Box B: 7

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover acknowledges receipt of previous letters and copies of book lists. She has received a shipment of books from Blackwell's in London and lists titles. Anne Sweeney reports an episode of mold covering books and a typewriter cover in her office after returning from vacation. She reports the steps she is taking to eleviate the mold. Anne met briefly with Robert Patterson when he was at Dumbarton Oaks.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover reports the status of books received from Stover's list. Anne Sweeney has spoken to Ethel Clark about garden books in the Rare Book Room and sent an updated list to Isabelle M. Stover. She reports garden tour attendance has not been heavy, and she has not found a remedy to treat mold on books. .

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover reports a book, Roses for English garden by Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley was received from B.H. Blackwell, Ltd. Anne Sweeney has been keeping the recent garden book acquisitions separately for Mildred Bliss to see, but she hasn't seen her since before December.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand discusses books on Miss Dorothy Manks list that Dumbarton Oaks would like to have. Anne Sweeney asks Beatrix Farrand her opinion about acquiring suggested titles and to replenish the petty cash fund. The garden books under the care of Ethel B. Clark are destined for the Garden Information Room and will eventually come downstairs to the Underworld. She hopes to be able to get some new shelving to hold them.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover her she has not heard back from Dorothy St. John Manks on books offered for sale at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library. Anne Sweeney acknowledges that the John Gerard, Herball once available has been sold and the Humphry Repton title is not desirable. She mentions that all but one book title on Beatrix Farrand's list included in a recent letter is already in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her Mildred Bliss approved the purchase of the five volume set of books by Mrs. Jane Loudon and Rhododendrons by John Guille Millais. Anne Sweeney discusses the receipt of Marcel Fouquier's De l'art du jardins du XVe au XXe siecle from William Helburn and includes a note by Mildred Bliss on a possible book acquisition.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover acknowledges receipt of her letter, dated May 19, 1948. Anne Sweeney indicates only 1 book is already at Dumbarton Oaks from books offered on the list from H.W. Edwards of England. She has received a suggestion from Beatrix Farrand to purchase book on evergreens by Liberty Hyde Bailey. The weather has been wet in Maine and Washington, D.C.

Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover acknowledges receipt of two letters, dated May 28, 1948. She responds that she would like the book, The Lilac by Susan Delano McKelvey, be purchased for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library. She searched book lists to confirm it has not already been purchased.

Typescript letter with handwritten signature [probably by Beatrix Farrand's secretary] reports a favorable conversation with John Thacher about Sweeney's continued employment at Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix Farrand lays out tasks for her concerning specimen [plant] catalog cards, plant lists, photographs of the gardens, and a garden guidebook and map. Paragraphs marked with a "P" are being given to Robert Patterson, so he can discuss them with Sweeney or Thacher.

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand (Trix) to Mildred Bliss on Santa Barbara Botanic Garden letterhead reports on a recent meeting under the guidance of Sellar Bullard of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Board of Trustees during which the report and plan were approved. It outlines allocation of Mildred Bliss's gift and requests changes to allocations. .

Western Union telegram apologizes asking for a hurried decision [on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden matters], and not knowing Mildred Bliss did not feel well. Beatrix Farrand offers to explain reasons for hurrying her in a follow on letter. She is also going to tell Sellar Bullard what Mildred Bliss has decided.

Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss sending personal affection and no business. She reports feeling content in the little house at the Valley Club of Montecito.

Typescript letter with handwritten signature and note from Isabelle Stover to Anne Sweeney tells her the rare book list sent for Mildred Bliss' consideration was not Reef Point's complete list. She can send it if Anne wants. Enclosed is a note which tells Sweeney that the letter was created by Beatrix Farrand, but typed and signed by Isabelle Stover and asks for her to return the list when finished.