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Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, March 12, 1948

 
Accession number B:AS 1948.03.12
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, March 12, 1948
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1948
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter acknowledges receipt of Isabelle Stover's letter regarding books being sent to Dumbarton Oaks. Anne Sweeney indicates a letter acknowledging the receipt of Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum by J.C. Loudon was sent. She mentions a trip to New York City for the Flower Show at Grand Central Palace, visits to the New York Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and reports some of the flowers are coming up at Dumbarton Oaks.

Copy of original letter with added partial sentence in ink and signed, "Sincerely AS [Anne Sweeney].

Copy typed on 1/2 of full sheet of paper.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

books
botanical gardens
flowers (plants)
trees
New York Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Loudon, J.C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum
acquisitions
Grand Central Palace (New York, N.Y.)
Flower shows
Magnolia (genus)
Snowdrops
Scilla
weather
cold
wind (weather phenomena)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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