Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 10, 1942 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for sending her travel dates to Dumbarton Oaks. He offers her a smaller "sky apartment" to stay in while at Dumbarton Oaks. He suggest Ruth Havey also come during her visit and James Bryce can offer her a room to stay in. He is anxious to get the plans for changes to the North Vista and Herbaceous border walls, but doubts any work can be done for another year. He asks that he, Farrand, and Bryce agree on the position of the storm sewer pipe that the National Park Service will install in the Dumbarton Oaks Park. Robert Bliss may be at Dumbarton Oaks during her visit.
Dates
- Creation: September 10, 1942
Creator
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (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
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Recipient, Person)
- Blake, Robert Pierpont, 1886-1950 (Person)
- Havey, Ruth M., 1899-1980 (Person)
- Bryce, James, 1887-1964 (Person)
- Bryce, Isabella W., 1889-1965 (Person)
- Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 (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