White Tie and Decorations: Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson in Newfoundland, 1934-1936

White Tie

A collection of excerpts from letters between Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson to relatives in England, written during the 1930s when Simpson was in charge of fishing, forestry, mining, and agriculture in Newfoundland.

The letters detail life in the region during the Great Depression, and reveal the Simpsons' progressive and utopian ideas. Includes b&w photos and maps