Box D: 2
Container
Contains 128 Results:
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California, March 16, 1942 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: 2, Folder: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.03.16
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her March 10 letter confirming her April 12-17 visit to Dumbarton Oaks, and expresses pleasure at the news of Ruth Havey's coinciding visit given the importance of furthering designs for future plans in the gardens. He notes that he had observed Dumbarton Oaks Park personnel spraying the trees and conveys disappointment at learning from James Bryce that they lack funds or manpower to dredge the Branch. He conveys...
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, March 26, 1942 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: 2, Folder: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.03.26
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her telegram and expresses delight that her health is improving but disappointment that her trip to Dumbarton Oaks is postponed. He reports that the Dumbarton Oaks Park Administration has "practically an army corp" dredging the stream and pond; he states that he has said nothing about this to Irving Root. John Thacher encloses a proposed garden budget for the 1942-1943 fiscal year and asks for her approval,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 30, 1943 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: 2, Folder: 119Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.08.30
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher reports a successful holiday in Bar Harbor for James Bryce. She offers a few ideas that came to her during James Bryce’s stay and asks John Thacher to consider them in advance of their September meeting. She suggests seeding over the Herbaceous Border in the autumn and allowing grass to remain until the labor situation clears up at the end of the War; and seeding the herb garden beds (F [e.g. E] terrace) and...