Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 12, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover discusses books received, "Manual of grasses of the United States" by A.S. Hitchcock; "Modern bird study" by Ludlow Griscom; and "Weeds of lawn and garden" by John Milton Fogg, and those not yet received, "Home and garden"; "Wood and garden" both by Gertrude Jekyll; "Index to North American ferns" by Maurice Broun; "Guide to the eastern ferns" by Edgar Wherry; and "First book of grasses" by Agnes Chase. Anne Sweeney reports the gardens opened earlier due to an early Spring and in March there was a total of 6023 visitors; Beatrix Farrand not visiting Dumbarton Oaks this Spring; and requests $20.00 to buy prints for the Catalogue House.
Dates
- Creation: April 12, 1946
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