Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, April 18, 1945 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her she is sorry to hear of Max Farrand's health and return to the hospital and the delay of Beatrix Farrand's visit to Dumbarton Oaks. She hopes Max is responding to the treatment and will soon be back with his family. All the blossoms, lilacs, wisteria and dogwood have finished blooming. The tulips have been lovely this past week, but the driving rain has washed most of them down. She encloses the last report she gave to John Thacher. Sunday tours at Dumbarton Oaks have started and the first open Sunday brought 4024 visitors. Postcards are now selling and they are very popular. Matthew Kearney's eldest daughter has come to help Anne on Saturdays and Sundays taking charge of the postcards while Anne is busy with the visitors answering quetions, etc. John Thacher suggested she help as Anne was not able to be in two places at one time. She is also the report for the month of February which she has omitted to send Beatrix.
Dates
- Creation: April 18, 1945
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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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