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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947 (3)

 
Accession number B:BF 1947.05.26C
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, May 26, 1947
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1947
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter informs of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden matters such as buying a house for the director which will be sold once one can be built; working on the parking area, entrance road, and approach steps; and the Board of Trustees learning from past mistakes.

On Beatrix Farrand's Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine letterhead.

In ink, a handwritten signature and "Sta B. Botanic Garden."

Marked as received, 27/5/47 [May 27, 1947].

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-
houses
Bullard, Sellar, 1886-1964
health
parking (area)
steps (stair units)
roads
boards of directors
lots (land)
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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