Letter from Anne Sweeney to Mrs. T.H.B. McKnight, 1615 21st Street N.W., Washington, D.C., November 28, 1941 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney, Garden Guide to Mrs. T.H.B. McKnight. Based on a telephone conversation between the two, Anne Sweeney encloses Harvard University's plan for the announcement of the opening of the Dumbarton Oaks garden to the public. Sweeney says she will also write to Mrs. Pratt and send her the information to bring it to the attention of the Garden Clubs of America. She mentions in the announcement it does not state that the gates would be closed after the tour started. She doesn't think many will want to take advantage of the tour in the Winter, but if they do, Dumbarton Oaks will be only too happy to make them welcome.
Dates
- Creation: November 28, 1941
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: Sweeney, Anne, 1887-1954 (Person)
- From the Sub-Group: Patterson, Robert W., 1905-1988 (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