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Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, August 14, 1942 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.08.14
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Copy of a letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses the complexity of Dumbarton Oaks providing bulb flowers for the National Gallery of Art and the negotiations did not come to fruition. If Dumbarton Oaks were to grow and supply the flowers for the National Gallery of Art, a government organization, then they would have had to compete with local florists under a competitive bid. It would entail a tax questions which are delicate matters.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, June 11, 1947 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 43Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1947.06.11
Scope and Contents: Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms tells him that it is difficult to get information from people at Arnold Arboretum, Dumbarton Oaks, and the University of Chicago. The Arnold Arboretum is giving Farrand funds to buy about 2000 Narcissi bulbs from him. She might pay for an additional 1000 as they would be planted in a big "drift" near the Administration Building. She asks if he would permit her to order bulbs for these public institutions. She tells him...

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh for seeds and plants wanted by Harvard University for Dumbarton Oaks for 1943 season, March 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.03.xx
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Copy of typescript list created by Beatrix Farrand of seeds and plants wanted by Harvard University for Dumbarton Oaks, from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, for the 1943 season. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent list on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt for a paid subscription to Gardeners' Chronicle from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks), July 1, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.07.01B
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Original and duplicate receipt for a $6.18 payment by Beatrix Farrand for purchase of a subscription to English Gardeners' Chronicle for James Bryce and charged to Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University), Beatrix Farrand, Agent account.

Receipt for Anne Sweeney travel expense on the Maine Central Railroad from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, September 6, 1941 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 1, item: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:BF 1941.09.06
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Handsigned and duplicate typescript receipt for payment to Maine Central Railroad Company drawn on the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company for $32.55 for railway tickets and pullman fares for Anne Sweeney traveling from Bar Harbor, Maine to Washington, D.C. Receipt provided to Dumbarton Oaks from Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt for payment to American Library Service from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks), February 8, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.02.08
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Receipt for payment by check for $3.75 to the American Library Service, New York City for the book "The garden month by month" for Anne Sweeney to use at Dumbarton Oaks. The check was drawn on the Chemical Bank & Trust Company of New York account.

Receipt for payment to Blackmore & Langdon from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks), January 11, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.01.11
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand for payment made to Blackmore & Langdon's for Delphinium seeds to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks). Payment made to Chase National Bank from the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company account.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks, August 7, 1941 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 1, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:BF 1941.08.07
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Typescript receipt with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks for the deposit of $100 into her Beatrix Farrand, Agent, garden account.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a check, July 1, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.07.01
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Receipt for a check from the Trustees for Harvard University and deposited into the Dumbarton Oaks, Beatrix Farrand Agent account. Check was drawn from the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a check from John Thacher, April 20, 1945 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 5, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C5:BF 1945.04.20
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks for a check for $200 received from John Thacher for deposit to the Dumbarton Oaks account, Beatrix Farrand, Agent. Receipt signed by Isabelle M. Stover, Beatrix Farrand's secretary on behalf of her.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a check from John Thacher, October 28, 1946 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 6, item: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:IMS 1946.10.28
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks for a $150 check from John Thacher for seeds and bulbs for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a check received from John Thacher, November 1, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.11.01
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Original and duplicate receipt for a $150.00 check sent by John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand for deposit in the Dumbarton Oaks Beatrix Farrand Agent account. Check was drawn on the Riggs National Bank account.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for check received from John Thacher, March 1, 1944 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 4, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.03.01
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Original and duplicate receipt of check received by Beatrix Farrand for $100 from John Thacher. The check was due to her for the Dumbarton Oaks, Beatrix Farrand, Agent account.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment made to Vaughan's Seed Store, October 4, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.10.04
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Original and duplicate receipt for payment to Vaughan's Seed Store by Beatrix Farrand for $.55 drawn on the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company for 4 packets of flower seeds charged to the account, Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to American Association of Botanical Gardens, February 7, 1944 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 4, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.02.07
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Receipt for payment of $1.00 to the American Association of Botanical Gardens drawn on the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company for the book "Crabapples for America" for Anne Sweeney. The garden account of Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) was be charged for this book.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to George Lawler, October 13, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.10.13
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Original and duplicate receipt for a check payment of $121.92 made to George Lawler, wholesale grower, for 2400 tulip bulbs drawn on Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company and charged to the Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University), Beatrix Farrand, agent account.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to George Lawler, September 25, 1944 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 4, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.25
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a payment made of $7.30 to George Lawler, wholesale grower, for 100 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for which Beatrix Farrand holds the receipt.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to John H. van Zonneveld Comp., July 1, 1946 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 6, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:BF 1946.07.01
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks for payment made to John H. van Zonneveld Company for tulips and hyacinth bulbs for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Payment was drawn from the Chemical Bank and Trust Company.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to Sutton & Sons, March 24, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:BF 1943.03.24
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks for payment to Sutton & Sons for flower seeds paid by check no. 1481 drawn from the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company and charged to the account Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks).

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to Wayside Gardens Co., December 12, 1946 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 6, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:IMS 1946.12.12
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Original and duplicate receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbartons for a payment for $75.64 made to Wayside Gardens Co. for 500 tulips for the terraces at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. The check was drawn on the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company account. Receipt signed by Isabelle M. Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms, September 9, 1944 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 4, item: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.12
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Original and duplicate receipt for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms by Beatrix Farrand for 650 Narcissus bulbs which was charged to the account of Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. Handsigned Beatrix Farrand by IMS, Isabelle M. Stover, secretary to Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt from H.R. Madol, 2200 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington 8, D.C. to Dumbarton Oaks, April 20, 1954 Digital

File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:Madol 1954.04.20
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Handwritten receipt from Hans Roger Madol for the purchase of a volume of flowers by M. Bena? On note card is written: "With compliments of the Luxembourg Legation, 2200 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington 8, D.C. Written at bottom of receipt "Malo, Charles, Guirlaude de Flore."

Revised expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, January 1, 1947 to June 30, 1947 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 7, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C7:1947.01.01
Scope and Contents: Handsigned revised expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, January 1, 1947 to June 30, 1947 for professional services such as office correspondence with John Thacher, James Patterson, Mildred Bliss, Anne Sweeney, and James Bryce; work on garden control notes (planting record book); and bulb orders, and office expenses for a secretary's time, telegrams, telephone and bookkeeping. Report includes an itemized list of expenses...

Suggested list of narcissus to order for the National Gallery and Dumbarton Oaks project, 1942 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 73Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:suggested narcissus 1942.xx.xx
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Unknown creator, but Beatrix Farrand may have created the suggested list of narcissus bulbs to order for the National Gallery of Art and grown by Dumbarton Oak. Other correspondence show her involvement in ordering bulbs for the project.