Scoville Clark Collection Finding Aid
Title
Scoville Clark Collection Finding Aid
Creator
Emma Diduch
Identifier
FA100023
Date
1913-1914
Description
Letters and invitations involved in the Sayre wedding.
Subject
Cataloging of archival materials
Contributor
Brianna Eagle
Language
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four folders of letters to and from Clark, divided by their sender.
Box 1
Folder 1: contains the formal invitation to the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr.
Folder 2: contains letters from Jessie Woodrow Wilson in response to Clark's congratulations on her engagement in 1913 and condolences on her mother's death in 1914
Folder 3: contains another invitation to the rehearsal dinner aboard the USS Mayflower and a full account of the wedding in a letter from Clark to his sister
Folder 4: contains the letters from Francis B. Sayre, Jr. to Clark announcing his engagement to Jessie, inviting Clark to the wedding, and asking him to be an usher.
Box 1
Folder 1: contains the formal invitation to the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr.
Folder 2: contains letters from Jessie Woodrow Wilson in response to Clark's congratulations on her engagement in 1913 and condolences on her mother's death in 1914
Folder 3: contains another invitation to the rehearsal dinner aboard the USS Mayflower and a full account of the wedding in a letter from Clark to his sister
Folder 4: contains the letters from Francis B. Sayre, Jr. to Clark announcing his engagement to Jessie, inviting Clark to the wedding, and asking him to be an usher.
Biography or History
Dewitt Scoville Clark, Jr. was a doctor living in Salem, Massachusetts at the time of the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr. As an old friend of the groom, Clark was asked to be an usher for the wedding at the White House on November 25, 1913.
Level
folder
Scope and Content
The first folder contains the formal invitation to the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr. The second folder contains letters from Jessie Wilson in response to Clark's congratulations on her engagement in 1913 and condolences on her mother's death in 1914. The third folder contains another invitation to the rehearsal dinner aboard the USS Mayflower and a full account of the wedding in a letter from Clark to his sister. The final folder contains the letters from Francis Sayre to Clark revealing his engagement to Jessie, inviting Clark to the wedding, and asking him to be an usher.
Files
Collection
Citation
Emma Diduch, “Scoville Clark Collection Finding Aid,” 1913-1914, FA100023, Scoville Clark Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.