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Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, June 6, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.06.06
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Copy of typescript letter form Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms inquires about big trumpet daffodil bulbs for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. She tells him the Naiotnal Museum Picture Galley [Gallery] may want some forced bulbs for Dumbarton Oaks in Washington. Letter likely typed by Isabelle M. Stover, secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, July 16, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.07.16
Scope and Contents: Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses trumpet daffofil bulbs for the National Gallery of Art, flower bulbs for James Bryce at Dumbarton Oaks which may also be for Robert and Mildred Bliss, daffodil bulbs for the cottage at Santa Barbara where she and Max Farrand will be at for the winter, and daffodil and iris bulbs at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. While other universities are cutting back on bulb orders, the ones Beatrix Farrand is working with...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, August 5, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.08.05
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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses the uncertainty of the daffodil bulb order for the National Gallery of Art and daffodil bulbs for Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine and the cottage at Santa Barbara.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon, August 10, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.08.10
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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms tells him the National Gallery of Art has decided against Dumbarton Oaks growing its flowers for the coming winter.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Sandy, Oregon, July 10, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1942.07.10
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Copy of letter from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms discusses Narcissus Maude Adams bulbs for Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken and bulbs for the National Gallery of Art. Beatrix Farrand tells him she looks forward to telling him about the ways his bulbs are used in different universities and how much pleasure they give.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 15, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.07.15
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Handsigned letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, to Beatrix Farrand says he is very glad to send Agnes Milliken the Narcissus, Maude Adams. It would be an honor for his bulbs to be at the National Gallery of Art, and will hold orders for others in order to fill the National Gallery of Art request.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 10, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.08.10
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Handsigned typescript letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand acknowledges the problem with daffodil order for the National Gallery of Art. He is going to ship 300 bulbs to New York and if the request does not come through he tells Farrand to sell them or donate them to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 13, 1942 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
File — Box C, Folder: 10, item: 59Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.08.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand tells her the order for the National Gallery of Art is being cancelled. He is disappointed the project did not go through as it would have been nice to see some of the Oregon Bulb Farms bulbs there.