Box D: 4
Container
Contains 126 Results:
Letter from Alberta Carpenter to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 17, 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: 108Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Carpenter 1947.06.17
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Alberta Carpenter, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 18, 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: 109Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.06.18
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Alberta Carpenter, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 27, 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: 110Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.06.27
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., September 17, 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: 113Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.09.17
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,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 19, 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: 114Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.09.19
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., September 24, 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: 115Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.09.24
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,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, September 26, 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: 116Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.09.26
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., September 29, 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: 117Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.09.29
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., October 10, 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: 118Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.10.10
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,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 17, 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: 119Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.10.17
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,...
Telegram from Beatrix Farrand, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, 3101 R Street Northwest, October 25, 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: 120Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.10.25
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Western Union telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him the tapestry arrived. She will consider it. Farrand is sending a letter to him and to Mildred Bliss. The telegram is a duplicate of a telephoned telegram.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., October 27, 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: 121Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.10.27
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,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 31, 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: 122Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.10.31
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,...
Reef Point Gardens Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 2, November 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: 4, Folder: 123Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:Reef Point Gardens Bulletin 1947.11.xx
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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., November 12, 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: 124Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.11.12
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,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California, December 19, 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: 126Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.12.19
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,...
Correspondence, January 1946 to December 1947
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: 4Identifier: 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,...
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 21, 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: 104Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.04.21
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him an Italian envelope is being sent to him for his stray papers when he goes to Europe. She will respond to his letter, but it will probably be after he leaves for Europe. She admits she has longed for the [stone] tiger every since she made his acquaintance at Dumbarton Oaks. She shall accept him with deep gratitude, and shall get daily enjoyment from looking at him.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 23, 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: 105Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.04.23
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him the balances of the expense accounts for Dumbarton Oaks and the cost of Anne Sweeney's upcoming travel to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., August 25, 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: 111Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1947.08.25
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him Mary Cadwalader Jones's (Beatrix Farrand's mother) photographs of Constantinople and Greece from early to mid-1920s are being sent to him for Dumbarton Oaks. Mildred Bliss has told Beatrix that Dumbarton Oaks matters has prevented Thacher from making his California visit. Robert and Mildred Bliss seem bitterly disappointed and one wonders whether the Blisses will actually make their European trip...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 7, 1946 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: 41Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.06.07
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Copy of a typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for her June 4th letter. He has communicated once more with the photographers, Stewart Brothers, and they promist to send her the negatives of the garden photographs within a few days. It seems they have recently moved their office and are in a state of confusion. He reports everything is going smoothly at the moment at Dumbarton Oaks, and he looks forward to receiving her letter of Patterson's findings after his...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, March 27, 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: 98Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.03.27
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Copy of a typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand tells her he accepts her resignation. He says, "I shall not attempt to tell you how Dumbarton Oaks feels about your retirement." He understands why she feels she can not physically continue to serve as the Consulting Landscape Gardener. He feels that owing her her foresight and Robert Patterson's ability that no real change in the garden picture is necessary which makes Thacher feel very happy. He offers her the title,...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 17, 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: 102Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.04.17
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Copy of a typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand asks her to send him the amounts due to the Beatrix Farrand honorarium account and Beatrix Farrand, Agent accounts before he leaves on May 1. Her accounts will be closed as of June 10th and new accounts opened for Robert Patterson as all purchase of bulbs, seeds, etc. will be done by him. Thacher tells her to withdraw $200 from her account to defray costs of Anne Sweeney's trip to Bar Harbor, Maine; He suggests all expenditures...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 18, 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: 103Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.04.18
Scope and Contents:
Copy of a typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand asks her to send in her statements for her accounts to Miss Carpenter no later than June 1st, so that the accounts can be closed and new accounts opened for Robert Patterson. Robert Patterson will report to her on Anne Sweeney's upcoming trip to Bar Harbor, Maine. He tells Beatrix to add the amount of $200 to her honorarium account for Sweeney's trip. He suggests all expenditures she had for correspondence, etc. such as...
Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, April 28, 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: 106Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1947.04.28
Scope and Contents:
Copy of a typescript letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand thanks her for two letter and her thoughtfulness in sending him the Italian envelope to accompany him on his journey. He is happy to know that she is looking forward to the stone tiger's return to Reef Point. He thanks her for sending him statements for her expense accounts for Dumbarton Oaks. Unless the accounts have been revised by June 1st, Miss Carpenter will send her two checks to cover the amounts stated in her letter. He...