Letter from Mary Fulkerson to Miss Sweeney, April 24, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handsigned typescript letter from Mary Fulkerson, typist for Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, employee for Mildred Bliss at Dumbarton Oaks. Mary Fulkerson reports just returning to Bar Harbor, Maine and being shocked seeing a blanket of snow, trees looking like Christmas cards and telephone wires like white velvet ropes. She is sending to Anne Sweeney the Oregon Bulb Farm and old Barr catalogues that she can use to locate plant pictures. She reports Beatrix Farrand still has not arrived at Bar Harbor, Maine.
Dates
- Creation: April 24, 1937
Creator
- Fulkerson, Mary F. (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_MF_1937_04_24.
Creator
- Fulkerson, Mary F. (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (Person)
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (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