Letter from Mildred Bliss, El Mirasol Hotel, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 7, 1947 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand tells her not to get entangled with Mississippi floods. She suggests creating a list of book that are "indispensable," and "desirable but second-firsts." Bliss mentions buying books is a personal decision between the two of them and does not involve Dumbarton Oaks which has no acquisition fund for books. Mildred Bliss leaves it up to Beatrix Farrand to decide whether the books, "Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum" by J.C. Loudon or "Notes on tulip species" by W.R. Dykes should be purchased based on category. Books for the Garden Library should be two kinds, 1) those consulted by botanists, horticulturalists, arboriculturists, etc. and 2) old books on garden design with the bibliophile items on materia medic, etc. Enclosed with correspondence but no longer with, was a copy of Mildred Bliss' notes on the mechanics of the U.S. National Arboretum and B.Y. (Benjamin Yoe) Morrison's 5 year dream plan. She asks Beatrix Farrand's advice regarding the U.S. National Arboretum, the Morrison plan and the American Horticultural Society as well as members for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Committee. Milidred Bliss sends a report of Henri Focillon's work at Dumbarton Oaks over the year and reports on physical and emotional health of friends.
Dates
- Creation: July 7, 1947
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