Box D: 4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1947 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: 4, Folder: 100Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.04.04
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him it is a relief to know his pain is easing as sciatic aches can drain one's energy. It pleased her that Thacher signed his last letter to her "affectionately yours." The unspoken reason to retire from the active position of consulting landscape gardener is that the combination of the physical and psychological work at Dumbarton Oaks is too heavy a strain to carry without a [health] set-back. She...