Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses replacements and replanting of areas of the gardens, and how it should be funded. Beatrix is not certain why John Thacher is stalling on the work for the Herbaceous Border. She requests Mildred ask James Bryce to respond to Beatrix's letters in a timely way, as it would help garden matters. John Thacher might eliminate Anne Sweeney's position which Beatrix Farrand disapproves. She plans on meeting John Thacher in Boston, November 3, 1946. Typescript postscript asks if Mildred Bliss liked the Odilon Redon oil painting she sent to her that she purchased from Edith Wharton's estate having once hung in Pavillon Colombe.
Dates
- Creation: October 23, 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