Letter from Isabelle M. Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Miss Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 21, 1948 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney tells her that many books should be arriving at Dumbarton Oaks. Stover asks for a list of arrivals and a report on condition. She mentions two volumes of Mrs. Jane Loudon's, "The ladies' flower-garden of ornamental perennials" is being sent by Charles W. Traylen, bookseller and those should be sent to Beatrix Farrand at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine as they complete her set. The bookseller will try to get another set for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library as well as Loudon's, "The ladies' flower-garden of ornamental bulbous plants."
Dates
- Creation: June 21, 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