Letter from Robert W. Patterson, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, 3101 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C., September 25, 1947 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Robert Patterson to Anne Sweeney tells her the prospects of getting a garden center in the not too distant future are still quite bright, although entirely in the air. He tells her she will have books piled on her office floor for some time before permanent library shelves are ready in a new location. He reports that John Thacher has agreed to work with Anne on the small garden booklet. When the Catalog House plan is no longer needed, Patterson will begin a drawing of a new and revised plan. He asks Sweeney to send him the old one. He will also produce some kind of tentative sketch for a map to be included in the booklet. He asks to be informed of the progress of the Chrysanthemum Show, and will try to get back to Washington for a day or two when it is at its height.
Dates
- Creation: September 25, 1947
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