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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 21, 1948

 
Accession number B:AS 1948.05.21
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, May 21, 1948
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1948
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter offers Mildred Bliss's approval to purchase the 5 volume set of books by Mrs. Jane Loudon and Rhododendrons by John Guille Millais; Anne Sweeney discusses the receipt of Marcel Fouquier's De l'art du jardins du XVe au XXe siecle from William Helburn and includes a note by Mildred Bliss on a possible book acquisition.

Copy of original letter, unsigned. Probably created by Anne Sweeney as she received books for the Dumbarton Oaks garden library.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

books
book dealers
authors
titles (documents)
libraries (institutions)
Fouquier, Marcel, 1866-1961. De l’art des jardins du XVe au XXe siècle
Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858
Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931. Rhododendrons
Wilson, Caroline, 1861-1948
Stover, Isabelle M.
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
William Helburn, Inc.
purchasing
acquisitions
evergreens
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. Alpine flowers for gardens
Bailey, L.H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
letters (correspondence)
Bailey, L.H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. The cultivated evergreens
Weinmann, Johann Wilhelm, 1683-1741. Phytanthoza iconographia
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)