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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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Dumbarton Oaks
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 Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., June 23, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 1, Folder: 49Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.06.23
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher clarifies Beatrix Farrand's salary and how she is to be paid. Beatrix Farrand also discusses other budget matters, such as maintenance costs for the gardens that should be accounted for in the budget and making the garden grounds available for school field trips to maintain Dumbarton Oaks' tax exemption for educational purposes. She asks for Alberta Carpenter to send her the expenses for heat, repairs, and...
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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Dumbarton Oaks
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...
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- Names
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 2
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 2
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 2
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 2
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 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 ∧ less
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