Box D: 1
Container
Contains 60 Results:
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 37Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.05.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses the follow through on garden-related issues mentioned during the previous Dumbarton Oaks meeting between the two of them. They are waiting for the Committee to have the final say on the employment of previously-held gardeners and the garden guide, Anne Sweeney. Beatrix Farrand mentions Anne Sweeney's future position be official guide for the schoolchildren who visit the gardens. She ends the letter...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 38Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.05.14
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses her letter of the previous day, sent before she had "properly digested" a letter from Ellis Russell that had enclosed a letter from John Thacher. Beatrix Farrand expresses support of the continued employment of previously-held gardeners, of Anne Sweeney, and all of the help. She mentions Mildred Bliss's desire of an Advisory Committee being formed so that she may maintain some control over the garden...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Irving C. Root, Superintendent National Capital Parks, Washington, D.C., May 20, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 40Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1941.05.20
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Copy of typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Irving C. Root acknowledges the creation of a Dumbarton Oak Park Committee. She informs Mr. Root, a fellow member of the committee, of Mildred Bliss' desire that a walk-widening or path construction be done hand in hand with other committee members. The committee members are: 1 Bliss member, 1 Harvard member, 1 Farrand member, 1 Superintendent of the National Capital Parks (Irving Root), and a fifth member to be settled upon later. Beatrix...
Correspondence, December 1940 to December 1941
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
Sub-Group — Box: D: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
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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,...
Notes on Dumbarton Oaks garden furniture and ornaments, December 3, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 1940.12.03
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Typescript notes probably by Ruth Havey on wood and iron bench and chairs under construction for the cortile of the New Wing, the unicorn and finials on the large gate near New Wing. Includes two drawings of the finial with an inserted plinth.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., December 18, 1940 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 1940.12.18
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss sends her sketches for the lantern on the brick pier in the service court. Havey asks for the sketch back if any seem promising. She tells Mildred that work can be done in Washington, D.C. or New York where Ruth can keep an eye on it. Havey will work next on the Whitehaven Street gate to the Dumbarton Oaks Park. Havey will spend Christmas in New York, and will come to Washington, D.C. if needed.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Georgetown, D.C., February 17, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 1941.02.17
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to John Thacher tells him she is sorry she missed him while in Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. in January. She reports the status for work: drawings for the Whitehaven Street entrance to Dumbarton Oaks Park, stone bench in loggia, full size detail ofr the support for the lantern in the Service Court. She includes extracts from a letter she received from Mildred Bliss about the inscriptions for the Forsythia gate pediments, the...
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., February 24, 1941 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 1941.02.24
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to John Thacher encloses a print of the Restudy for the stone bench in the loggia (print possibly, I-3-87). Copies of the print have also been sent to Beatrix Farrand and Mildred Bliss.
Letter from Ruth M. Havey, Twenty-five Fifth Avenue, New York to John Thacher, 3101 R. Street NW., Washington, D.C., March 18, 1941 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 1941.03.18
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Ruth Havey to John Thacher tells him the Service Court lantern is to go on the brick pier under and to the west of the oak tree near the door to the rear of the new wing. She is going to write Beatrix Farrand and confirm. She asks about the status of the lantern and if the full size detail of the bracket is still needed.
Note from Ruth M. Havey to Mrs. Farrand, between 1929-1947 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: D: 1, Folder: 87Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:RH 19xx.xx.xx
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Handwritten note from Ruth Havey to Beatrix Farrand asks her if the Terrior swing seat is constructed of a wood frame and spring metal seats and backs, should the Orion and Bootes chairs be of spring metal also?