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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher, 1940-1956

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Series — Box D: 1-5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Confidential letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mr. Thacher, January 10, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.01.10
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher asks what he thinks about the addition of Robert W. Patterson, a Harvard educated landscape architect to work with her and who would make more frequent inspections of Dumbarton Oaks.

Correspondence, December 1940 to December 1941

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box D: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1942 to October 1943

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box D: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1944 to December 1945

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box D: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, January 1946 to December 1947

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box D: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Correspondence, April 1948 to May 1956

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box D: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Director's House and Terrace

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Series — Folder 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: Seven black and white photographs of exterior and interior views of the Director's House and Terrace. Before 1941, the building that anchored the southern side of the Service Court was the Garage. The second-floor residential rooms housed some of the Blisses’ male staff.After the Robert and Mildred Bliss gifted Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University, architect Thomas T. Waterman converted the upstairs living areas into a single residence for John Thacher and his family. The...

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Dumbarton Oaks Library and Research Collection (Harvard University), July 1, 1941 to December 31, 1941 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 1, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:1941.07.01
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Handsigned typescript expense report and receipt of payment for professional services, traveling expenses, and office expenses incurred by Beatrix Farrand for work performed for Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection) related to the Dumbarton Oaks Garden.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (Harvard University), January 1, 1948 to June 30, 1948 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 8, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C8:1948.01.01
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Handsigned typescript expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, January 1, 1948 to June 30, 1948 lists fees for office professional services such as suggestions to Anne Sweeney; consultations with Robert Patterson and John Thacher; and correspondence. Included is a fee for the office expense for a share of the secretary's time.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library), January 1, 1941-June 30, 1941 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 1, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:1941.01.01
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Typescript expense report for professional services and expenses from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection) related to the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens in Washington, D.C. from January 1, 1941 to June 30, 1941. Includes information on the Dumbarton Oaks Garden areas: Catalogue House; North Vista; Green Garden; Rose Garden.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1947 - December 31, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 7, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C7:1947.07.01
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Handsigned expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, July 1, 1947 to December 31, 1947 for professional office services such as consultations with John Thacher at Reef Point and in Boston, Massachusetts and talks with Robert Patterson; office expenses including a share of the secretary's time and bookkeeping; and balances remaining in the Beatrix Farrand, Agent and Dumbarton Oaks book account.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1946 to June 30, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 6, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:1946.01.01
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript expense report for January 1, 1946 to June 30, 1946 from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection) for expenses incurred by Beatrix Farrand and Robert W. Patterson for professional services, traveling expenses, and office expenses. Included on report is the amount that Beatrix Farrand will hold in reserve for professional work in her account and a report for the "Book account" for Miss Sweeney listing charges from three...

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections), July 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 2, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C2:1942.07.01B
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942 outlining charges for professional services, office expenses, draughting, and traveling expenses and purchases made for flowers, bulbs, seeds, tulips, a book and shipping charges

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Research Collection) and returned receipt, July 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 6, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:1946.07.01
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...

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University Research Library (Dumbarton Oaks), January 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 2, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C2:1942.01.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1942 to June 30, 1942 outlining itemized expenses for professional services, assistant time, traveling, office expenditures, and garden plants, seeds, and books. Also includes a receipt for Beatrix Farrand for entrance into Dartington Hall, Totnes, England.

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
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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.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections), January 1, 1944-June 30, 1944 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 4, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:1944.01.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, January 1, 1944 to June 30, 1944. Beatrix Farrand lists her fieldwork, office, and travel expenses. Included in report is a list of flower seed, books, and garden subscription purchases.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Reserach Library and Collection), July 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 5, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C5:1945.07.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 and includes charges for professional, travel, and office expenses. The report includes a payment made to Gardner's Chronicle for a subscription for James Bryce.

Isabelle M. Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1941 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 1, Folder: 44Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:IMS 1941.05.26
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Isabelle M. Stover to John Thacher informs him of Beatrix Farrand's itinerary for her next trip to Dumbarton Oaks and when she would be able to begin work. Includes typescript copy of Beatrix Farrand's June 1941 itinerary. "Mr. Thacher" typed at the top.

Letter and enclosure from Irving C. Root, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Washington to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 9, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 2, Folder: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:IR 1942.09.09
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature and enclosure from Irving Root, Superintendent, National Park Service, National Capital Parks to Beatrix Farrand tells her their engineering department is proposing a storm water sewer through the Dumbarton Oaks Park to handle the excess water run-off from Wisconsin Avenue and other adjacent property. An enclosure indicates that James Bryce had approved a similar solution to the problem earlier. He sends her the engineering proposal and asks her...

Letter from Alberta Carpenter to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Carpenter 1946.08.14B
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Letter from Alberta Carpenter to Isabelle M. Stover, c/o Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, February 1, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Carpenter 1946.02.01
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Copy of typescript letter from Alberta Carpenter, secretary to John Thacher to Isabelle Stover, secretary to Beatrix Farrand. Carpenter sends a check for Farrand's account and asks that no bulbs be purchased until Thacher can speak with Farrand.

Letter from Alberta Carpenter to Isabelle M. Stover, c/o Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 24, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Carpenter 1946.07.24
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...

Letter from Alberta Carpenter to Isabelle M. Stover, c/o Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Carpenter 1946.08.14
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...
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