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Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, June 25, 1948

 
Accession number B:BF 1948.06.25
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Anne Sweeney, June 25, 1948
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1948
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discusses Anne Sweeney's upcoming visit to Reef Point to coincide with Caroline Shillaber's visit and comments on Mildred Bliss's decision not to purchase the Phytanthoza iconographia by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann.

Beatrix Farrand offers to send Anne Sweeny a check for $50 for her travel suggesting she arrive July 13 after Caroline Shillaber arrives at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine.

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead with handwritten signature and postscript in ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

travel
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
transportation
lists (document genres)
books
catalog cards
Shillaber, Caroline, 1908-
Harvard University. Library
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Weinmann, Johann Wilhelm, 1683-1741. Phytanthoza iconographia
Dumbarton Oaks
libraries (institutions)
purchasing
acquisitions
Sisters
health
lodging houses
checks (bank checks)
cataloging
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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