Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 3203 S. Street, Washington, D.C., June 18, 1938 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss with responses to the following garden projects: Orion and Bootes chairs for the Star Garden, seat for the Lilac Circle, unicorn lady for Dumbarton Oak Park area, Forsythia arch in the Forsythia Dell, designing at Dumbarton Oaks, lantern in the Star Garden, the swinging seat in the Terrior Column and Enclosure, ironwork colors, William Gray's memorial, and the Music Room wall. She also responds to points on the the Memorandum sent to Beatrix Farrand by Mildred Bliss on June 15, 1938. Farrand acknowledges receiving the letters by Helen Reid and is anxious about Robert Woods Bliss's health. She comments on a delay in returning east and Elisina Tyler's illness and the difficulties with the estate of Edith Wharton. Farrand has consulted Lewis Delafield on legal matters.
Dates
- Creation: June 18, 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
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Recipient, Person)
- Reid, Helen Rogers, 1882-1970 (Person)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Person)
- Kingsford, Dorothy, approximately 1897- (Person)
- Farrand, Max, 1869-1945 (Person)
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953 (Person)
- Tyler, Elisina, 1878-1959 (Person)
- Delafield, Lewis L. (Person)
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 (Person)
- Gray, William, 1881-1937 (Person)
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 (Person)
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Person)
- Lucking, Philip J., 1871-1949 (Person)
- Coles, G. Frederick (George Frederick), 1875- (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