New York Botanical Garden

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Copy of typescript letter probably written by Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses receiving Farrand's suggestions for the panels in the Catalogue House. Sweeney mentions she has not heard back from Alfred Rehder, [Arnold Arboretum] or the New York Botanical Garden about garden pictures. Anne Sweeney found out from Mr. Morrison that she has been elected secretary of the Horticultural Society. She is not sure how that happened.

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Typescript letter between Barbara Hoskins at the New York Botanical Garden Library and Anne Sweeney about possible missing copies of the Addisonia subscription. She asks Anne Sweeney to submit a letter with Mildred Bliss's signature asking that future publications are to be sent to her at Dumbarton Oaks rather than Mildred Bliss' Georgetown residence.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her she is writing Miss Draper to inform her of Mildred Bliss's approval for $100.00 in petty cash to buy prints. She hope James Bryce is enjoying his holiday in Florida. She is delighted to hear that Sweeney was successful in getting plates from the New York Botanical Gardens. Handwritten note added probably by Anne Sweeney, "Answered 2/16/40, told about Miss Draper? & Maryland architect, also abt...

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her Alfred Rehder from the Arnold Arboretum responded to her about the available pictures available. She says the Mildred Bliss volunteered Anne Sweeney's services to the Horticultural Society as a step to working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beatrix Farrand will work out what is expected of Anne when she is next in Washington, D.C.Farrand tells Sweeney the material she has for the...