holiday Entertaining Estate Office Home > Visiting the House & Gardens > Discover the House > Exhibitions H Exhibitions Castle Howard YORK In addition to the permament exhibtions in the South East Wing, visitors can also enjoy further exhibitions inside the House, The House Tour The Collections Note: Exhibitions NEW FOR 2011 Artist & Aristocrat: George Howard, 9th Earl of Tours, Tours & Private Views Carlisle (1843-1911) A Centenary Exhibition Fun for Children The Howard Family During 2011 Castle Howard is holding a major exhibition of the paintings and drawings of George V, Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, to commemorate the centenary of his death. The Castle Howard Story Anna Housed A practising artist for his entire life, Howard's work included portraits, landscapes, everyday scenes, and family episodes - all beautifully observed and delicately captured. He travelled extensively throughout England and Italy, and journeyed to India, Egypt, South Africa and the Caribbean in search of new landscapes and subjects to paint. His life and work was influenced by his close relationships with key figures in the Pre-Raphaelite movement, most especially William letwedat Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. On display is a rich selection of his paintings - many of them never seen in public before - together with examples of his sketchbooks and correspondence to family and friends, drawn from private archives. Win ferther Brideshead Restored: The Story of Restoration at Castle Howard 4/11/14 which and Brideshead Revisited I attended Today visitors can ascend to new heights in Castle Howard, climbing the great staircases at either side of the Great Hall to view the dramatic architecture of the House from an entirely new perspective. Open upstairs witness the extraordinary transforamtion of the High South, from derelict rooms to film set, for Brideshead Revisied (Miramax 2008), with props and painted queried her scenery. The accompanying exhibition tells the story of the fire and restoration, and how Evelyn Waugh's famous novel came to be filmed not just once, but twice at Castle Howard. the archives Ground Source Heating & Enjoy a new display which takes you behind the scenes of our new ground source heating which was installed during the summer of 2009. The exhibition explains how ground source heating works and the mammoth task of installation, as well as the environmental and financial benefits to the estate. You Tube fit Printer Friendly http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/Display.aspx?iid=1031 3/25/2011 Page 1 of 3 RE: The 9th Earl and Countess of Carlisle in America From "Anna Louise Mason" To "eppster2@myfairpoint.net" Date 07/05/2010 09:52:03 AM Dear Ron, Many thanks for this further information. I shall add it to the ever-growing file on the Howard family in America! I am not aware of Mary Howard myself, but I began working at Castle Howard at the start of 2010 so it is perfectly possible that we have made contact in the past. I hope all is well with you. Kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk From: eppster2@myfairpoint.net [mailto:eppster2@myfairpoint.net] Sent: 01 July 2010 17:04 To: Anna Louise Mason Subject: Re: The 9th Earl and Countess of Carlisle in America Dear Anna Louise, I have heard back from Berkshire historian Cornelia B. Gilder after asking her about the Howard family visit to Lenox in 1906. She writes that "the Dixeys were Ellen Sturgis (Tappan) Dixey [1849-1924] and her husband https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=4125 7/5/2010 Page 2 of 3 Richard Cowell Dixey. They were Bostonians and lived in the Tappan House built by Ellen's mother Caroline in 1867 [See Gilder's chapter on the Tappan family in her Hawthorne's Lenox (History Press, 2008)]" I've asked Ms. Gilder to research local newspapers for the three week period between mid-October 1906 and the first week in November. I'll also make e-mail inquiries at the Berkshire Atheneaum to see whether there are reports of the Howard family visit. Finally, Ms. Gilder has a local friend, Mary Howard, who is a descendent of that branch of the Carlisle Howards. She will contact her about our interest. Perhaps you have already been in contact with her. With Best Wishes, Ron Epp Quoting Anna Louise Mason : Dear Ron Please accept my apologies for not having been back in touch before now. We are opening our new exhibition, about the life of the 9th Countess of Carlisle, on Thursday and needless to say things are frantically busy at the moment! I am on holiday next week but intend to read over all that you have sent me during that time. Meantime, I thought I should put you in touch with Alison Brisby who, until Christmas, was the Assistant Curator here. Alison is currently undertaking a huge project involving the paintings of George Howard, the 9th Earl of Carlisle. Her extensive research will culminate in both the publication of a book and an exhibition of the 9th Earl's works - to take place at both the National Gallery, London and Tullie House Art Gallery in Carlisle. I spoke to Alison briefly about your own research and it occurred to me that I really should be putting you in touch with each other. I will attach your latest transcription to an e-mail for her and am copying her into this e-mail so that you have e-mail addresses for each other. Kind regards Anna Louise Anna Louise Mason Assistant Curator Castle Howard Estate Ltd T: 01653 648 667 M: 07977 012 949 E: amason@castlehoward.co.uk Castle Howard Estate is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Number: 480214. Registered Office: Estate Office, Castle Howard, York, YO60 7DA. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. https://webmail.myfairpoint.net/mail/message.php?index=4125 7/5/2010 Page 1 of 6 RE: Dorr & Howard Family Correspondence From "Anna Louise Mason"