Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 "R" Street, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1942 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher sends statements for time she spent at Dumbarton Oaks for Harvard University and amounts spent by Beatrix Farrand, Agent accounts from July 1 - December 31, 1941. Farrand reports spliting the time charged between the Blisses and Harvard University is difficult. She has received written communication from the Kew Gardens; the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh, and the Royal Horticultural Society that gardening and maintenance would be continued despite the war.
Dates
- Creation: February 13, 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)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (Person)
- Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Organization)
- Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) (Organization)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Organization)
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