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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), July 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:1943.07.01
Scope and Contents:

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection from July 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943 listing charges for professional services in the field and in the office; expenses for Ruth Havey's time; traveling and office expenses; and expenses for seeds, bulbs, and roses for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Itemized receipt from Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N.J. to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., November 22, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:Bobbink & Atkins 1943.11.22
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Original and duplicate itemized receipt from Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) to James Bryce for 10 roses sold for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely was sent receipt following payment made by her.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Harvard University, Dumbaton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Arthur Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 24, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.24
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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.

Letter from L.A. Howard, Bobbink & Atkins, 588 Paterson Avenue, East Rutherford, New Jersey to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 7, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 61Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Howard 1943.10.07
Scope and Contents: Letter from L.A. Howard, Bobbink & Atkins to Beatrix Farrand responds to a request for roses for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C., but regrets that they are unable to supply any listed on the order. He tells her they discontinued propagation of all of the listed roses some time ago. He has no suggestions where she can get them. Written in pencil may be instructions given to Isabelle M. Stover, Farrand's secretary: "Tell Bryce [James Bryce] [and] ask what he thinks best to...

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Bobbink & Atkins, East Rutherford, New Jersey, October 7, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.10.07
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Bobbink & Atkins for 12 single roses to be sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Bobbink & Atkins, East Rutherford, New Jersey, February 6, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 41Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1947.02.06
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Copy of order to Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) from Beatrix Farrand for 12 killarney white roses to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Revised expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, January 1, 1947 to June 30, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 7, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C7:1947.01.01
Scope and Contents: Handsigned revised expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, January 1, 1947 to June 30, 1947 for professional services such as office correspondence with John Thacher, James Patterson, Mildred Bliss, Anne Sweeney, and James Bryce; work on garden control notes (planting record book); and bulb orders, and office expenses for a secretary's time, telegrams, telephone and bookkeeping. Report includes an itemized list of expenses...