Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1942 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for offering to let her stay at Dumbarton Oaks during an upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., but as Paul Sachs and his wife will be in Washington during the same time, maybe he would like them to stay at Dumbarton Oaks instead. She assures him of a confirmed reservation at the Mayflower Hotel for mid-April, a potentially more convenient housing option for all.
Dates
- Creation: February 19, 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)
- Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965 (Person)
- Sachs, Meta, 1879-1960 (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