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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, December 13, 1941

 
Accession number D:BF 1941.12.13
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, December 13, 1941
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Service Court
Date
1941
Work types
correspondence

Description

Letter acknowledging receipt of John Thacher's letter (D:JT 1941.12.09), regarding closing the greenhouses to conserve during World War II. Beatrix Farrand wishes for more time to think over the matter. She sends along news of Robert Bliss, Mildred Bliss, and her husband, Max Farrand.

Typewritten letter on Beatrix Farrand's New York letterhead. Address crossed out and "The Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California" typed beneath it. Signed for her in either faded black or blue ink by Beatrix Farrand's secretary.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Valley Club of Montecito (Montecito, Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Dumbarton Oaks
greenhouses
storage
Byzantine Collection (Dumbarton Oaks)
Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
heating plans
root cellars
Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
health
World War, 1939-1945
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Farrand, Max, 1869-1945
Pacific Coast (America)
Vegetarianism
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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