Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, 314 East 163rd Street, New York, N.Y., January 27, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handsigned typescript letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead with the location crossed through and typed on letter. Beatrix Farrand tells Anne Sweeney that she is sending the corrected cards for the Catalogue House list and asks her to make a carbon copy of the final list. The cards first sent are trees and shrubs then perennials, wild and cultivated. She continues to say it seems quite desirable to include the accent for pronunciation, approximate native habitat and later include the plant family, quality of the soil it needs, height and spread on the card. She suggests making a glossary sheet to include notes on accents, Latin synonyms, common name and so on. It would be wise to mention source of information and page number on the card. Signature on letter is likely from Miss Mary Fulkerson, a typist to Beatrix Farrand.
Dates
- Creation: January 27, 1937
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.
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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_BF_1937_01_27.
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (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