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FILE — Box: B: 6, Folder: 2 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:AS 1945.02.02

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 2, 1945 Digital

Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 2, 1945
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 2, 1945

Scope and Contents

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand enclosing a summary of the garden visitors for 1944 and a report for the month of January, both also given to John Thacher. She reports a controversy about the postcards. James Bryce is going to write Beatrix when he gets to Jupiter, Florida and asked anne to return two packets of papers back to Beatrix. Anne has registered for a course of 12 evening lectures at the Department of Agriculture. She is sorry Beatrix's hand is still troubling her. Ellis Russell stopped in to see Anne during his visit to see the Blisses. Anne is staying at James Bryce's house and looking after the two older doges and two of Jet's puppies. She offers kind greetings to Max Farrand and Clementine Walters.

Dates

  • Creation: February 2, 1945

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

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

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