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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
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.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, April 23, 1938 Digital
Copy of typescript letter probably written by Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses receiving Farrand's suggestions for the panels in the Catalogue House. Sweeney mentions she has not heard back from Alfred Rehder, [Arnold Arboretum] or the New York Botanical Garden about garden pictures. Anne Sweeney found out from Mr. Morrison that she has been elected secretary of the Horticultural Society. She is not sure how that happened.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to C. S. Kennerly, Security Building, St. Louis, Mo., February 2, 1940 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Claude S. Kennerly with blind copies to Mrs. Bliss [Mildred] and Mr. Russell [Ellis] tells him her concerns with the California Relief Administration's tree cutting agreement on the Casa Dorinda property. She tells him the stumps should be left short and removal of the brush is necessary so it doesn't become a fire hazard.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher requests updates on ongoing garden projects such as removing Herb Garden beds, completing furniture for the Museum Courtyard, and inscribing the Forsythia gate. Enclosed was a carbon copy of the letter to Paul J. Sachs informing the Administrative Board of Dumbarton Oaks about the same ongoing projects. "Mr. Thacher" typed at the top of the first page of the carbon copy.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, c/o Mr. James Bryce, 3203 "S" Street N.W., Washington, D.C., February 10, 1940 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., July 12, 1941 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher explains her half-yearly statements for the Beatrix Farrand, Agent accounts for the period of January 1, 1941 to June 30, 1941. That account is for seeds and flowers for the Dumbarton Oaks garden. She also reviews what is covered under her professional services. She and Max Farrand will be in Boston for a week or more, but Isabelle Stover will know where she is.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1941 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., July 22, 1940 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, April 14, 1938 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney offers suggestions for print displays of birds, flowers, shrubs, and trees and corrections of Anne Sweeneys list for the panels and whirligig in the Catalogue House of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Probably signed by Beatrix Farrand's secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 "R" Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1940 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1938 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1942 Digital
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."
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1942 Digital
Letter from Ellis Russell, Tenth Floor, 67 Wall Street, New York to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 25, 1942 Digital
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 16, 1941 Digital
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 17, 1942 Digital
Letter from Mildred Bliss, 104 E. 68th Street, New York to Trix, March 16, 1938 Digital
Letter from Mildred Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Trix, January 3, 1938 Digital
Nine page handwritten and signed letter on Dumbarton Oaks letterhead from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand (Trix) discusses the death and funeral service of William Gray, Garden Superintendent of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Mildred Bliss shares guests who will be visiting and ongoing diplomatic activities.
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1941 Digital
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 15
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 11
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 10
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 10
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 10
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 5
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 3
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 3
- California. State Relief Administration 2
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- 2
- Delafield, Lewis L. 2
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 2
- Kennerly, Claude S., 1869-1963 2
- Kline, Donald L. (landscape architect) 2
- New York Botanical Garden 2
- Root, Irving C., 1891-1973 2
- Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965 2
- Stover, Isabelle M., 1905-1987 2
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 2
- Tyler, Royall, 1884-1953 2
- Acheson, Mildred, Countess of Gosford, 1888-1965 1
- Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. 1
- Baker, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1907-1966 1
- Carter, John R. (John Ridgely), 1862-1944 1
- Clark, Ethel Burnet, 1878-1964 1
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955. 1
- Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978 1
- Dumbarton Oaks 1
- Farnam, Thomas Wells, 1877-1943 1
- Fulkerson, Mary F. 1
- George Lawler (Firm) 1
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery 1
- Hosea Waterer (Firm) 1
- Jones, Mary Cadwalader, 1950-1935 1
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- 1
- Maine Central Railroad Company 1
- Milliken, Agnes, 1887-1970 1
- Oregon Bulb Farms 1
- Rehder, Alfred, 1863-1949 1
- Salter, Arthur, 1881-1975 1
- Schelling, Ernest, 1876-1939. 1
- Schelling, Lucie Howe Draper, 1873-1938 1
- Sessions, Barbara F., 1899-1980 1
- Strout, Alice 1
- Tyler, William Royall 1
- Wm. J. Jones & Co. 1 ∧ less