Box D: 2
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Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, February 25, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 17Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.02.25
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her letter of February 19 and assures her that she need not worry about visiting Dumbarton Oaks at the same time as Mr. and Mrs. Sachs since they prefer to share a room, leaving a spare room available for Farrand's use. He sends under separate cover a check for $100 for the Beatrix Farrand, Agent account.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., January 3, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 1Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.01.03
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him that she is meeting with Mildred Bliss to discuss the disposition of the orchids and azaleas, delicate plants that she feels are a part of the beauty and distinction "inherent in Dumbarton Oaks" and, if lost, may be impossible to replace for many years to come. Beatrix Farrand will send John Thacher a telegram once she learns Mildred Bliss's opinion on the matter. Handwritten in pencil at top right:...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 3Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.01.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher recommends a prudent approach to new flower plantings given the uncertainty of the times. She quotes a portion of a letter from Paul J. Sachs from which she and Mildred Bliss got the impression that the Harvard University Board wishes Dumbarton Oaks to reduce outdoor work and plantings in the gardens. Beatrix Farrand hopes few changes will have to be made to the grounds and reinforces her opinion that the care...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.01.29
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Typescript letter with typescript postscript and handwritten signature and postscript from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher expresses her appreciation of their mutual dismay regarding the Harvard Administrative Board's failure to recognize the non-static nature of a garden and its need for constant maintenance. Beatrix Farrand shares her plans for spring and her next trip to Dumbarton Oaks. She addresses the need to spur Anne Sweeney forward on her botanic classes; discusses James Bryce and...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to Paul J. Sachs, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 7, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 7Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.07
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to Paul J. Sachs offers condolences on the death of his son-in-law's death. Beatrix Farrand suggests a meeting in April 1942 to discuss Dumbarton Oaks garden matters. "Ans[w]er" penciled across the top of the letter and "Jack" in left-hand margin beside second paragraph, probably referring to John Thacher.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 12Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.17
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher accepts his invitation to occupy a third-floor room during her mid-April visit to Washington, D.C. as she was unable to secure a hotel room. She reports talking with Mildred Bliss about Santa Barbara Botanic Garden affairs which were satisfactorily settled and says Mildred Bliss "hopes it may be possible for Dumbarton Oaks to accept some of the orchids which we [Max and Beatrix Farrand] had for the Directors...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 15Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.19
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for offering to let her stay at Dumbarton Oaks during an upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., but as Paul Sachs and his wife will be in Washington during the same time, maybe he would like them to stay at Dumbarton Oaks instead. She assures him of a confirmed reservation at the Mayflower Hotel for mid-April, a potentially more convenient housing option for all.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., February 24, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 16Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.24
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for his two recent letters. She asks him to jog her memory if he fails to hear from Mildred Bliss in a ten day interval about the salary for Anne Sweeney (Catalogue House Division). She reports that the orchids from the Director's House in Pasadena [Huntington Library and Art Gallery] will be sent in April when the weather is more conducive for their transit. She conveys Mildred Bliss's doubts about...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Irving C. Root, Superintendent, National Capital Parks, Washington, D.C., March 10, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 18Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.03.10
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Copy of a typescript letter from Beatrix Farrand to Irving C. Root asks that that he verify the existence and composition of the Dumbarton Oaks Park Advisory Committee as Mildred Bliss is uncertain of its status. She asks if he would arrange an April 14, a meeting with Mr. Kline, the architect of the Capital Parks, to review the walk on Clifton Hill, the possible gift of the stone seats and their placing, and the widening of the stream path, and encourages Mr. Root's attendance at the...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 10, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.03.10B
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him of her plans to visit Dumbarton Oaks, during which time her assistant Ruth Havey will meet her so that together they may review the levels and possible designs for the North Vista and walls along the Herbaceous Border. Beatrix Farrand tells him that she is writing Irving Root to arrange a meeting with him or Mr. Kline, landscape architect of the Capital Parks, to address questions about the Clifton...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 16, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.03.16
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher asks that he identify any definite questions he may have for "our poor neighbor" (Mildred Bliss) since Beatrix Farrand may have limited opportunity prior to her departure in two weeks to meet with Mildred Bliss due to her slow recovery from a severe flu. Beatrix Farrand is aware that Mildred Bliss wrote to John Thacher regarding the wine cellar questions, rare book questions, and the bronze boxes in the safe....
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., March 25, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 26Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.03.25
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher thanks him for the nice messages and reports that she is recovering. She asks him to telephone Irving Root urgently to press for immediate action regarding the branch conditionsin the Dumbarton Oaks Park which Beatrix Farrand regards essential to park upkeep. She asks him to make no promises, but will relay news to neighbors [Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss].
