Box B: 7
Contains 133 Results:
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 8, 1947 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, April 8, 1947 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 17, 1947 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 8, 1947 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover acknowledges the receipt of the book lists sent to Beatrix Farrand. She explains how she created the lists. Sweeney comments on the weather in Bar Harbor, Maine. A copy of Anne Sweeney's April report to John Thacher is included for Beatrix Farrand.
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 26, 1947 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand tells her she is able to leave Washington, D.C. July 27th to travel to Reef Point to talk about books for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Department. She asks Beatrix about travel arrangements for her trip. Sweeney reports a total of 3032 visitors to the Dumbarton Oaks Garden for June 1947. She encloses an example of the printed card for the planting list. .
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 14, 1947 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 18, 1947 Digital
Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 23, 1947 Digital
Copy of typescript letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover discusses lodging and travel arrangements for her trip to Reef Point and mentions she will bring a copy of the book list with her.
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Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., January 14, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney discusses the task of listing all the Dumbarton Oaks plants on cards. Beatrix Farrand suggests including information on everything growing at Dumbarton Oaks, even some weeds, with a full description of each plant to include size, place of origin, good specimen growing, other notes, season of bloom, and various books with more information on the plant.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., February 10, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss reports on the status of the expense accounts for the Catalogue House prints and for the Royal Horticultural Society membership dues for James Bryce and Maunsell Van Rensselaer. Beatrix Farrand asks for additional funds for the Catalogue House prints account. A statement for the photograph account was sent to her, but it can move to John Thacher if need be.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, 1537 Twenty-eighth Street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 20, 1947 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 21, 1947 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club, Santa Barbara to Miss Sweeney, February 22-24, 1947 Digital
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28 St. Northwest, February 26, 1947 Digital
Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss informs her that the letter and card were received. Telegram with Mildred Bliss's message to purchase the lot is being relayed to Louis Lancaster, Board of Trustees of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. She reports that Maunsell Van Rensselaer is improved. Beatrix Farrand is distressed over reported illnesses of friends. This telegram was a duplicate of a telephoned telegram.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140 to Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., February 28, 1947 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mildred Bliss, March 26, 1947 Digital
Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss asks if she had received an earlier letter discussing Beatrix Farrand's need to retire from her position with Dumbarton Oaks and the gardens and informing her that notes on the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens had been sent to Anne Sweeney. Anne Fithian is looking better than she has in years. Mrs. Gould's health is not good. The new assistant at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a great success.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature [probably by secretary] from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney follows up on the revised notes sent to her for Dumbarton Oaks, and asks to pass them on to Mildred Bliss.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1947 Digital
Text for telegram from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. R.W. Bliss, April 15, 1947 Digital
Text for a Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the telegram and sends sentiments that Beatrix Farrand's heart is with her at Dumbarton Oaks even if Beatrix Farrand is at the Arnold Arboretum.
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28 St., May 15, 1947 Digital
Western Union telegram reports Reef Point legislation has passed and was signed, so future is safe. Beatrix Farrand mentions of an honor that she doesn't deserve and none received since her Arnold Arboretum appointment. She sends her love to Mildred Bliss and Dumbarton Oaks.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand (Trix) to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the postcard and news of Elizabeth Lindsay's health. Farrand asks of Mildred's summer plans and whether a meeting is possible if she is in New York or Boston. Beatrix Farrand mentions that she has been craving the [Garden Club of America] exhibition catalog. She wonders if it would be possible to meet with Mildred while she is New York or Boston.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1947 Digital
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss informs her of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden matters such as buying a house for the director; working on the parking area, entrance road, and approach steps; and the Board of Trustees realizing their past mistake.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 4, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter asks about Anne Sweeney's summer plans and when she might visit Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. The expense of the her travel will be covered in the fund reserved for Robert Patterson and Beatrix Farrand. She would like to know what rare books Mildred Bliss would like to have and the future of the garden establishment.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1947 Digital
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss tells her it appears likely they will not be able to meet before Mildred's summer begins. She conveys her wishes to Mildred and Robert Bliss wherever they may be, and comments that the azaleas are beautiful at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine.