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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, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard Univesity, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 8, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C8:1948.07.01
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks, July 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948 lists fees for office professional services such as Anne Sweeney's visit to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, counseling on the cataloging and collation of books, and consultations with Robert Patterson. Included is a fee for an office expense for a secretary's time. On first page written in pencil, "Balance $256.52" for the Beatrix Farrand account. Second page lists balance on hand as...

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collecrions), January 1, 1943 to June 30, 1943 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 3, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C3:1943.01.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, January 1, 1943 to June 30, 1943 lists expenses for professional services in the field and in the office, traveling and other office expenses. Includes an itemized list for flower seeds and a publication as part of the expenses.

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.

"J" Miscellaneous, 1946-1949

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Sub-Group — Box: F, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: Includes correspondence from a people and a corporation with a name that starts with the letter J. One correspondence is from Anne Sweeney responding on behalf of Dumbarton Oaks and Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones (also known as Leila N. Jones), about garden book volumes and prints. Correspondence to a company to order picture postcards with views of the Dumbarton Oaks garden included. One unsent Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection picture postcard of the Herbaeous Border...

Letter from Anna Priestley, United States Department of Agriculture, Extension Service, 1851 Columbia Road, N.W., Apt. 705, Washington, D.C. to Anne Sweeney, October 21, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 99Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Priestley 1942.10.21
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Anna Priestley to Anne Sweeney tells her she did not have an extra printed copy of the Dumbarton Oaks poem she wrote July 29, 1942 that was published in the Washington Evening Star, September 21, 1942, so she typed a copy for Sweeney to send to Mildred Bliss. She is sending a carbon copy too if Sweeney wants to keep one. She hopes to see Sweeney this fall when the Chrysanthemums are at their best.

Letter from Anne Sweeney, Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Mrs. R. L. Emery, Jr., 113 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, May 8, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 43Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:AS 1947.05.08
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks Garden Guide to Mrs. R.L. (Robert Lee) (Mrs. Geneiva C.) Emery, Jr. responding to Mrs. Emery regarding a second tour of the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens on Thursday, May 15th. The Garden Club of America members will be visiting in the morning that day, but if her group can arrive in the afternoon, she will be happy to accommodate them. There is no charge to anyone as the grounds are open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays and other...

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, April 12, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.04.12
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses a "skeleton" list of material to be displayed for April in the Catalogue House. The list is titled, "April Set-up For Dumbarton Oaks Catalog House" and includes birds, flowers, shrubs, and trees.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, April 23, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.04.23
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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 Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 24, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.05.24
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand reports changes to the pictures displayed in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House for which she added more rose pictures. She is planning to be away from Dumbaton Oaks to visit her sister who is ill. Sweeney reports Mr. Morrison's father passed away. Wayside Nurseries sent her nice catalogs, but she has not heard from Alfred Rehder, Arnold Arboretum or Hosea Waterer.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, Feburary 21, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.02.21B
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her she has been substituting for Miss Snow as secretary to Robert Woods Bliss. Anne found the complete set of Sargent's Silva of North America in a bookstore and Mildred Bliss agreed with Ethel Burnet Clark's intervention to buy it for Dumbarton Oaks. There have not been many visitors to Dumbarton Oaks in January and February. She reports the "Underworld" is under construction and she will move into her new quarters in the...

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N.Y., February 12, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.02.12
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian, New York Botanical Garden inquiring about missing copies of Addisonia. She also informs her that Mildred Bliss purchased the subscription for Dumbarton Oaks. A complete set of Sargent's Silva of North America has been secured by Dumbarton Oaks through the generosity of Mildred Bliss.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N.Y., February 21, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.02.21
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian, New York Botanical Garden thanks her for sending the last issued volume of Addisonia. She also asks for prints of plates be sent to her.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N.Y. 58, April 15, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.04.15
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Elizabeth Hall, Librarian at the New York Botanical Garden tells her Mildred Bliss will write a letter a letter dictating future issues of Addisonia be sent to Dumbarton Oaks rather than her personal address. She inquires about the prints of plates she requested.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mary Fulkerson, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 28, 1938 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 2, Folder: 45Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1938.09.28
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Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Mary Fulkerson asks for help with the Catalog House display. She asks for the name of people who she can get the stencil letter arrangements that are used for labeling files and a sample of them. She asks for the names of two or three people who send French book catalogues. Anne would like to get some good flower pictures from them. If Fulkerson has any suggestions for ideas, she asks her to please send them.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 12, 1937 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 98Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1937.05.12
Scope and Contents: Unsigned copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand telling her she has been busy tracking down material for the [Dumbarton Oaks Garden] Catalogue House. She updates Beatrix Farrand on the work she has been doing having called on Mr. Collingwood of the American Forestry Association upon Mildred Bliss' suggestion. She brought back two negatives which she is planning to reproduce on dull mat finish paper. Anne Sweeney is also going to write to Professor Rogers at Appleton,...

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Percy L. Ricker, 3740 Oliver Street, Northwest, Washington 15, D.C., January 16, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.01.16
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Correspondence between Dumbarton Oaks Staff, Anne Sweeney and C.I. Denison to booksellers and individuals about the acquisition of books, articles, or pamplets for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Percy L. Ricker, 3740 Oliver Street, N.W., Washington 15, D.C., October 13, 1945 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1945.10.13
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Correspondence between Dumbarton Oaks Staff, Anne Sweeney and C.I. Denison to booksellers and individuals about the acquisition of books, articles, or pamplets for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Percy L. Ricker, 3740 Oliver Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., October 3, 1945 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1945.10.03
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Correspondence between Dumbarton Oaks Staff, Anne Sweeney and C.I. Denison to booksellers and individuals about the acquisition of books, articles, or pamplets for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Percy L. Ricker, Wildflower Preservation Society, 3840 Oliver Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., February 14, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:AS 1946.02.14
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Correspondence between Dumbarton Oaks Staff, Anne Sweeney and C.I. Denison to booksellers and individuals about the acquisition of books, articles, or pamplets for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Letter from Anne Sweeney to representatives at Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston 15, Massachusetts, March 14, 1947 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:1947.03.14
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Correspondence between Dumbarton Oaks Staff, Anne Sweeney and C.I. Denison to booksellers and individuals about the acquisition of books, articles, or pamplets for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Letter from Barbara Hoskins, Assistant Librarian, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York 58, N.Y. and Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1946 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box G, Folder: 2a, item: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, G2a:Hoskins 1946.02.19
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Typescript letter between Barbara Hoskins at the New York Botanical Garden Library and Anne Sweeney about possible missing copies of the Addisonia subscription. She asks Anne Sweeney to submit a letter with Mildred Bliss's signature asking that future publications are to be sent to her at Dumbarton Oaks rather than Mildred Bliss' Georgetown residence.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., February 10, 1937 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box B: 1, Folder: 80Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1937.02.10
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead for which the location was crossed out and new location typed on letter. Beatrix Farrand tells Anne Sweeney that catalogue documents will be sent to her piecemeal. She suggests consulting a Rehder book for names of trees, shrubs and shrub-like material and to Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture for the herbaceous material (annuals and anual climbers such as nasturtiums, sweetpeas, etc.). She provides further direction to Anne Sweeney...

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

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box D: 1, Folder: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.02.18
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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.