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Copy of typescript change order from Isabelle Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to George Ward Lawler (George Lawler, firm) requests an additional 50 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for Mildred Bliss.

Scope and Contents: Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), July 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946. The report lists charges for professional and office expenses. It includes a paid receipt for tulip, hyacinth, iris, and narcissus bulbs from various nurseries and the associated the shipping costs for Dumbarton Oaks. Receipt signed by Isabelle M. Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand. The report also includes a charge for the purchase of a book for the...

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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.

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Irving Root thanks him for sending the blueprint showing the proposed storm water drain to be placed through Dumbarton Oaks Park. Before giving her approval she wants to see it staked out. She plans to visit Dumbarton Oaks the end of September and asks if it is possible to review this with him, Donald Kline, or the engineer. She is asking James Bryce to review the blue prints with him. She feels the more serious damage to the Park property is...

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Typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to James Bryce tells him she plans to arrive in Washington, D.C. on a train from Boston or New York. If she is coming from New York, she will arrive late and asks if Elizabeth can leave food for her upon arrival to Dumbarton Oaks. She offers details on the food she would like to have. Letter signed by Isabelle Stover, secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher. Letter signed by Isabelle Stover, secretary on behalf of Farrand. Farrand tells Thacher that she will stay at Dumbarton Oaks during her visit and have Ruth Havey join them to discuss the historic and museum tablets, the North Vista and Herbaceous Border walls. She will thank James Bryce and his wife for providing a room for Havey. She agrees with the storm sewer pipe placement but has questions about how it...

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher reviews subjects Beatrix Farrand and Anne Sweeney discussed on her visit to Bar Harbor, Maine, including the route for Anne Sweeney's Garden Guide tours at Dumbarton Oaks, as well as educational materials needed for her lectures and exhibits. She mentions areas of the garden that should be for the use of those studying or living at Dumbarton Oaks, but suggests in the autumn the Green Garden and Swimming Pool be...

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher asks permission to place pots of Chrysanthemums in the Orangery for tour visitors to enjoy. She discusses omitting vegetable gardens next year and replacing the big oaks with small Magnolia trees in the Green Garden. Postscript added by Isabelle Stover, secretary to Beatrix Farrand. Handwritten notations in pencil in the left margin may have been added by John Thacher to indicate his decisions in the...

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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to S. James Todd, Conard-Pyle Co. enclosing an order for the roses that the company can supply. When the season is favorable for shipping, the roses are to be shipped to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent letter and order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand. Order is no longer with letter but is accession number C10:BF 1943.10.02C.

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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher comments on the ups and downs at Casa Dorinda; dates she will visit Dumbarton Oaks; Francis Baker's fall from a tree and if there is anything she can do; Mildred Bliss wanting a fund for the use of Dumbarton Oaks Park; and Thacher's potential contribution to the "planting fund."

Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Isabelle M. Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses Mildred Bliss's contribution to Anne Sweeney's salary. Beatrix Farrand will be responsible for two months of Anne Sweeney's salary and hopes to save three months out of James Bryce's budget. Harvard University would make up the difference. She reports Mildred Bliss has approved of the draft Harvard report and will write more later. She proposes dates for John Thacher's...

Scope and Contents: 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...

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Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle M. Stover to James Bryce tells him 5 different varieties of tulip bulbs are available from George Lawler and encloses a copy of a letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher. The enclosed letter is no longer with this letter.

Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle Stover to James Bryce informs him of the seed order for 1943 and encloses seed orders already sent out as well as returning the copies of seed orders which were loaned to Beatrix Farrand. The enclosed seed orders are no longer with this letter. Sutton & Sons catalog offered a limited number of seeds, so she and Farrand have had to go elsewhere to buy the seeds he wants. She lists the seeds and adds in pencil those she can get and those she...

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...

Scope and Contents: Unsigned typescript note probably from Beatrix Farrand secretary, most likely Isabelle M. Stover, to Beatrix Farrand which was originally with a copy of a letter to James Bryce. The copy of the letter written to James Bryce on June 2 was not sent because a telegram was sent instead. The telegram she refers to may be accession number: C10:BF 1943.06.02. She remembers Beatrix Farrand taking the original of the order with her and she was going to send it. She asks for Beatrix Farrand's...

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Copy of letter with payment from Beatrix Farrand to Davids & Royston Bulb Co. She sends payment for 50 Roman White Hyacinth bulbs and wants to order an 100 bulbs for Mildred Bliss. Written in pencil: "Unable to furnish extra 100". Letter sent from Isabelle M. Stover, secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order cancellation from Beatrix Farrand to Wayside Gardens for 140 tulip bulbs that were to be sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent this order cancellation on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order correction from Beatrix Farrand to Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. for 300 tulips on order #794 out of the 1300 ordered to be sent to Mrs. [Mr.] James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order correction on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to American Bulb Company for 6 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Two copies of an order from Beatrix Farrand to Conard-Pyle Co. for 63 roses to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Joseph Breck & Sons for 13 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. One packet of seed added to copy after original created. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Upton Gardens for one packet of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Vaughan's Seed Store for four packets of seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to American Bulb Company for packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.