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Box C

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Contains 21 Results:

Itemized receipt from George Lawler, Monroe, Washington to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., September 20, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Lawler 1944.09.20
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Original and duplicate itemized paid receipt from George Lawler, wholesale grower for 2600 tulip bulbs sold to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt and made payment from her account.

Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 5, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Oregon Bulb Farms 1944.09.05
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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 2 cases of Narcissus bulbs shipped to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. and transported by the Wm. J. Jones Company, Brown Bldg. 4th & Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 6, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Oregon Bulb Farms 1944.09.06
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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 125 Iris bulbs sent to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 16, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Oregon Bulb Farms 1944.10.16
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Paid receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 100 Lilium regale bulbs sent to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Receipt from Wm. J. Jones & Co., Philadelphia to Beatrix Farrand, October 2, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Wm. J. Jones Co 1944.10.02
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Carbon copy of a paid itemized receipt from Wm. J. Jones & Co. to Beatrix Farrand for freight charges to ship 2 cases of garden bulbs to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. for the garden.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections), January 1, 1944-June 30, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:1944.01.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, January 1, 1944 to June 30, 1944. Beatrix Farrand lists her fieldwork, office, and travel expenses. Included in report is a list of flower seed, books, and garden subscription purchases.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), July 1, 1944 - December 31, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 8Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:1944.07.01
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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944 listing charges for professional services, office related activities, and office expenses. Includes alist of charges for negatives and prints, flower seeds, hyacinths, narcissus, iris, and lily bulbs for Dumbarton Oaks.

Itemized invoice and receipt from American Bulb Company, 31 West 27th Street, New York, N.Y. to Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine, January 14, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:American Bulb Company 1944.01.14
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Itemized invoice and paid receipt from American Bulb Company to Beatrix Farrand for flower seeds shipped to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Included is an Aetna insurance certificate no. E 703535 to protect the non-delivery of a package and on the verso a solicitation for insurance from the Aetna Insurance Company, 670 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

Itemized receipt from American Bulb Company, 31 West 27th Street to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, January 24, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:American Bulb Company 1944.01.24
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Original and duplicate itemized receipt from American Bulb Company to Beatrix Farrand for 1 packet of Cynoglossum Blue Bird flower seeds sent to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to American Association of Botanical Gardens, February 7, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.02.07
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Receipt for payment of $1.00 to the American Association of Botanical Gardens drawn on the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company for the book "Crabapples for America" for Anne Sweeney. The garden account of Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) was be charged for this book.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for check received from John Thacher, March 1, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.03.01
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Original and duplicate receipt of check received by Beatrix Farrand for $100 from John Thacher. The check was due to her for the Dumbarton Oaks, Beatrix Farrand, Agent account.

Itemized receipt from Sullivan's Studio to Mrs. Max Farrand, August 11, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.08.11
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Paid itemized receipt from Sullivan's Studio to Beatrix Farrand for 4 copy negatives and 32 8x10 photographic prints.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms, September 9, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 13Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.12
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Original and duplicate receipt for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms by Beatrix Farrand for 650 Narcissus bulbs which was charged to the account of Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. Handsigned Beatrix Farrand by IMS, Isabelle M. Stover, secretary to Beatrix Farrand.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms, September 12, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.12B
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss for payment to Oregon Bulb Farms for 275 Narcissus bulbs. Purchase was charged to account of Mrs. Robert [Mildred] Bliss. Signed "BF" which was probably done by Beatrix Farrand's secretary, Isabelle Stover.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to George Lawler, September 25, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.25
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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for a payment made of $7.30 to George Lawler, wholesale grower, for 100 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for which Beatrix Farrand holds the receipt.

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment to George Lawler, September 25, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:BF 1944.09.25B
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Original and duplicate receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) for payment of $136.48 to George Lawler, wholesale grower, for 2475 tulip bulbs for Dumbarton Oaks. Isabelle M. Stover, Beatrix Farrand's secretary signed on her behalf.

Receipt from Davids & Royston Bulb Co., 824 Wall Street, Los Angeles, California to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 20, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Davids & Royston 1944.06.20
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Two carbon copies of a paid receipt from Davids & Royston Bulb Co. to Beatrix Farrand for 1 packet of pansy seeds sent to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Receipt from Davids & Royston Bulb Co., 824 Wall Street, Los Angeles, California to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 18, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 10Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Davids & Royston 1944.08.18
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Original and duplicate copy of a paid receipt from Davids & Royston Bulb Co. to Beatrix Farrand for 50 French Roman white Hyacinth bulbs shipped to James Bryce, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Receipt from Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., January 31, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Joseph Breck & Sons 1944.01.31
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Original and duplicate itemized receipt from Joseph Breck & Sons for 4 packets of seeds sold to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt for payment from her account.

Receipt from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc., 22-24 West 27th Street, New York to James Bryce, 3203 "S" Street, N.W, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 4, item: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C4:Kennedy 1944.09.26
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Original and duplicate paid receipt from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. for 50 French Roman white Hyacinths sold to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt for payment from her account.

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1944

Sub-Group — Box: C, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...