Box C

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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1945 to June 30, 1945 listing charges for professional services and offices expenses. Report includes a charge and payment to Sutton & Sons for flower seeds.

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Expense report from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, July 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945 and includes charges for professional, travel, and office expenses. The report includes a payment made to Gardner's Chronicle for a subscription for James Bryce.

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Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Dumbarton Oaks for a check for $200 received from John Thacher for deposit to the Dumbarton Oaks account, Beatrix Farrand, Agent. Receipt signed by Isabelle M. Stover, Beatrix Farrand's secretary on behalf of her.

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Itemized receipt from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. to James Bryce, September 29, 1945 for 9 seed packets, 3 dozen 4" Cyclamen, 25 Primula Obconica, White, 25 Pimula Obconica, Apple Blossom, and 1 case of 50 Lilium, Harrisi for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt and paid for charges from her account.

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Itemized receipt from Kennedy to James Bryce, October 25, 1945 for more than 21 packets of flower seeds and 1450 Hyacinths, Narcissi, Iris, and Tulip bulbs for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt after making payment from her account.

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Itemized receipt from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. to James Bryce, November 28, 1945 for 150 Narcissus and 100 Lilium bulbs for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt following payment from her account.

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,...