Notes and descriptions of plants; List of plant prints for Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue House, October 4, 1941; and Plantings for Dumbarton Oaks for Mrs. Farrand, 1937-1948 Digital
Scope and Contents
Fifty-two page document that includes: typescript and handwritten notes on plants; typescript and handwritten list of prints to display in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Catalogue House; handwritten list of books for the Dumbarton Oaks Library titled, "Send Mrs. Farrand list of books to be had"; typescript lists of Dumbarton Oaks plantings titled, "List of Dumbarton Oaks Planting for Mrs. Farrand" and "Planting list at Dumbarton Oaks for Mrs. Farrand" and "List of Plant Material at Dumbarton Oaks for Mrs. Farrand" and "Dumbarton Oaks Planting List for Mrs. Farrand" and "List of Planting at Dumbarton Oaks for Mrs. Farrand". Anne Sweeney likely compiled and typed lists to send to Beatrix Farrand and notes on plants and descriptions for plants to display in the Catalogue House as part of her duties as Garden Guide when the Garden was open to the public. Individual plant descriptions may have been compiled for card index.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1948
Creator
- Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (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.)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