Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mildred Bliss, January 14, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses the refreshing change of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden board since Mildred Bliss gifted funds to the organization. A fund has been established for the use by the director, Maunsell van Rensselaer. Maunsell has been ill lately having to take time off to recover. Now he is taking an additional 3 months of paid leave on doctor's advice. Beatrix Farrand thanks Mildred Bliss for "housing us so perfectly in the little cottage where we have had four winters together." She is referring to spending winters with Max Farrand at the Valley Club of Montecito. An added typescript postscript tells her Mr. Louis Lancaster made the suggestion that someone could be trained as an assistant to the director and suggested a student, Mr. Tucker as he gets along with Van Rensselaer very well. If Mildred agrees, Beatrix may ask her for a small contribution toward his salary during a try-out period. He might be useful during some of the time Van Rensselaer is away.
Dates
- Creation: January 14, 1946
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