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Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, July 16, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.07.16
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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses trumpet daffofil bulbs for the National Gallery of Art, flower bulbs for James Bryce at Dumbarton Oaks which may also be for Robert and Mildred Bliss, daffodil bulbs for the cottage at Santa Barbara where she and Max Farrand will be at for the winter, and daffodil and iris bulbs at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. While other universities are cutting back on bulb orders, the ones Beatrix Farrand is working with...
Letter from Isabelle M. Stover to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 30, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.06.30
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Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to James Bryce tells him an enclosed bulb order should go to Oregon Bulb Farms. The Narcissi bulbs are for both Dumbarton Oaks and Mildred Bliss. The Bliss order was heartily approved by John Thacher. Also enclosed with the letter was a copy of an order that was sent to George Lawler for tulips next season. Bryce is to let Stover know at once if something needs to be changed on the order. Another order enclosed was...
Order from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, June 2, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.06.02B
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Order from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms for 650 Narcissus bulbs to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Changes to order in pencil increased order to 925 bulbs. Written in pencil: "Explain to Bryce that some of these "extras" & make a separate list of them are for Mrs. Bliss's house - with Mr. Thacher's hearty agreement".