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Unique IDCWGC/6/4/3/9/3
TitleGilbert Gordon Harry Cook collection - printed ephemera
DescriptionCollection of journals and printed ephemera belonging to Gilbert Gordon Harry Cook, Area Superintendent for the Bayeux Area, France (1946 - 1953) and Albert Area (1953 - 1972) and later Regional Horticultural Officer.
Date1915 - 1974
Content NoteIncludes: 1) menu for an Imperial War Graves Commission Works Department, French District dinner at Le Chateau D'Immercourt, Saint Laurent Blangy, Arras, 19th July 1952; 2) menu for a Commonwealth War Graves Commission reunion dinner at the Hostellerie du Mont Kemmel, 10th September 1966; 3) personalised menus for Gilbert 'Cookie' Cook and his wife Elizabeth 'Betty' for a 'winding up dinner' for Area Superintendents, Northern Region, 17th June 1971; 4) IWGC leaflet with image of Ranville War Cemetery on the front, c.1955; 5) five copies of The Royal Horticultural Society published 'The Horticultural Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission', by W.F.W. Harding, 1962; 6) published copy of the Charter and Supplemental Charter of the CWGC, 1964; 7) the 55th Annual Report of the CWGC, 1974; 8) leaflet (2 copies) on the CWGC, c.1977; 9) copy of the University of Missouri research Bulletin No. 16 'An Experimental Study of the Rest Period in Plants', April 1915; 10) copy of the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. LXXVII, Part 10, annotated 'Please return to H.O. Bayeux', October 1952; 11) standardised letter regarding subscriptions to the Royal Horticultural Society. May 1972.
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