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Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1872 - 1959

Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:

Account statement from Davids & Royston Bulb Co., 824 Wall Street, Los Angeles, California to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 1, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:Davids & Royston 1943.08.01
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Account statement from Davids & Royston Bulb Co. to Beatrix Farrand indicating account balance is paid.

Agenda for meeting with Mrs. Farrand, June 24-25, 1944 Digital

File — Box D: 3, Folder: 25Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:meeting agenda BF 1944.06.24
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1942

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1943

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1944

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1945

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1946

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1947

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1948

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1949

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand Correspondence on Plant Material, 1942-1947

Sub-Group — Box C, Folder: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand itinerary, October-November 1943, October 1943 Digital

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 126Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF itinerary Oct-Nov 1943.10.xx
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Typescript copy of Beatrix Farrand's travel itinerary from Boston, Massachusetts to Santa Barbara, California with stops in Washington, D.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Chicago, Illinois, Pasadena, California. The travel takes her back to Boston after New Haven before going on to Chicago. Copy likely intended for James Bryce.

Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher, 1940-1956

Sub-Series — Box D: 1-5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss, 1922-1959

Sub-Series — Box B:1-10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Beatrix Farrand's itinerary, November 1941 Digital

File — Box D: 1, Folder: 75Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Mrs. Farrand's itinerary 1941.11.xx
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Typescript itinerary for Beatrix Farrand details her November 1941 journey from Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California. Her itinerary includes a stop in Washington, DC from Friday, November 21 to Tuesday, November 25 for consulting work at Dumbarton Oaks.

Book lists, Anne Sweeney's, between 1941-1949

Sub-Group — Box G, Folder: 1aIdentifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: Book lists of garden or horticultural books in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library or in other libraries or collections. Included are "List of Dumbarton Oaks Garden Books (those marked AS in Miss [Anne] Sweeney's office; those marked EC in Mrs. [Ethel] Clark's custody)"; "Gardens, garden design, villas, herbals, etc., etc. in Rare Book Room, Dumbarton Oaks Library 1941" (with added note 'Founder's Room 1948-1949 same as Garden Book Downstairs'); "List made at Harvard Landscape Library";...

Books at Reef Point suggested for Dumbarton Oaks and List of foreign booksellers Mrs. Farrand has used, 1947-1949 Digital

File — Box G, Folder: 1f, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G1f:BL Reef Point-03
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Typescript list of books at Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point marked XXX and suggested for Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix Farrand probably created the list and was typed by her secretary. A copy of the list is included. Also included is a list of "Foreign books shops which Mrs. Farrand has used". The book shops are located in Paris, France; Edinburgh, Scotland; London, England; and Toronto, Canada.

Change to order from Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to George Ward Lawler, Box 107, Monroe, Washington, August 6, 1943 Digital

File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1943.08.06
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Copy of typescript change order from Isabelle Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to George Ward Lawler (George Lawler, firm) requests an additional 50 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for Mildred Bliss.

Confidential letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mr. Thacher, January 10, 1946 Digital

File — Box D: 4, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.01.10
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher asks what he thinks about the addition of Robert W. Patterson, a Harvard educated landscape architect to work with her and who would make more frequent inspections of Dumbarton Oaks.

Correspondence, January 1938 to December 1940

Sub-Group — Box B: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1941 to December 1941

Sub-Group — Box B: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1942 to June 1943

Sub-Group — Box B: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, July 1943 to December 1944

Sub-Group — Box B: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1945 to December 1946

Sub-Group — Box B: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1947 to June 1948

Sub-Group — Box B: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...