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Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, June 22, 1948

 
Accession number B:AS 1948.06.22
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, June 22, 1948
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1948
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discusses Anne Sweeney's upcoming travel possibly leaving July 9 or 10 to Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. She will respond to Beatrix Farrand's letters about the visit and travel arrangements. Anne Sweeney mentions she will bring all book lists and a few plant cards to get approval from Beatrix Farrand.

A shipment of books from Henry G. Fiedler arrived at Dumbarton Oaks that has yet to be unpacked and the book, The English landscape garden by H.F. Clark arrived. The Dumbarton Oaks gardens will close to visitors June 27, 1948 until September.

Copy of original, unsigned. Probably created by Anne Sweeney as she worked with Beatrix Farrand and Isabelle M. Stover on acquiring books for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

travel
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Bar Harbor (Me.)
lodging houses
vacations
books
lists (document genres)
titles (documents)
catalogs (documents)
Shillaber, Caroline, 1908-
plant lists
Henry G. Fiedler (Firm)
book dealers
booksellers
gardens
visitors
Dumbarton Oaks
libraries (institutions)
Clark, H.F. English landscape garden
Sisters
health
illness
letters (correspondence)
Farrand, Beatrix (1872-1959)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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