Letter from Trix, Valley Club of Montecito, Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mildred Bliss and newsclipping on Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, May 20, 1945 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses the newspaper clipping enclosed with the letter about the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden being a worthy cause for the community of Santa Barbara. Beatrix mentions Mildred should feel good about her role in saving the garden from becoming a neglected park. Enclosed with letter is a newspaper clipping from the Santa Barbara News-Press dated Saturday, May 19, 1945.
Dates
- Creation: May 20, 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
- 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