Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 16, 1947 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her concern for Bliss's illness from the cholera and typhus vaccinations. "... as long as one has these foreign antibodies roaming around one's system, one cannot be normal, so I am writing off the entire summer as the price necessary to visit Byzantium. Bliss will go over the Garden Center project with John Thacher prior to her travels and is glad that Beatrix Farrand's back is better.
Dates
- Creation: August 16, 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