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FILE — Box: B: 6, Folder: 41 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1945.12.14

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Major General William Lassiter, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, December 14, 1945 Digital

Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Major General William Lassiter, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, December 14, 1945
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Major General William Lassiter, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California, December 14, 1945

Scope and Contents

Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to General William Lassiter discusses a telephone conversation she had with Mildred Bliss regarding a house for the Director of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Mildred thought that her anonymous gift had made clear that the funds would be used to increase the Director's salary and provide him a house or rental to live in. Beatrix Farrand asks for a response from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Board on this decision on behalf of Mildred Bliss. This copy most likely sent to Mildred Bliss.

Dates

  • Creation: December 14, 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

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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