Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1937 Digital
Scope and Contents
Unsigned copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand with the salutation "Dearest two" but addressed to Mildred Bliss. The salutation most likely refers to both Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. If she gets done in Princeton late Tuesday [October 26 she asks if it would be better to arrive Tuesday night [October 26] or Wednesday [October 27] after lunch allowing the housekeeping more time after the departure of the wedding guests.
She reports she will come East after Christmas with Max [Farrand, her husband] who is giving a speech at the Philosophical and Historical Society on some human sspects of the Constitution on the Wednesday after Christmas [December 29], so she may have again a glimpse of Mildred Bliss before they start West.
Dates
- Creation: October 22, 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_10_22.
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (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