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Sachs, Meta, 1879-1960

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Biography

Meta Pollak Sachs (1879-1960) was married to Paul J. Sachs, eldest sone of prominent investment banker Samuel Sachs and Louisa Goldman Sachs. Meta and Paul had three daughters, Elizabeth, Celia, Marjorie. She is buried with her husband in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Paul J. Sachs, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 28, 1941 Digital

File — Box D: 1, Folder: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.06.28
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul Sachs requesting his review and comments on an attached report on the Dumbarton Oaks grounds policy. In the report, Beatrix Farrand provides her insight as to how Harvard University could adapt the Dumbarton Oaks gardens over time to better fit the institution's educational purposes. The report suggests the creation of a plant record book for Dumbarton Oaks [Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks] to provide...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1942 Digital

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.19
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for offering to let her stay at Dumbarton Oaks during an upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., but as Paul Sachs and his wife will be in Washington during the same time, maybe he would like them to stay at Dumbarton Oaks instead. She assures him of a confirmed reservation at the Mayflower Hotel for mid-April, a potentially more convenient housing option for all.

Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 25, 1942 Digital

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.02.25
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her letter of February 19 and assures her that she need not worry about visiting Dumbarton Oaks at the same time as Mr. and Mrs. Sachs since they prefer to share a room, leaving a spare room available for Farrand's use. He sends under separate cover a check for $100 for the Beatrix Farrand, Agent account.