Telegram from Trix, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Hot Springs Road, November 10, 1941 Digital
Scope and Contents
Western Union telegram (night letter) from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss tells her the plan roll is being returned by Air Mail today accompanied by a letter. Beatrix is approving the general plan and site of the new building. She hopes the building can be placed farther north by twenty feet or more. Beatrix prefers a flat roof to a pitched roof. She congratulates Mildred on the "whole enterprise." "Only three weeks now to wait" [before seeing each other]. Typescript of text for telegram included.
Dates
- Creation: November 10, 1941
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
- From the Sub-Group: 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