Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 12, 1946 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells her Robert Patterson might find it advisable to spend one day at Dumbarton Oaks without her and Mildred Bliss, so he can do some preliminary study. She thanks him for telling her when Robert and Mildred Bliss intend to depart. She thinks they should wait on the Terrior until a cleaning out and restoration of the planting can be done. She also thinks if Mildred Bliss wants a wall dial [sundial] there is space available, but she would regret putting a sundial in the middle of the herb garden unless it was first rate old one. The completion of Planting Record book is somewhat indefinite, but most of it is finished in rough form for consulatation or consideration of any changes in the planting. Bryce's order of perennials at this time of year seems to her odd, but $20.00 is not a deafening sum, and he probably needed to yield to Bryce's insistence. Robert Patterson and Beatrix will recommend bulb orders on this next journey. She feels the forcing bulbs for the greenhouse ought to be ordered from the Northwest as they used to be, and the tulips from Bryce's source this year. The suggestion of doing over the Herbaceous Border must be taken into consideration in any bulb planting, so would be good if it could be replanting next autumn.
Dates
- Creation: June 12, 1946
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
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
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (Recipient, 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