Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959

Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand, on professional letterhead, location crossed through and new location typed on letter. Beatrix Farrand informs Anne Sweeney that the copy of Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture can be returned if it arrives at Dumbarton Oaks. The reason it was ordered was because Mrs. Ethel Clarke [sic. Clark] did not wish any of her copies removed from the Dumbarton Oaks Library. She suggests Anne Sweeney paste photos to the plant cards and send to her. She...

Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand on personal letterhead acknowledging a letter from Anne Sweeney that reports she has been working on the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Catalogue House material. Beatrix Farrand mentions that a trip to Casa Dorinda seems deserted without Anne Sweeney [who was employed at Casa Dorinda by Mildred Bliss' mother, Anna Dorinda Blakesly Barnes before her death]. She says [Philip] Lucking, [employee at Casa Dorinda] seems well and spoke of Anne Sweeney with...

Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand on her professional letterhead, the location of which was crossed through and a new location typed on the letter. Beatrix Farrand informs Anne Sweeney that she did not realize that Dumbarton Oaks did not possess a [Alfred] Rehder book on trees and shrubs for her to consult on her work for the Catalogue House. Beatrix Farrand is ordering a copy and if a Mrs. Ethel Clark's copy has already come in she can give it to William Gray, the...

Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand on her letterhead with location crossed through and a new location typed in letter. Beatrix Farrand informs Anne Sweeney that the [plant] cards and "pasters" have come safely, and that she is returning rearrangments on the back of the two cards she sent to her. Beatrix Farrand feels the use of a multitude of small pictures on the same card and close together will be too small to carry well for the more or less large crowds visiting the...

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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand (Trix) to Mildred Bliss tells her she has qualms about her or Mildred signing the California Relief Administration's tree cutting agreement based on their relief from liability. She is sending Mildred a copy of a letter [B:BF 1940.02.02B] sent to Claude Kennerly and the California Relief Administration.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs discusses Farrand's continued employment at Dumbarton Oaks after the gift to Harvard, including a numbered list of unfinished garden projects requested by Mildred Bliss. Handwritten notation in pencil on first page, "Jack. So as not to cross lines with you, please draft an answer for me. p." Implies Paul J. Sach's copy of Beatrix Farrand's letter was forwarded to John Thacher and he asks Thacher to draft a...

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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs in response to his letter (D:PJS 1941.02.20). Beatrix Farrand explains a delay in sending notes for their next meeting as her husband, Max Farrand, had recently retired. She suggests tentative dates for her next visit to Dumbarton Oaks. Heavily penciled "Jack" in the top left corner indicates that Paul Sachs may have wanted John Thacher to provide a response.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs discusses Beatrix Farrand's continued involvement in Dumbarton Oaks Gardens after the transfer of Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University. Beatrix specifically mentions the [Dumbarton Oaks] Administrative Committee formed by Harvard for Dumbarton Oaks and is seemingly pleased with its composition to encompass all of Dumbarton Oaks' activities. Beatrix is interested in meeting with John Thacher when she travels...

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Typescript note with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs forwarding a letter Beatrix Farrand wrote to John Thacher (D:BF 1941.03.18) regarding her impending trip to Dumbarton Oaks. Includes penciled notes, "Jack," referring to John Thacher, and "Answer" indicating he wanted John Thacher to provide a response to Beatrix Farrand. Farrand's secretary may have signed letter on her behalf. A copy of the Farrand's letter to Thacher is included.

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Typescript handsigned letter on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead. Beatrix Farrand discusses in detail the layout of the Dumbarton Oaks garden terraces and encloses the blueprints which are no longer with the letter.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead with handwritten note and signature. The report for "The Oaks" and plant lists for the R Street plantation border and Orangery dated June 24-25, 1922 from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, to Mildred Bliss was intended to be enclosed with this letter. Beatrix Farrand continues to lay out her vision for the Dumbarton Oaks property and garden. She suggests plants, trees, and colors to be used, and reports receiving the property survey...

Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter on embossed Beatrix Farrand letterhead. Beatrix Farrand tells Anne Sweeney she is sending material from the New York State Museum about books on birds and flowers. She asks Anne Sweeney to consult with Mildred Bliss about ordering the bird volume. She is also sending the Audubon list of literature and the Garden Club of Virginia's sixth annual Narcissus show program to see the classification of their exhibit. Beatrix Farrand doubts she will make it back to...

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses Beatrix Farrand's preparation for her impending visit to Dumbarton Oaks; specifically the future of Dumbarton Oaks under the new management of Harvard University, and how that affects the gardens and Beatrix Farrand's role as Dumbarton Oak's consulting landscape gardener. Beatrix Farrand concludes the letter by suggesting John Thacher and David Finley, from the National Gallery [of Art], arrange a...

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Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher declines an invitation to listen to lectures by Henri Focillon, Senior Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks and asks John Thacher to convey her regrets. She ends the letter with a report of a telephone conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Bliss, and mentions Mr. Bliss' slow recovery from a cold.

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Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs in response to his letter (D:PJS 1941.02.03) discusses Beatrix Farrand's continued work as a consultant for Dumbarton Oaks, specifically regarding payment, expenses, and the possibility of a trial period. She concludes with a promise to send notes to Paul Sachs and to John Thacher on subjects discussed during on an earlier trip to Dumbarton Oaks. "Jack" heavily penciled by hand in top right corner probably refers to John Thacher.

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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for his hospitality during her visit to Dumbarton Oaks. She discusses the future direction of the path of the road at the top of the Forsythia steps and asks him to take a look at it.

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Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Isabelle Stover asks her to get prices and delivery dates from Conard & Pyle Co. and Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) on a list of roses for Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix Farrand wants the roses sent to James Bryce with a carbon copy of the order.

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Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher reports Max Farrand is satisfactory after surgery, but still miserable. She asks him if Alberta Carpenter can wire Mrs. Bliss with the news. She tells him she is not sure yet if she will make her visit to Dumbarton Oaks. She asks if Harvard will continue her appointment next year.

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her approves of the changes in the pictures in the Dumbarotn Oaks Catalogue House, and wishes she could have seen the roses displayed there. Sweeney can reach Farrand in California by addressing the letter to Max Farrand with Beatrix Farrand's initials in the corner. Sweeney should have heard from Alfred Rehder from the Arnold Arboretum. Hosea Waterer will probably answer once his new catalog comes...

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to George Frederick Coles discusses the decorative stonework and inscriptions being prepared for Dumbarton Oaks, specifically regarding the museum tablet, the service gate finials, the tablets on the R Street wall, and the bench legs in the loggia. Beatrix Farrand wished to approve this work on her next trip to Dumbarton Oaks, and she encourages him to have these garden elements prepared. She suggests the use of polychrome painting or staining...