Letter from Beatrix Farrand, 1650 Orlando Road, San Marino, California to Miss Anne Sweeney, c/o Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R. Street, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handsigned letter from Beatrix Farrand on professional letterhead, location crossed through and new location typed on letter. Beatrix Farrand acknowledges that Anne Sweeney is feeling swamped by the amount of Catalogue House work sent to her. Whenever Anne Sweeney is ready to ask questions, Beatrix Farrand is more than ready to hear them. Signature is likely that of Miss Mary Fulkerson, typist for Beatrix Farrand. She adds a note to the letter telling Anne Sweeney that Mrs. Farrand sent an air mail letter after this one.
Dates
- Creation: February 19, 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.
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 number is: B_BF_1937_02_19.
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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