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Box B: 7

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Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 117Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1948.06.11
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney expresses concern Sweeney's sister's hospitalization. She addresses Anne Sweeney's upcoming visit to Reef Point to meet with Caroline Shillaber, Harvard Landscape Librarian. Farrand is sending the enclosed copy of Caroline Shillaber's comments regarding the purchasing of the book, "Phytanthoza iconographia" by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann. She reports no comments have been received about the book from Dorothy St....

Book order from Beatrix Farrand Secretary to Henry George Fiedler, 31-33 East 10th Street, New York, 3, N.Y., June 16, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 122Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1948.06.16
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Copy of typescript order from Beatrix Farrand's Secretary [Isabelle Stover?] to Henry George Fieldler, bookseller for 24 books to be sent to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. She asks that all books be in good condition and be complete copies. Book listed in bookseller catalogue.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, 1537 28th Street, Washington, D.C., June 23, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 126Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1948.06.23
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss offers thoughts on the purchase of the book, "Phytanthoza iconographia" by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann and "North American wild flowers" by Mary Vaux Walcott for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library. Beatrix Farrand includes a "Report from Miss Caroline Shillaber of the Robinson Hall library of Harvard University" about the "Phytanthoza iconographia". Further inspection of the book for condition and...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Anne Sweeney, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 25, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 128Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1948.06.25
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney discusses Sweeney's upcoming visit to Reef Point to coincide with Caroline Shillaber's visit and comments on Mildred Bliss's decision not to purchase the "Phytanthoza iconographia" by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann. Beatrix Farrand offers to send Anne Sweeny a check for $50 for her travel suggesting she arrive July 13 after Caroline Shillaber arrives at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine.

Book order from Beatrix Farrand Secretary to Chronica Botanica Co., Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., June 28, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 131Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1948.06.28
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Copy of typescript book order from Beatrix Farrand's Secretary [Isabelle Stover?] to Chronica Botanica Co. to purchase a "complete, clean and in good condition" two volume set of "Gardens of colony and state" by Alice G.B. Lockwood to be sent to Anne Sweeney at Dumbarton Oaks for the Garden Library. The bill is to be sent to Beatrix Farrand for payment.

List of books purchased for Dumbarton Oaks by Mrs. Farrand, June 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 120Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BL June 1948-01
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Two copies of typescript alphabetical lists of books purchased by Beatrix Farrand for the Garden Library at Dumbarton Oaks. First two pages are a copy of an original list. Second two pages are a copy of the original with added typescript information and with "Recd June 15, 1948 ..."

Book order form from B.H. Blackwell, Ltd., 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, England to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A., January 13, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 87Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Blackwell 1948.01.13
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Book order form from B.H. Blackwell, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand informs her the 8 volume set of "Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum" by J. C. Loudon previously requested is available and on reserve for her for 7 days.

Book order form from B.H. Blackwell, Ltd., 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, England to Mrs. Max Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A., January 23, 1948 Digital

File — Box: B: 7, Folder: 88Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:Blackwell 1948.01.23
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Book order form from B.H. Blackwell, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand offering her prices for three books being held in reserve for seven days. Books include: "Plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare" by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe; "Shakespeare's wild flowers" by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde; and "Roses for English Gardens" by Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley. .