Royd R. Sayers Collection Finding Aid MS094Helen Rutt Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

1990

717 Queen StreetAlexandria, VA 22314Business Number: 703-746-1791lhsc@alexlibraryva.orgURL:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-15 14:27:25 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Royd R. Sayers Collection (MS094) MS094 .17 Linear Feet 1 box 1932-1968 English . 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.

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

Preferred Citation Arrangement Immediate Source of Acquisition Letters. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Homes and haunts. Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home Historic districts -- Virginia -- Alexandria Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Alexandria -- Conservation and restoration. Series I: Letters and Correspondence1932 - 1935Correspondence 1932 - 193311Letters.Correspondence1933 - 193512Letters.Series II: BlueprintsArchitectural Drawings13Series III: Home Tours1934 - 1944Tour of Historic Homes - Register Book1934 - 193614Tour Interiors of Historic Homes of Alexandria, VA1934 - 193715Garden Week in Virginia1938 - 194016Tour of Historic Homes - Register Book1937 - 194117Historic Homes and Landmarks of Alexandria, Virginia1931 and 194418Series IV: MiscellaneousClippings1933 - 196819Miscellaneous Pamphlets110Miscellaneous Notes and Permits111