Letter from Mrs. Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, March 18, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand admires Mildred Bliss' pace. She will have to miss the Whittmore Santa Sofia and galaxy of concerts [at Dumbarton Oaks], but is will be impossible for Beatrix Farrand to leave California before April 8 [1937] and having to stop in Chicago for three full days will not arrive in Washington, D.C. until April 15.
While in Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand will be spending practically the entire time with Miss [Anne] Sweeney on the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House, but will snatch minutes of Mildred's availble time. She will leave Washignton, D.C. on April 19 then travel to New York for a day to visit with the Elmhirst's [Dorothy and Leonard, owners of Dartington Hall] who are coming from England. She is then on to Yale [University] by Thursday, April 22 to give a lecture at their Art School. From Yale, she will go to Bar Harbor [Maine] to start the wheels on various enterprises then back to New Haven [Connecticut] and Washington [D.C.] neighborhoods some time the early to middle of May. She has told the Elmhirsts it may not be possible to visit them this summer as she doesn't like the idea of six thousand miles separating her from Max Farand, her husband, unless absolutely necessary.
Beatrix Farrand reports that the olive tree transfer from the Blaksley Garden to Casa Dorinda is a real anxiety due to the water-soaked ground from heavy storms. This may result in a slightly greater expense to move the two trees, and hopes Mildred has confidence in her to decide a fair payment with a trusted mover. She requests forgiveness for the briefly dictate letter on the eve of leaving for Santa Barbara.
Farrand reports [Philip] Lucking, an employee at Casa Dorinda, was eager to see the [May 1937] coronation [of George VI and Elizabeth] in England and return with his elderly sister-in-law, but has agreed to give up this journey for the privilege of going East to meet his sister-in-law towards the end of June [1937]. Beatrix Farrand feels this can be managed without interfering with the work on the [Casa Dorinda] place. Later it may be wise to think of his English holiday as he has not been home for over twenty-five years. Miss Mary Fulkerson, typist to Beatrix Farrand likely added, "Signed for Mrs. Farrand who was leaving before the letter could be typed."
Dates
- Creation: March 18, 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_03_18.
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 (Person)
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (Person)
- Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight (Person)
- Elmhirst, L. K. (Leonard Knight), 1893-1974 (Person)
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 (Person)
- Fulkerson, Mary F. (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