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Contains 212 Results:

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1947

Sub-Group — Box: C, Folder: 7Identifier: 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,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1948

Sub-Group — Box: C, Folder: 8Identifier: 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,...

Beatrix Farrand, Agent, Account Papers, 1949

Sub-Group — Box: C, Folder: 9Identifier: 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,...

Beatrix Farrand Correspondence on Plant Material, 1942-1947

Sub-Group — Box: C, Folder: 10Identifier: 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,...

Receipt from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks, August 7, 1941 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 1, item: 9Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:BF 1941.08.07
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Typescript receipt with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks for the deposit of $100 into her Beatrix Farrand, Agent, garden account.

Itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer, 714 Chestnut Street, Phildelphia to James Bryce, 3203 S. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., October 31, 1941 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 1, item: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:Waterer 1941.10.31
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Original and duplicate typescript itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer to James Bryce for Lilium flower bulbs for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Order probably made under Beatrix Farrand account and paid for by her after receiving receipt.

Itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer, 714 Chestnut Street, Phildelphia to James Bryce, 3203 S. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 31, 1941 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 1, item: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:Waterer 1941.12.31
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Original and duplicate typescript itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer to James Bryce for Lilium flower bulbs for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden. Order probably made under Beatrix Farrand account and paid by her after receiving receipt.

Receipt from Wm. J. Jones & Co., Brown Building, Fourth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Beatrix Farrand, September 22, 1941 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 1, item: 14Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C1:Wm. J. Jones Co 1941.09.22
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Original and duplicate typescript paid receipt for shipping of garden bulbs from Oregon Bulb Farms to James Bryce, Washington, D.C.

Expense report from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection), January 1, 1946 to June 30, 1946 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 6, item: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C6:1946.01.01
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript expense report for January 1, 1946 to June 30, 1946 from Beatrix Farrand to Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection) for expenses incurred by Beatrix Farrand and Robert W. Patterson for professional services, traveling expenses, and office expenses. Included on report is the amount that Beatrix Farrand will hold in reserve for professional work in her account and a report for the "Book account" for Miss Sweeney listing charges from three...

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Trivett's Tested Seeds, 134-144 Washington Street, New York, N.Y., between 1941-1949 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 194x.xx.xx
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Trivett's Tested Seeds for 18 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce, 3203 S. Street, Washington, D.C. for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent the order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Note from Isabelle M. Stover, secretary, to Beatrix Farrand, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 76Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:unknown 1943.xx.xx
Scope and Contents: Unsigned typescript note probably from Beatrix Farrand secretary, most likely Isabelle M. Stover, to Beatrix Farrand which was originally with a copy of a letter to James Bryce. The copy of the letter written to James Bryce on June 2 was not sent because a telegram was sent instead. The telegram she refers to may be accession number: C10:BF 1943.06.02. She remembers Beatrix Farrand taking the original of the order with her and she was going to send it. She asks for Beatrix Farrand's...

Dumbarton Oaks memoranda regarding plant, shrubs, and flower orders, September 9, 1949 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 77Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:1949.09.09
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript memoranda for the recording of plants, shrubs, flowers, etc. on index cards in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Office. All specimens should be listed and copied with one copy sent to Matthew Kearney. The plant filing cards should include origin of plants, time of purchase, where it was purchased, time of planting, annual growth, and location. Any specimens not identified should be sent to the Arnold Arboretum for identification. A file drawer is to be ordered for plans coming...