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Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to C. S. Kennerly, Security Building, St. Louis, Mo., February 2, 1940 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 73Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1940.02.02B
Scope and Contents:

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Claude S. Kennerly with blind copies to Mrs. Bliss [Mildred] and Mr. Russell [Ellis] tells him her concerns with the California Relief Administration's tree cutting agreement on the Casa Dorinda property. She tells him the stumps should be left short and removal of the brush is necessary so it doesn't become a fire hazard.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 "R" Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1940 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1940.02.13
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to "Blessed One" [Mildred Bliss] advises Robert Woods Bliss not to join the Torrey Botanical Club. She updates Mildred on a conversation she had with Claude Kennerly about the tree cutting by the California State Relief Administration. Beatrix will take a stab at drafting an agreement which she will pass by Ellis Russell and Lewis Delafield. Max Farrand thanks Mildred for her commendation on the Friends of the Huntington Library report. She...