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Box D: 4

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Contains 127 Results:

Letter from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, April 16, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 27Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.04.16
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, Santa Barbara, California to John Sanchez, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., April 22, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 28Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.04.22
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Telegram from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher (not John Sanchez as written on telegram).

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to Mr. Thacher, April 28, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 29Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.04.28
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, May 14, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 30Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.05.14
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, 7, D.C., May 15, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 31Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.15
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, 7, D.C., May 17, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 32Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.17
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 James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 33Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.19
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 John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 20, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 34Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.05.20
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, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., May 22, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 35Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.22
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, May 24, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 36Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.24
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 Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., May 24, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 37Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.05.24B
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,...

Text for telegram from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, May 24, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 38Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.05.24
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, May 31, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 39Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.05.31
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,...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 4, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 40Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.04
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, June 10, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 42Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.06.10
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 Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 43Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.10
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 Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 13, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 46Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses Stewart Brothers Photographers, and the need to keep after them for the Dumbarton Oaks films. Signature is likely that of Isabelle Stover, secretary to Farrand.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 17, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 47Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.17
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 John S. Thacher, Director, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 24, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 48Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.24
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, June 26, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 49Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.06.26
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 S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 28, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 50Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.28
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher. Probaby signed by Isabelle Stover, secretary to Beatrix Farrand.

Letter from J.S.T. to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 29, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 51Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:JT 1946.06.29
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 Isabelle M. Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., July 5, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 52Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:IMS 1946.07.05
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, Valley Club of Montecito, P.O. Box 1140, Santa Barbara, California to John Thacher, January 10, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 4Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.01.10B
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher discusses the Orangery as a Garden Center and the removal or cutting back of the creeper; the purchase of affordable furniture for the Orangery; leaflets, maps, postcards, and kodachromes of the garden; and the greenhouse issue at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Beatrix addresses the "Bryce situation" as difficult and encloses a letter that might be sent to him. She feels it was a tactical mistake for Bryce to...

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to John Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, 7, D.C., June 11, 1946 Digital

File — Box: D: 4, Folder: 44Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1946.06.11
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher tells him she is enclosing her notes of garden suggestions discussed with Robert Patterson on his first visit to Dumbarton Oaks and a copy of a letter sent to Mildred Bliss. Beatrix feels that the large box running north and south on the beech terrace be sold and replaced with the largest box available (6-8 inches high). The box could be offered to Mr. Thompson with the National Park Service. She reports...