Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Lieutenant Commander John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C, August 2, 1944 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells her she has a place for the Chinese tiger offered to her. It is splendid news that Matthew Kearney is back at Dumbarton Oaks. She comments on Thacher's efforts in Bryce's discharge papers. She thanks him for additional funds for the Bartlett Tree Service which she passed on to James Bryce. If additional tours are added, Farrand thinks the morning tours should be reduced while increasing afternoon tours to the Dumbarton Oaks Garden on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Book orders are being sent to Anne Sweeney. A copy of a letter to the Metropolitan Museum regarding postcards is included with letter. An extract of a letter from Farrand to Bryce about postcards for the garden is also included.
Dates
- Creation: August 2, 1944
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)
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