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Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, August 19, 1949

 
Accession number B:BF 1949.08.19
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1949
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter discusses Anne Sweeney's upcoming trip to Bar Harbor, Maine and suggests the best way to travel by train during the Labor Day time period. It mentions a check for $72.03 is enclosed to cover travel expenses and amount already owed to Anne Sweeney. Clementine Walter and Isabelle M. Stover, assistants to Beatrix Farrand, look forward to Anne Sweeney's visit. Marion I. Spauding has not returned from her holiday due to a "bad throat." Beatrix Farrand suggests that Anne Sweeney visit Berkshire Garden center in Stockbridge if she can manage it during her stay.

Letter on Beatrix Farrand letterhead and handsigned by Beatrix Farrand in ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

travel
New York (N.Y.)
Bar Harbor (Me.)
Railroad travel
Stover, Isabelle M.
Walter, Clementine
Berkshire Garden Center (Stockbridge, Mass.)
Spaulding, Marion I.
visitors
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Reef Point (cape)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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