Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, N.W., Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses Board changes for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Sellar Bullard, who has replaced General William Lassiter as President, would like to meet with Mildred Bliss when he travels east. Maunsell van Rensselaer's doctor has ordered him to take three weeks leave. Handwritten signature by secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand, "Beatrix Farrand, (Mrs. Farrand asked me to sign this letter so that it might evoke an earlier post), HI[?]." Beatrix is contributing $2 for you to a little memorial present to the retiring members of the Garden and asks if this is alright.
Dates
- Creation: February 11, 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