Exchange of letters between Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor Maine and Anne Sweeney, 3101 R Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., July 13-20, 1950 Digital
Scope and Contents
Exchange of letters between Robert Patterson and Anne Sweeney about the plans, correspondence, and photographs that were sent from Reef Point. Patterson writes, "I presume that the first thing is to separate the sheep from the goats and see what is worth keeping and what should be thrown out, such as blueprints when the originals are also there, and that sort of thing. The other material, the correspondence, photographs, and so on, should have been there before this but no doubt you will see it immediatley if you have not already received it." They write about the garden center question and the need to know the amount of shelf and filing space needed for books and other materials for the coolhouse (garden center). Patterson asks Sweeney for the feet of shelf space needed and Sweeney offers dimensions for her current shelf space, but also Mildred Blisses suggestion to allow for plenty of leeway based on past experience at Dumbarton Oaks having proved that everything built was inadquate in a very short space of time. Sweeney cites the library which was supposed to be contained in the mezzanine of the Museum building.
Dates
- Creation: July 13-20, 1950
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: 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