Letter from Max Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Mildred Bliss, May 8, 1935 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and handsigned letter from Max Farrand to Mildred Bliss informing her of the dates of house guests, but expresses nothing would please him more than to have she and Robert stay while Trix [Beatrix Farrand] is away. If they choose to come while Max Farrand has guests, he offers to move them to another room, so Robert and Mildred Bliss can stay in their former quarters.
Dates
- Creation: May 8, 1935
Creator
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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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 number is: B_MxF_1935_05_08.
Creator
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 (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