Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1942 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher accepts his invitation to occupy a third-floor room during her mid-April visit to Washington, D.C. as she was unable to secure a hotel room. She reports talking with Mildred Bliss about Santa Barbara Botanic Garden affairs which were satisfactorily settled and says Mildred Bliss "hopes it may be possible for Dumbarton Oaks to accept some of the orchids which we [Max and Beatrix Farrand] had for the Directors House in Pasadena." Beatrix Farrand says there may be some laelias and cypripediums and four white cattleyas. Mildred Bliss is eager for these to go to Dumbarton Oaks and wanted to know what might be possible if the greenhouses are ordered shut. Beatrix Farrand proposes that in such an event some of the botanic gardens could house the plants for Dumbarton Oaks.
Dates
- Creation: February 17, 1942
Creator
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
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
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (Recipient, Person)
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (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