Letter from Isabelle S., Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Miss Sweeney, June 28, 1948 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney tells her she is sorry the "Monograph of azaleas" by Ernest Wilson and Alfred Rehder is a duplicate purchase. More books are being ordered from Dulau's Department, B.H. Blackwell, Ltd. and book order for 6 books is enclosed. Beatrix Farrand may want to keep the book, "Essay on the picturesque, as compared to the sublime and the beautiful" by Uvedale Price for the Reef Point Garden library. In a handwritten postscript, Stover wants to make sure the Horticultural Colour Chart [The Wilson color chart] by Robert Francis Wilson has not already been purchased before ordering it for Dumbarton Oaks. She explains the book, "The works of verse and prose" by William Shenstone, was meant for Dumbarton Oaks, and Beatrix Farrand will likely explain when Anne Sweeney travels to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Dates
- Creation: June 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