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Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, September 8, 1944

 
Accession number D:BF 1944.09.08
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
South Side of House
Herbaceous Border
Kitchen Gardens
Box Terrace
Rose Garden
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Green Garden
North Vista
Entrance Drive
East Lawn
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter requesting feedback on Landscape Architecture manuscript and suggested photographs to be published in the journal. Beatrix Farrand asks that it be forwarded to Mr. Bradford Williams, editor if it meets with Mr. John Thacher's approval.

Mentions Beatrix Farrand has a sketch for the possible paving of the Green Garden.

List of photographs enclosed.

Handwritten signature in black ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

serials (publications)
photographs
Landscape architecture
paving
urns
terracotta (clay material)
steps (stair units)
loggias
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
hedges
swimming pools
Brooke, Frederick H. (American architect, born ca. 1879)
White, Lawrence Grant (American architect, 1887-1956)
Williams, Bradford
Thacher, John
Bryce, James
journals (periodicals)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number D:BF 1944.09.08
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
South Side of House
Herbaceous Border
Kitchen Gardens
Box Terrace
Rose Garden
Swimming Pool and Loggia
Green Garden
North Vista
Entrance Drive
East Lawn
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

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