Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 24, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses garden visits by the Twentieth Century Club, Nature Study Group, and Holy Trinity High School biology class; reports money remaining to buy prints; John Thacher's has a scheme for future of the Orangery; and his plans on meeting Beatrix Farrand in Boston. Anne has received from Robert Patterson an index card listing plant material that is used at Reef Point.
Dates
- Creation: October 24, 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