Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C., July 7 - July 8, 1922 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand embossed letterhead with handwritten note and signature. The report for "The Oaks" and plant lists for the R Street plantation border and Orangery dated June 24-25, 1922 from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, to Mildred Bliss was intended to be enclosed with this letter. Beatrix Farrand continues to lay out her vision for the Dumbarton Oaks property and garden. She suggests plants, trees, and colors to be used, and reports receiving the property survey which she can use to work out certain studies for the garden.
Dates
- Creation: July 7 - July 8, 1922
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)General note
DO digital accession no.: B_BF_1922_07_07.
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment