Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3245 S Street, Washington, D.C., April 27, 1938 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney tells her Alfred Rehder from the Arnold Arboretum responded to her about the available pictures available. She says the Mildred Bliss volunteered Anne Sweeney's services to the Horticultural Society as a step to working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beatrix Farrand will work out what is expected of Anne when she is next in Washington, D.C.
Farrand tells Sweeney the material she has for the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House "sounds excellent". She mentions a map and replacing the birds and trees in the panels with wildflowers.
Dates
- Creation: April 27, 1938
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.)Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (Recipient, Person)
- Rehder, Alfred, 1863-1949 (Person)
- New York Botanical Garden (Organization)
- 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