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Books at Reef Point suggested for Dumbarton Oaks and List of foreign booksellers Mrs. Farrand has used, 1947-1949 Digital
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.
Exchange of letters between Arline B. Newcomb, 800 Academy Street, Kelso, Washington and Anne Sweeney, December 9- 29, 1944 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, April 23, 1938 Digital
Copy of typescript letter probably written by Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses receiving Farrand's suggestions for the panels in the Catalogue House. Sweeney mentions she has not heard back from Alfred Rehder, [Arnold Arboretum] or the New York Botanical Garden about garden pictures. Anne Sweeney found out from Mr. Morrison that she has been elected secretary of the Horticultural Society. She is not sure how that happened.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 24, 1938 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports changes to the pictures displayed in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House for which she added more rose pictures. She is planning to be away from Dumbaton Oaks to visit her sister who is ill. Sweeney reports Mr. Morrison's father passed away. Wayside Nurseries sent her nice catalogs, but she has not heard from Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum or Hosea Waterer.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, Feburary 21, 1946 Digital
Letter from Barbara Hoskins, Assistant Librarian, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 58, N.Y. and Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1946 Digital
Typescript letter between Barbara Hoskins at the New York Botanical Garden Library and Anne Sweeney about possible missing copies of the Addisonia subscription. She asks Anne Sweeney to submit a letter with Mildred Bliss's signature asking that future publications are to be sent to her at Dumbarton Oaks rather than Mildred Bliss' Georgetown residence.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher requests updates on ongoing garden projects such as removing Herb Garden beds, completing furniture for the Museum Courtyard, and inscribing the Forsythia gate. Enclosed was a carbon copy of the letter to Paul J. Sachs informing the Administrative Board of Dumbarton Oaks about the same ongoing projects. "Mr. Thacher" typed at the top of the first page of the carbon copy.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Collection, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, 3245 "S" Street, Washington, D.C., January 23, 1940 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney inquiries on the Catalogue House work and how Sweeney is doing. Farrand hopes she is freer of pain. She reports Mildred Bliss is enthusiastic for Anne to travel to New York to acquire nice prints.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, c/o Mr. James Bryce, 3203 "S" Street N.W., Washington, D.C., February 10, 1940 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, c/o Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R. Street, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1937 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Paul J. Sachs, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3245 S Street, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1938 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1942 Digital
Typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him she is sending the agenda for the upcoming meeting with Robert and Mildred Bliss. Copies of the letter are also being sent to G. Frederick Coles, James Bryce, and Anne Sweeney. She is looking forward to the visit.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses her November trip to Dumbarton Oaks, including tentative dates for her departure and arrival. Beatrix Farrand mentions Anne Sweeney's salary and how she thinks it ought to be paid for in the month of October. She ends the letter by requesting funds be sent to her Agent account to cover the cost of "certain bulbs and other things for Dumbarton."
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 20, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., June 17, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., October 2, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher expresses Beatrix Farrand's concern for Anne Sweeney's work arrangements at Dumbarton Oaks, specifically regarding preparation for classes Anne Sweeney would teach and whether she has adequate office quarters and other necessary supplies and support.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for his timely move in resolving the issues of work space for Anne Sweeney and support for garden tours. She says that Mildred Bliss would not want to lose Anne Sweeney.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Eastward Cottage, Camden, Maine, August 7, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, The Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 28, 1938 Digital
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- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 30
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 25
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 13
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 9
- Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965 8
- Russell, Ellis 7
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 6
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 6
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 6
- Root, Irving C., 1891-1973 6
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 4
- Fulkerson, Mary F. 4
- New York Botanical Garden 4
- Clark, Ethel Burnet, 1878-1964 3
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- 3
- Rehder, Alfred, 1863-1949 3
- Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970 3
- Sessions, Barbara F., 1899-1980 3
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 3
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 2
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 2
- Tyler, Royall, 1884-1953 2
- Walter, Clementine Maria, 1881-1967 2
- Weiss, Soma, 1899-1942 2
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 2
- Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956 1
- Bland, Elizabeth M., 1912-1997 1
- Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) 1
- Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979. 1
- Carpenter, Alberta S., 1879-1872 1
- Delafield, Lewis L. 1
- Der Nersessian, Sirarpie, 1896-1989 1
- Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978 1
- Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969 1
- Dumbarton Oaks 1
- Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight 1
- Elmhirst, L. K. (Leonard Knight), 1893-1974 1
- Focillon, Henri, 1881-1943 1
- Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969 1
- Hall, Elizabeth Cornelia 1
- Hosea Waterer (Firm) 1
- Hoskins, Barbara (Librarian) 1
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953 1
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 1
- Jones, Mary Cadwalader, 1950-1935 1
- Joseph Breck & Sons 1
- Kallman's Garden Nursery (Santa Barbara, California) 1
- Kline, Donald L. (landscape architect) 1
- Morris, Persis Warren, 1916-2004 1
- Morris, Stephen van Cortlandt, 1909-1984 1
- Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957 1
- Newcomb, Arline B. 1
- Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 1
- Patterson, Robert W., 1905-1988 1
- Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916 1
- Salter, Arthur, 1881-1975 1
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 1
- Schelling, Ernest, 1876-1939. 1
- Schelling, Lucie Howe Draper, 1873-1938 1
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
- Sutton & Sons Ltd. 1
- Wayside Gardens Co. 1 ∧ less