Notes from Mrs. Farrand, April 1943 Digital
Scope and Contents
Copy of notes from Mrs. Farrand listing items to probably discuss during her visit to Dumbarton Oaks. The items include a tentative date of the Administrative Committee meeting in Cambridge; offer a lecture to Dumbarton Oaks titled "A Gardeners Garden" about Reef Point over a 60 year period; James Bryce and Anne Sweeney visiting Reef Point; date of John Thacher's location in May; Bryce's continuation of a concrete center of a walk to the grass plat; and additional bulbs for Thacher's home's terrace.
Dates
- Creation: April 1943
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.)Subject
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
Creator
- From the Sub-Group: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 (Person)
- From the Sub-Group: Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (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