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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
Scope and Contents:

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 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
Scope and Contents:

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 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...

Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Members of the Garden Advisory Committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, January 20, 1959 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box: F, Folder: 1, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, F1:Hopkins 1959.01.20
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Alden Hopkins to the members of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee, Michael Rapuano, Robert Patterson, Bradford Williams, Leon Zach and the Dumbarton Oaks Director, John Thacher. He encloses two blackline prints covering the reconstruction of the Camellia Garden (96-03, revised 1-13-[19]59) and the completion of the new planting of the Ellipse (96-07, revised 1-15-[19]59). G. Morris Steinbraker & Son of Georgetown provided an...

Letter from Isabelle M. Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., July 15, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 54Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:IMS 1946.07.15
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 John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 18, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 4, Folder: 91Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.02.18
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand telling her he just returned from a 10 absence to Cambridge [Massachusetts] and New York. He instructs her to use up the balance in the Agent's account which was held in reserve from last year's budget. Beatrix would still be due $5.00 which he will send on to her. Robert Patterson sent a bill for his service from July 1-December 31, 1946 and Thacher will pay it out of the "Consulting Landscape Gardeners" budget which covers...

Letter from John Thacher to Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine, March 29, 1954 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 5, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1954.03.29
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 Robert Patterson to James Bryce, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 4, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:RP 1947.06.04
Scope and Contents:

Unsigned typescript letter probably from Robert Patterson to James Bryce discussing bulb orders for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden areas: Herbaceous Border and Fountain Terrace. He asks for an immediate reply from Bryce to bulb questions and a later response about the planting of shrubs.

Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York 3, N.Y. to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington 7, D.C. and Dumbarton Oaks Agenda, November 19,1949, November 19-20, 1949 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box K, Folder: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, K:RH 1949.11.20
Scope and Contents: Typescript handsigned letter from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss offering the Dumbarton Oaks Agenda on the status of work at Dumbarton Oaks on the Finalities, Terrior [Column and Enclosure] wood seat and landscaping; North Vista finials wall chains; and north end; Arbor Garden wall panels, paving and sundial; Melisande Steps; and Perspective.Havey discusses the numbering and filing of drawings indicating that she is using the continuation of the system used in the Bar Harbor files...

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...

Text for telegram from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey 25 Fifth Avenue, New York City, November 9, 1950 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box E, Folder: 20, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E20:MB 1950.11.09
Scope and Contents:

Handwritten text for a telegram from Mildred Bliss to Ruth Havey tells her Robert W. Patterson arrives at Dumbarton Oaks for two days. John Thacher would like to see Havey's drawings of the walls before meeting.

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