Letter from Isabelle M. Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Miss Sweeney, May 28, 1948 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney tells her that Beatrix Farrand is sending a letter to John Thacher requesting that Sweeney visit Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine the week of July 12 as Caroline Shillaber, the librarian for Harvard Landscape Library, will be there cataloging rare books. It will be a good opportunity for Sweeney to see Caroline work and become familiar with rare books. She asks if this arrangements works for her.
Dates
- Creation: May 28, 1948
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: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (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