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Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., June 17, 1941 Digital
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File — Box D: 1, Folder: 47Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.06.17
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher suggests signs of "private garden" rather than "no admittance" be used for areas of the Dumbarton Oaks that the public is prohibted to go. She asks if there is any news on the health of Barbara Session and discusses her compensation from Dumbarton Oaks. She reports a letter from Lawrence Morris arrived, and asks if there is any further developments for Robert and Mildred Bliss. She is writing the Blisses about...
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 19, 1941 Digital
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File — Box D: 1, Folder: 48Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1941.06.19
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand responds to her letters of June 12 (D:BF 1941.06.12) and June 17 (D:BF 1941.06.17) regarding various garden-related matters, such as Dumbarton Oaks' expense report, signage in the garden as the current ones are horrible, Beatrix Farrand's salary, Barbara Sessions recovering in Rockville, and John Thacher's travel plans to Cambridge and the Fogg Museum, Camden, and Bar Harbor. He reports having dinner on the train with Lawrence...
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, Maine, July 27-29, 1938 Digital
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File — Box B: 2, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:MB 1938.07.27
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Typescript letter dated July 27, 1938 and July 29, 1938 with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) tells her it is distressing news to hear about the illness and surgery of Robert Millikan. Mildred comments on Farrand's letter of July 12 and 14, 1938 on Helen Reid and prices for Nerines, and she lists questions and comments on Casa Dorinda. Mildred Bliss addresses Dumbarton Oaks building new wing and the landscape, seeking out consultation about trees from Van...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1941 Digital
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File — Box D: 1, Folder: 80Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.12.05
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher informs him and the rest of the Dumbarton Oaks staff of Robert and Mildred Bliss' well-being. She asks for him to relay news about Ellis Russell, James Bryce, Anne Sweeney, and Barbara Sessions. "Mr. Russell" penciled at top.
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- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 3
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- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 3
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 2
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 2
- Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956 1
- Carpenter, Alberta S., 1879-1872 1
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 1
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 1
- Delafield, Lewis L. 1
- Forbes, Edward W. (Edward Waldo), 1873-1969 1
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 1
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 1
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 1
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 1
- Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970 1
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