Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., September 8, 1944 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N. requests feedback on the Landscape Architecture manuscript. She asks him to wire Bradford Williams, editor giving his approval and ask Robert and Mildred Bliss to get their release. Seven photographs were submitted to Williams to be published in the journal. The list of photographs are an air view from the southeast showing the entrance road, east lawn and terraces by Fairchild Air Surveys; Front door, south side of house; Box Terrace; Rost Garden and steps leading to Box Terrace; Herbaceous Borders and Irish Yew at top of the hill; East end of the loggia and Swimming Pool; and North front of house and North Vista terraces. Beatrix says she is looking forward to seeing him at Dumbarton Oaks and has a sketch for the possible paving of the Green Garden. She also expectes to bring with her a sketch for the Ellipse changes. While at Dumbarton Oaks, she plans to lunch and rest under James Bryce's roof.
Dates
- Creation: September 8, 1944
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)
- From the Sub-Group: Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (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