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.03.30B
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher acknowledges receipt of his letter with enclosed budget which she copied and now returns to him. A telegram with congratulations went to him yesterday for having achieved an imposssibility. She reinforces that her emphasis on the protection of the grounds is because she considers Dumbarton Oaks as a unit in which the grounds play an important part. She expresses interest in the 1941-1942 yearly budget for...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 28, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.05.28B
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher requests permission for Anne Milliken daughter of Gerrish and Agnes Milliken to swim in the pool during her stay in Washington, D.C. She is working in the Navy Intelligence Department as long as they need her. She asks him to send her a note telling her she can use the Dumbarton Oaks pool. Her address is: 2912 Dumbarton Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 63Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.06.29
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature by the secretary on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher suggests abandoning the idea of supplying bulbs for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. this year. She says that, if the number of bulbs needed could be determined soon, then bulbs could be ordered and also taken from the Dumbarton Oaks stock. Written in upper right corner in pencil: "Mr. Bryce." A copy of this letter was included with a correspondence from Beatrix Farrand to...
Letter from Clementine Walter to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:CW 1942.03.21
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Typescript note with handwritten signature from Clementine Walter to John Thacher informs him that Beatrix Farrand has had a nasty attack of influenza and Max Farrand thinks it wise for them to postpone their departure from Santa Barbara for a fortnight. He states that Beatrix Farrand will write John Thacher and asks that he tell James Bryce.
Letter from Irving C. Root, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Parks, Washington to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Post Office Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California, March 23, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:IR 1942.03.23
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Irving Root to Beatrix Farrand invites her to a meeting that he has arranged with Donald L. Kline, landscape architect, for April 14 at 3 p.m. to discuss Dumbarton Oaks matters as she had suggested in her March 10 letter. He reports that the Advisory Committee for Dumbarton Oaks Park had been approved the previous year by the National Park Service upon the suggestion of Robert Woods Bliss, but that they had neglected to make formal...
Letter from John S. Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, January 6, 1942 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 2Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1942.01.06
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Copy of typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand apologizes for upsetting Mildred Bliss by suggesting moving the orchids to the Orangery. He asks Beatrix Farrand to clarify to Mildred Bliss that the [Administrative] Board is not connected with this problem. John Thacher reports that although garden tours have dwindled Anne Sweeney expects schools will continue with tours in the next month and he is confident that visitors will increase in the spring. He states that as much as...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, New York, N.Y. to Lieutenant John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 100Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.04.14
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him she could visit Dumbarton Oak from May 13-17 and give garden talk on Saturday.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point to Lieutenant John S. Thacher, Executive Officer, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 101Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.04.21
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him of new travel dates. She notes the day and time of the lecture.
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, New Haven, Connecticut to Lieutenant John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 21, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 102Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.04.21B
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him the title of her lecture is "A Gardeners Garden", but may be altered if other wording preferred.
Notes from Mrs. Farrand, April 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 103Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Notes BF 1943.xx.xx
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Copy of notes from Mrs. Farrand listing items to probably discuss during her visit to Dumbarton Oaks. The items include a tentative date of the Administrative Committee meeting in Cambridge; offer a lecture to Dumbarton Oaks titled "A Gardeners Garden" about Reef Point over a 60 year period; James Bryce and Anne Sweeney visiting Reef Point; date of John Thacher's location in May; Bryce's continuation of a concrete center of a walk to the grass plat; and additional bulbs for Thacher's home's...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point to Lieutenant John S. Thacher, U.S.N., Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 104Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.05.07
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him Max Farrand is not well and going to be examined bydoctors in Boston. She is unable to arrive at Dumbarton Oaks as planned and if unable to give the lecture will ask Mausell Van Rensselaer to give either her lecture or one on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. She will let him know at once what the doctor's plans are.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Hotel Ritz-Carlton, Boston to Mr. Thacher, May 25, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 105Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1943.05.25
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Handwritten letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher reports Max Farrand is satisfactory after surgery, but still miserable. She asks him if Alberta Carpenter can wire Mrs. Bliss with the news. She tells him she is not sure yet if she will make her visit to Dumbarton Oaks. She asks if Harvard will continue her appointment next year.
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Hotel Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Massachusetts, May 27, 1943 Digital
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Correspondence
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Beatrix Farrand / John Thacher
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Correspondence
File — Box: D: 2, Folder: 106Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1943.05.27
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Copy of typescript from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her he is relieve to hear Max Farrand is satisfactory after surgery. He says his and others thoughts are with her, and they haven't wanted to bother her. Her relayed Farrand's message to James Bryce and Anne Sweeney, but not Harvard colleagues. The Chairman of the Administrative Committee has confirmed that she can continue to supervise the gardens for many years to come. He understands it may be impossible for her to come to...