Text for telegram from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Max Farrand, Valley Club or Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 20, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of text for a Western Union telegram from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand discusses the acquisition of "The Silva of North America" set by Charles Sprague Sargent for the Garden Library. She reports Anne Sweeney and Ethel B. Clark are enchanted with it. Mildred Bliss mentions there is still sleet and snow, so there are a few scylla [scilla] and aconites appearing. She looks forward to meeting with Sellar Bullard from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
Dates
- Creation: February 20, 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